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Microsoft Corp.'s decision to reduce the number of annoying security messages that Windows 7 delivers when users install software makes the new operating system more vulnerable to malware infection than Vista was, a researcher said today.

"UAC was neutered too much by Microsoft," argued Chester Wisniewski, a senior security adviser at Sophos PLC, talking about User Account Control (UAC), a Windows security feature that Microsoft debuted with Vista.


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