Michael Howard just published a good article here on how Visual C++ features can help protect your app. I go into a fair bit more detail on these in our most recent book, "Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista" (WSCV) if you're curious. Something Michael...

Found a really great post by David Maynor here . He points out that various counter-measures aren't always used by apps other than Windows. I would have commented directly to his blog, but didn't feel like signing up, so I'll make some comments here ...