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Guest Victek
Posted

I'm having a problem where Vista is blocking SuperAntiSpyware during

startup. I've tried ticking the "run as admin" box in the EXE's properties,

but no joy. The only way to stop the blocking is to disable UAC. How can I

reclassify SAS so Vista will allow it to startup?

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Guest Jesper
Posted

SuperAntiSpyware is not designed for Windows Vista. It is trying to run a

process as an administrator during logon. That is against the design

guidelines and is what is causing the OS to block the software. The only

simple way to get around that would be to disable some of the fundamental

security features of the operating system.

 

I'd recommend using software that is designed for Windows Vista instead.

Windows Defender, which is a free anti-spyware program, is built in, and is

quite decent. AVG has a free package that is good:

http://www.grisoft.com/ww.product-avg-anti...us-free-edition. Trend Micro's

software is also usually highly rated (http://www.trendmicro.com).

---

Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047010155...rotectyourwi-20

 

 

"Victek" wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> I'm having a problem where Vista is blocking SuperAntiSpyware during

> startup. I've tried ticking the "run as admin" box in the EXE's properties,

> but no joy. The only way to stop the blocking is to disable UAC. How can I

> reclassify SAS so Vista will allow it to startup?

> </span>

Guest Straight Talk
Posted

On Mon, 5 May 2008 18:40:40 -0700, "Victek" <Victek@invalid.invalid>

wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

>I'm having a problem where Vista is blocking SuperAntiSpyware during

>startup. I've tried ticking the "run as admin" box in the EXE's properties,

>but no joy. The only way to stop the blocking is to disable UAC. How can I

>reclassify SAS so Vista will allow it to startup? </span>

 

Ask the developer to fix his obviously broken software.

Guest Kayman
Posted

On Mon, 5 May 2008 18:40:40 -0700, Victek wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> I'm having a problem where Vista is blocking SuperAntiSpyware during

> startup. I've tried ticking the "run as admin" box in the EXE's properties,

> but no joy. The only way to stop the blocking is to disable UAC. How can I

> reclassify SAS so Vista will allow it to startup?</span>

 

SUPERAntiSpyware Support and User Forums.

http://forums.superantispyware.com/viewforum.php?f=2

 

Product Release History for SUPERAntiSpyware Professional.

http://www.superantispyware.com/producthis...UPERANTISPYWARE

 

System Requirements:

Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 2003.

300 Mhz CPU or above, 128MB memory (minimum)

 

SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition 4.0.1154

Requirements:

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server/ Vista

 

A-S applications - for non-viral malware.

The effectiveness of an individual A-S scanners can be wide-ranging and

oftentimes a collection of scanners is best. There isn't one software that

cleans and immunizes you against everything. That's why you need multiple

products to do the job i.e. overlap their coverage - one may catch what

another may miss, (grab'em all).

 

SuperAntispyware - Free

http://www.superantispyware.com/superantis...efreevspro.html

and

Ad-Aware 2007 - Free

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

and

Spybot Search & Destroy - Free

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

and

Windows Defender - Free (build-in in Vista)

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx

WD monitors the start-registry and hooks registers/files to prevent spyware

and worms to install to the OS.

Interesting reading:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136195/article.html

"...Windows Defender did excel in behavior-based protection, which detects

changes to key areas of the system without having to know anything about

the actual threat."

Guest Mr. Arnold
Posted

"Victek" <Victek@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

news:AF9B2BD4-B0AB-48EB-B299-07D3B6DECC2C@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

> I'm having a problem where Vista is blocking SuperAntiSpyware during

> startup. I've tried ticking the "run as admin" box in the EXE's

> properties, but no joy. The only way to stop the blocking is to disable

> UAC. How can I reclassify SAS so Vista will allow it to startup?</span>

 

 

Your solution may be in the link provided.

 

http://blog.gerke-preussner.de/index.php/c...tructure/vista/

Guest Victek
Posted

> SuperAntiSpyware is not designed for Windows Vista. It is trying to run a<span style="color:blue">

> process as an administrator during logon. That is against the design

> guidelines and is what is causing the OS to block the software. The only

> simple way to get around that would be to disable some of the fundamental

> security features of the operating system.

></span>

I am aware that disabling UAC stops the problem, but obviously that's not

ideal. What's odd about it is I had SAS installed on Vista (with SP1) and

didn't have this issue. Recently I had to do a clean install of Vista and

when I got around to reinstalling SAS this problem appeared. The folks who

support SAS are working on it - I will pass your explanation along and see

what they think.

Guest Victek
Posted

>> SuperAntiSpyware is not designed for Windows Vista. It is trying to run a<span style="color:blue"><span style="color:green">

>> process as an administrator during logon. That is against the design

>> guidelines and is what is causing the OS to block the software. The only

>> simple way to get around that would be to disable some of the fundamental

>> security features of the operating system.

>></span>

> I am aware that disabling UAC stops the problem, but obviously that's not

> ideal. What's odd about it is I had SAS installed on Vista (with SP1) and

> didn't have this issue. Recently I had to do a clean install of Vista and

> when I got around to reinstalling SAS this problem appeared. The folks

> who support SAS are working on it - I will pass your explanation along and

> see what they think.</span>

I'm happy to say that the SuperAntiSpyware team have sorted out this

problem. It was resolved by updating code in the EXE that tells Vista NOT

to run SAS "as administrator" during startup.

Posted

Victek,

<span style="color:blue"><span style="color:green"><span style="color:darkred">

>>>It was resolved by updating code in the EXE<<<</span></span></span>

 

Was this something they sent you or is it available for download?

