Microsoft Application Verifier description
A runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in finding subtle programming errors

Application Verifier is designed specifically to detect and help debug memory corruptions and critical security vulnerabilities.

Microsoft Application Verifier makes it easier to create reliable applications by monitoring an application's interaction with the Windows operating system, profiling its use of objects, the registry, the file system, and Win32 APIs (including heaps, handles, locks, and more).

Microsoft Application Verifier also includes checks to predict how well the application will perform under Least-privileged User Account operation, compatibility tests to be used in logoing , and print tests to verify your usage of the print subsystem.

Running Application Verifier is easy; simply turn on the tool then run your project and go through your normal testing scenarios with a debugger attached. When your tests are completed, view the Application Verifier logs for any errors that may have been detected.

Application Verifier is a runtime verification utility for unmanaged code that assists in quickly finding subtle programming errors that can not be identified so easy with normal application testing.

Requirements:

· You must be an administrator on the system that you are using in order to run Application Verifier.
· You must run your project with the tool turned on and go through your testing scenarios
· Application Verifier supports x86, x64 and IA64 platforms
· If full page heap is enabled, you will need to ensure you have a large page file (e.g. 1Gb).
· The Basics verification layer will require that you run your application under a debugger: Debugging Tools