It's proximity to the advert for the Dakota is irrelevent. You made the mistake and as I see it, you have absolutely no comeback or reason to in anyway blame or criticize Dreamfleet.
The way in which to do it on W7 is a bit different than XP or Vista. When I opened the Action Center, it told me I must restart my computer to disable UAC. I didn't get any kind of pop up saying I was supposed to do all that, so I missed that step.