Self-Protection for Antivirus Software http://www.av-test.org/en/news/news-single-view/self-protection-for-antivirus-software/
An Internet security suite provides full system protection, employing all available protection technologies. But what about the self-protection of the system protectors? Do they use protection technologies such as DEP and ASLR for their own use? AV-TEST examined 32 applications to find out.