This will enable them to build their IT security solutions to run outside the Windows kernel. Software such as antivirus and endpoint protection will then be in user mode, just like normal apps.

For decades, Microsoft has built Windows in a way that has allowed developers to deliver security software that’s deeply rooted into Windows, running at the kernel level of Windows — the core ...

At the time, Riot noted that plenty of other kernel-level anti-cheat software already existed—although not to the extent of Riot's Vanguard software, which begins when Windows boots up.

At least one hacker is using anti-cheat software included in the tremendously popular free-to-play MMOPRG Genshin Impact to help mass distribute ransomware. The file is named 'mhyprot2.sys' ...

FIFA 23 and other EA titles will come with controversial "kernel-mode" anti-cheat software Since some cheats operate in Ring 0, EA says it has to have kernel access, too ...

Microsoft is making changes to Windows to get antivirus apps out of the kernel. A private preview is being released to security vendors in July.