Originally Posted by
Teeko
I haven't had UAC enabled on my computer since I bought it ~4 years ago and never had a single problem. It doesn't change the way things work, it just asks for a second confirmation on things that *may* change your system, like running things as administrator, etc. Sounds like your problem was caused by a virus completely unrelated to UAC, it was just trying to latch itself into windows and prevent you from removing it and having UAC enabled would force you to "confirm" running it, which means it wouldnt be a very stealthy virus anymore.