 

--

All the best,

SG

 

Is your computer system ready for Vista?

https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

 

"Victek" <Victek@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

news:0990407C-37DE-4BE3-A897-6E5064F29DA9@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue"><span style="color:green"><span style="color:darkred">

>>> SuperAntiSpyware is not designed for Windows Vista. It is trying to run

>>> a

>>> process as an administrator during logon. That is against the design

>>> guidelines and is what is causing the OS to block the software. The only

>>> simple way to get around that would be to disable some of the

>>> fundamental

>>> security features of the operating system.

>>></span>

>> I am aware that disabling UAC stops the problem, but obviously that's not

>> ideal. What's odd about it is I had SAS installed on Vista (with SP1)

>> and didn't have this issue. Recently I had to do a clean install of

>> Vista and when I got around to reinstalling SAS this problem appeared.

>> The folks who support SAS are working on it - I will pass your

>> explanation along and see what they think.</span>

> I'm happy to say that the SuperAntiSpyware team have sorted out this

> problem. It was resolved by updating code in the EXE that tells Vista NOT

> to run SAS "as administrator" during startup. </span>

Guest Victek
Posted

SAS 4.1.1038 (the version I tested) appears to be available for download now

in the SUPERAntiSpyware 4.1 Pre-Release forum which is here:

 

http://forums.superantispyware.com/

 

Since it's a "pre-release" you just need to join the forum (create an

account) and then request to download the PR and they send you a link. It

seems perfectly stable, but I don't know when they plan to release the

"final".

 

 

 

"SG" <sorry@nomail.com> wrote in message

news:Or4vCXDsIHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> Victek,

><span style="color:green"><span style="color:darkred">

>>>>It was resolved by updating code in the EXE<<<</span></span>

>

> Was this something they sent you or is it available for download?

>

> --

> All the best,

> SG

>

> Is your computer system ready for Vista?

> https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

>

> "Victek" <Victek@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

> news:0990407C-37DE-4BE3-A897-6E5064F29DA9@microsoft.com...<span style="color:green"><span style="color:darkred">

>>>> SuperAntiSpyware is not designed for Windows Vista. It is trying to run

>>>> a

>>>> process as an administrator during logon. That is against the design

>>>> guidelines and is what is causing the OS to block the software. The

>>>> only

>>>> simple way to get around that would be to disable some of the

>>>> fundamental

>>>> security features of the operating system.

>>>>

>>> I am aware that disabling UAC stops the problem, but obviously that's

>>> not ideal. What's odd about it is I had SAS installed on Vista (with

>>> SP1) and didn't have this issue. Recently I had to do a clean install

>>> of Vista and when I got around to reinstalling SAS this problem

>>> appeared. The folks who support SAS are working on it - I will pass your

>>> explanation along and see what they think.</span>

>> I'm happy to say that the SuperAntiSpyware team have sorted out this

>> problem. It was resolved by updating code in the EXE that tells Vista

>> NOT to run SAS "as administrator" during startup.</span>

> </span>

Posted

OK, Thanks and I think I'll wait on the final. I really don't mind a few

extra clicks of the mouse when I start Windows.

 

--

All the best,

SG

 

Is your computer system ready for Vista?

https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

 

"Victek" <Victek@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

news:3074A120-DA81-4C1C-9DB4-C3E3AD52546F@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

> SAS 4.1.1038 (the version I tested) appears to be available for download

> now in the SUPERAntiSpyware 4.1 Pre-Release forum which is here:

>

> http://forums.superantispyware.com/

>

> Since it's a "pre-release" you just need to join the forum (create an

> account) and then request to download the PR and they send you a link. It

> seems perfectly stable, but I don't know when they plan to release the

> "final".

>

>

>

> "SG" <sorry@nomail.com> wrote in message

> news:Or4vCXDsIHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green">

>> Victek,

>><span style="color:darkred">

>>>>>It was resolved by updating code in the EXE<<<</span>

>>

>> Was this something they sent you or is it available for download?

>>

>> --

>> All the best,

>> SG

>>

>> Is your computer system ready for Vista?

>> https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

>>

>> "Victek" <Victek@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

>> news:0990407C-37DE-4BE3-A897-6E5064F29DA9@microsoft.com...<span style="color:darkred">

>>>>> SuperAntiSpyware is not designed for Windows Vista. It is trying to

>>>>> run a

>>>>> process as an administrator during logon. That is against the design

>>>>> guidelines and is what is causing the OS to block the software. The

>>>>> only

>>>>> simple way to get around that would be to disable some of the

>>>>> fundamental

>>>>> security features of the operating system.

>>>>>

>>>> I am aware that disabling UAC stops the problem, but obviously that's

>>>> not ideal. What's odd about it is I had SAS installed on Vista (with

>>>> SP1) and didn't have this issue. Recently I had to do a clean install

>>>> of Vista and when I got around to reinstalling SAS this problem

>>>> appeared. The folks who support SAS are working on it - I will pass

>>>> your explanation along and see what they think.

>>> I'm happy to say that the SuperAntiSpyware team have sorted out this

>>> problem. It was resolved by updating code in the EXE that tells Vista

>>> NOT to run SAS "as administrator" during startup.</span>

>> </span></span>

Guest Victek
Posted

"SG" <sorry@nomail.com> wrote in message

news:e5Od$cJsIHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> OK, Thanks and I think I'll wait on the final. I really don't mind a few

> extra clicks of the mouse when I start Windows.

>

> --

> All the best,

> SG</span>

 

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