Deprecated WinAPI import

ID PE082 Level WARNING Category System

Description

The executable imports a Windows function which is deprecated.

Mitigation

  • Do not use deprecated WinAPI functions, as they may be removed or altered in the future Windows releases. Follow the Microsoft-suggested mitigation which would be provided by Binary Valentine.

Arguments

This rule has the following output arguments:

  • dll - DLL name
  • api - WinAPI function
  • mitigation - Microsoft-suggested mitigation