In our malware development course, we will explore the intriguing world of API hooking, a technique used to manipulate the behavior of Windows applications. This advanced technique is employed for various purposes, including security research, debugging, and unfortunately, by malicious actors. For our course, we will be using Windows 10 as our operating system and Visual Studio 2022 as our integrated development environment. To facilitate API hooking, we will utilize the Microsoft Detours library, a powerful tool for intercepting and redirecting function calls.