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They could have provided an API for it, such that anti virus could run in user-mode, no? The regulation was about that they - MS - cannot use something others
by pintxo 2y ago
They could have provided an API for it, such that anti virus could run in user-mode, no?
The regulation was about that they - MS - cannot use something others - Anti-Virus Vendors - could not.
- scarface_74 2y agoIf it ran in user mode that meant any other program - including viruses - could easily tamper with it. Besides, antivirus software that ran in user mode couldn’t prevent boot time viruses. Of course your operating system vendor will always have access to kernel and increased permissions to do things that other software won’t have.