installed apps

[john5632]

Is there any way to get information about installed anti-virus in system?

[Victor Nijegorodov]

You can look in Control Panel\System and Security

[john5632]

Thank you but this is manual way. Can I same using C++ / MFC?

[Lost User]

You can check for a virus scanner under the installed programs in the windows registry in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall (System wide installs)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall (User installs)

[john5632]

There are many keys. Is there any straight way of doing this?

[Lost User]

You can iterate over the keys and check for known virus scanners. Have a look here how to do this in C++: Enumerating Registry Subkeys (Windows)[^]