I have planned to develop a windows security application to prevent malicious code attacks. The solution has user-mode application which will communicate with kernel mode driver for preprocessing ...

perfmon says that 'Kernel Current URIs Cached = 2 (average) and that 'Output Cache Current Items' = 3000-4000 (average) I think that this means that almost all of the objects are in the User Mode ...

An operational state of software that has the highest priority. Also called the "kernel mode," "supervisor mode" or "supervisor state," it is the state in which the operating system runs, because it ...

A new method and proof-of-concept tool called EDR-Freeze demonstrates that evading security solutions is possible from user ...

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Following the massive Windows outage in July caused by a defective CrowdStrike update, Microsoft is working on a way to allow security products to ‘run in user mode just as apps do,’ Microsoft’s David ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. With the threat from kernel-mode rootkits on the rise, ...