Is my Laptop Infected? (Or Vista Bug??) Computer Gurus I need you.

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Originally Posted by DanG

Have you disabled UAC (user access control) or tried right clicking on spybot and using the "run as" option?

I feel like a newb, could you give me a brief description of UAC? I have heard the term enough times (especially with vista?)

I did use the "run as admin" option [after going to spybot forums] that fixed the problem for immunizing.. Just to add, I also couldn't install the program I mentioned that kept dissapearing to my C drive, again, gave me admin errors. So maybe this has something to do with UAC? I can't figure out why the program goes away.