How do I make windows sec. center detect my own developed antiviru

[Manuel S.]

Hi: I know that XP's sec. center detects an antivirus by checking this:
-That effectively an antivirus exists
-That the signatures of it are up to date
-That real time or on demand scanning are active
-That if there is any security server.

This information was obtained from microsoft, but I didn't find how
technically it's implemented, so I wonder if somebody around here knows how
to do it (I wonder there are some registry keys).

I want to know this because I want to contribute to "Moon Secure Antivirus",
an open source alternative that would become a serious contender for the
commercial antivirus, and currently does a good job but windows s. center
doesn't detect it. Thanks.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I believe that Antivirus vendors need to be registered with Microsoft in
order to have access to the APIs involved.

Useful information might be:

http://secureitalliance.org/blogs/f...tyCenterWPUS.doc#ggviewer-offsite-nav-4010984

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Bb432509.aspx

One of the things the first doc mentions is that apps registered with the
security center must be signed, I believe.

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"Manuel S." <ManuelS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi: I know that XP's sec. center detects an antivirus by checking this:
> -That effectively an antivirus exists
> -That the signatures of it are up to date
> -That real time or on demand scanning are active
> -That if there is any security server.
>
> This information was obtained from microsoft, but I didn't find how
> technically it's implemented, so I wonder if somebody around here knows
> how
> to do it (I wonder there are some registry keys).
>
> I want to know this because I want to contribute to "Moon Secure
> Antivirus",
> an open source alternative that would become a serious contender for the
> commercial antivirus, and currently does a good job but windows s. center
> doesn't detect it. Thanks.