Companion Viruses for the 21st Century May 15, 2007
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Describes a disclosure of an exploit that uses a Trojan horse-style attack that uses common attack vectors such as e-mail, to intercept Start Menu programs in Windows Vista without requiring UAC elevation. Once a Start Menu item is elevated, the malicious code is loaded and has full access, effectively bypassing UAC.