Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 17th Oct 2009 12:45 UTC
A little over two weeks ago, Microsoft released Microsoft Security Essentials, a security software suite protecting users of Windows against malware and viruses. The company has released data about the number of downloads and fixed infections, and the results are encouraging.
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2006-01-02
As far as I know (from talking with people who work on MSE several years ago), it's one of the few AV systems that does not use non-public APIs or unsupported hooking.
Most Microsoft software that ships outside of Windows does not use internal Windows APIs. There are tools that are run during the build process which enforce this restriction.