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Shane from Tweaking.com (Windows Repair All-in-One, Registry Backup, etc.) and I once had a conversation about "UAC fatigue", in which users become so accustomed to clicking Yes to allow programs to execute that it almost becomes automatic.

Some malware can elevate privileges on their own, but often, users do it for them.

Administrator rights only extend to the program to which they are granted when you use "Run as Administrator" under a standard Win10 account.  I presume you're being prompted for the userid and password of the/an admin account when you do this, as the program will then be running under that user's credentials.

All other programs are running under the user that you're logged in as and with the permissions that user has.

Here is a write-up from Sophos:

http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses … inegz.html

Can you find the mentioned files on your computer?

I would suggest running an on-line scan:

Please run the Housecall online virus scan located at:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/houseca … t_corp.asp
Follow the prompts to scan your hard drive for viruses. Select the "Autoclean" option so that Housecall will remove any viruses from your system.
When the scan is finished, please restart your computer.

Does Housecall come up clean?

I have never heard of Privacy Mantra before.

Oh thank you. However, can you write more about it here? So that in the future, any user who has problems with this could find the necessary information here

Oh cool! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I would be glad to read your blog.

You know, at this point, I'm generally interested in getting rid of the big corporations' surveillance. Therefore, I, for example, do not use two-factor authentication and, in general, try not to show my phone number anywhere.

Yes, that's all true, but how do you choose the best of the best? I still can't figure out how to choose the best VPN service from, for example, the top 20 best services for 2020.