Respective linker flags are: ASLR -> /DYNAMICBASE DEP -> /NXCOMPAT From Wikipedia: Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R

Respective linker flags are: ASLR -> /DYNAMICBASE DEP -> /NXCOMPAT From Wikipedia: Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 have ASLR enabled by default, although only for those executables and dynamic link libraries specifically linked to be ASLR-enabled. That's by default. You can also force ASLR to be applied to any app by installing EMET and configuring it respectively - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30424 EMET also allows changing DEP protection from Opt-In to Opt-Out, which is obviously a good thing. [1] ASLR -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_space_layout_randomization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_space_layout_randomizat... [2] DEP -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Execution_Prevention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Execution_Prevention