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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th Jan 2007 21:28 UTC, submitted by PlatformAgnostic

Ken Johnson, a Windows kernel mode and debugging guru, analyzes the Windows x64 Kernel Patch prevention system on his blog. From his perspective, PatchGuard is neither a security scheme nor a DRM measure due to the limited scope of the structures it protects. Instead, it is a tool to prevent vendors from destroying system security and stability. Johnson also forecasts a hypervisor-based PatchGuard mechanism for future revisions to this technology. Check out other posts on Nynaeve for a wealth of technical details on Windows mechanisms of interest to reverse-engineers.

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RE: Here's a story

by Gone fishing on Wed 31st Jan 2007 01:15 UTC in reply to "Here's a story"

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Agreed - some AV software is almost worse than a Virus � an OS should be able to protect itself from such crap.

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