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| Posted by Avatar Staff 334 days ago
Via: http://www.uninformed.org | Tags: patchguard reloaded a brief analysis of patchguard version comments Discuss  
Since the publication of previous bypass or circumvention techniques for Kernel Patch Protection (otherwise known as ``PatchGuard''), Microsoft has continued to refine their patch protection system in an attempt to foil known bypass mechanisms. With the release of Windows Server 2008 Beta 3, and later a full-blown distribution of PatchGuard to Windows Vista / Windows Server 2003 via Windows Update, Microsoft has introduced the next generation of PatchGuard to the general public (``PatchGuard 3''). As wit read more »
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| Posted by Avatar Staff 334 days ago
Via: http://www.uninformed.org | Tags: subverting patchguard version comments Discuss  
Windows Vista x64 and recently hotfixed versions of the Windows Server 2003 x64 kernel contain an updated version of Microsoft's kernel-mode patch prevention technology known as PatchGuard. This new version of PatchGuard improves on the previous version in several ways, primarily dealing with attempts to increase the difficulty of bypassing PatchGuard from the perspective of an independent software vendor (ISV) deploying a driver that patches the kernel. The feature-set of PatchGuard version 2 is otherwise read more »
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| Posted by Avatar Staff 334 days ago
Via: http://uninformed.org | Tags: bypassing patchguard on windows x comments Discuss  
The version of the Windows kernel that runs on the x64 platform has introduced a new feature, nicknamed PatchGuard, that is intended to prevent both malicious software and third-party vendors ... read more »
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