Tag Archives: Application Verifier

Making Windows Slower Part 2: Process Creation

Posted on October 15, 2018 by brucedawson

Windows has long had a reputation for slow file operations and slow process creation. Have you ever wanted to make these operations even slower? This weeks’ blog post covers a technique you can use to make process creation on Windows … Continue reading →

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VC++ /analyze Bug Finder Bug Fixed

Posted on June 14, 2013 by brucedawson

Last October I wrote about a crashing bug in the /analyze feature of Microsoft’s VC++ compiler – a use-after-free in their annotation parser. It’s now fixed.

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You’ve Got a Bug in Your Bug (Finder)

Posted on October 2, 2012 by brucedawson

All software has bugs, but there is something ironic about a crashing bug in the /analyze portion of Microsoft’s VC++ 2012 compiler. The investigation of this bug also shows yet another reason you should test your software using Microsoft’s Application … Continue reading →

Posted in Code analysis, Code Reliability, Investigative Reporting, Visual Studio | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments