How to retrieve installed anti-virus information?

[justmedotcom]

It is possible to get installed anti-virus information from WMI, but it will not work if WMI is disabled.
How could I get anti-virus name, version and other available info without using WMI?
Thanks in advance!

[chrisname]

You sound very suspicious. Why do you want it? if (AVname != somethingGood) destroyComputer(AVname);?

[webJose]

By quickly googling I found this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd347463%28VS.85%29.aspx.

But, in a post @ MSDN forums, a Microsoft guy states that Windows Security Center works through WMI providers(http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/thread/85df1ceb-48ae-4665-8c8a-bbce3ec11193). If this is true, then the API probably won't work.