[LINK] Study shows pop-up warnings are ineffective

[Malcolm Miles]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:33:35 +1000, you wrote:

>If a pop-up window says something like 'Download wonderful new 
>anti-virus solution now?' and offers buttons saying 'Download' and 
>'Cancel', can a user be sure that the 'Cancel' button doesn't have 
>the download functionality hidden behind it?

Because the UAC prompt is generated by the operating system, not by
the application that is requesting adnminstrator rights.

-- 
Best wishes,
Malcolm