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Originally Posted by CRussel
Turning off UAC is like running everything as root on a UNIX/Linux system. A really bad idea. And with the amount of evil stuff out there, you're setting yourself up for having a PC that is owned. It can still happen with UAC enabled, but at least you have some defense.
I actually suspect something is preventing the UAC prompt, which leads me to wonder if his PC is already infected.
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more likely it is just a side effect of using a certain browser or download manager. I'd try downloading via vanilla IE, if you've not already done that.