This has to be easy! Tell a program not to open a file

[Richard Gaskin]

Scott Morrow wrote:

> Scott Kane posted that tip in July. ( It was "update.exe")
> 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/use-revolution@lists.runrev.com/msg96909.html
> 
> In one of my apps I now install the executable with a name of  
> "update.exe" just so that it can set the registry on first run even if  
> Vista uac is on. Then it changes its name to a more reasonable one  
> just before quitting the first run.

Wow.  That's one of the scariest things I've read in a long time.

Was there anyone at the meetings which led to this decision who was over 
the age of six?


"Microsoft: Insecurity by design"


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