Win10 opens a non-administrator account (UAC) to defend against 82% threats

This news British security company Avecto recently released the 2015 Microsoft vulnerability analysis report, in this report a comprehensive analysis of Microsoft's 2015 security bulletin. The results show that 82% of the Win10 security vulnerabilities reported in 2015 cannot be exploited without administrator privileges; this is also 82% for Microsoft Office suites.

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Software Rubik's Cube 6.0 Official Edition Experience Rubik's Cube 6.0 Release Function Introduction

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2014-08-09

extended to all Windows platforms, there are 86 percent of security vulnerabilities require administrator privileges This issue is more pronounced in IE, where 99.5% of IE vulnerabilities require administrator privileges.

It's also worth noting that all Edge browsers and Office 2016 vulnerability threats can be avoided by using non-administrator accounts, reflecting the high security of Microsoft's latest products.

In addition, among all the vulnerabilities, the most common is the remote code execution vulnerability. If you do not use administrator privileges, 85% of such vulnerabilities cannot be exploited.

Finally, for all products on the Windows platform and all types of vulnerabilities, approximately 63% of vulnerabilities could not be exploited without administrator privileges.

It can be seen that the use of non-administrator accounts can effectively protect against security threats in Windows, and standard accounts are usually able to meet our daily work needs. Of course, this is not easy to achieve, especially for technicians who will cause a lot of inconvenience.

As a compromise, Microsoft provides a UAC user account control system in the system, which can make a reasonable allocation of user account permissions. When the operation requires higher permissions, a pop-up prompt will be given, so that the user can Proactively refuse to run some unidentified programs under high authority to avoid system damage. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that all users open UAC in the system. If you have Rubik's Cube installed, you can use the Rubik's setting wizard to adjust it, as shown below:

Win10 system manually open UAC three tutorials

If you feel that the default UAC prompts affect the experience very much, you can adjust its prompt box to not gray, as shown below:

UAC is not the best solution, Many beginners are confused by UAC pop-ups, which requires users to have some experience. But when users understand this mechanism, UAC can play an important role in system security.

In addition to UAC, user habits are also an important part. Always be cautious about unfamiliar websites and applications in everyday use.

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