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<TD><PRE>Method 01
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. ]( \8 c& m; ?% ~ ~This method of detection of SoftICE (as well as the following one) is
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It seeks the signature of BoundsChecker in SoftICE7 [$ Y+ q8 h6 i7 k4 b9 V
8 h& N8 E8 P+ n) t mov ebp, 04243484Bh ; 'BCHK'
" q" a. N, J: z# D t$ D# D mov ax, 04h
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2 @5 P* q1 H% S+ G$ f cmp al,4( `2 v! Z, S! O0 O1 G9 j1 V
jnz SoftICE_Detected b; h% p2 }7 |% H6 k, B- R
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* }: R/ u) D- Q/ g1 sStill a method very much used (perhaps the most frequent one). It is used" j2 |8 o9 d. N6 y
to get SoftICE 'Back Door commands' which gives infos on Breakpoints,2 s4 V9 K7 Z- \: U& |
or execute SoftICE commands...+ I4 Z! m! ]% i4 }1 H
It is also used to crash SoftICE and to force it to execute any commands
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0 B& p, T) @/ Z2 YHere is a quick description:
& k, I& W0 X! p# W; v% Y-AX = 0910h (Display string in SIce windows)
`3 \- M7 V6 P7 J- p-AX = 0911h (Execute SIce commands -command is displayed is ds:dx)
{ L9 n: k) K: B% g! y-AX = 0912h (Get breakpoint infos)
0 c0 E# q2 d) Z: Z- e-AX = 0913h (Set Sice breakpoints)
3 _- @7 K+ F6 ^- ?' n4 _( J-AX = 0914h (Remove SIce breakoints)
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Each time you'll meet this trick, you'll see:
/ ], ^! f1 H0 b* g8 P! Z-SI = 4647h
5 L8 S. \9 \* q @' N-DI = 4A4Dh- H4 w J) e/ F
Which are the 'magic values' used by SoftIce.
! p) r3 g. b( b' e& l2 l9 FFor more informations, see "Ralf Brown Interrupt list" chapter int 03h.( h) q: @ t3 @' O
5 D; p5 n. h% W9 C5 r# p, [Here is one example from the file "Haspinst.exe" which is the dongle HASP3 Q: {# T' G% C8 V
Envelope utility use to protect DOS applications:
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4C19:0095 MOV AX,0911 ; execute command.
7 Q$ D7 ~( y8 q4C19:0098 MOV DX,[BX] ; ds:dx point to the command (see below).
+ J7 D- _- k2 c3 M4C19:009A MOV SI,4647 ; 1st magic value.
" B6 d: k# \! g! e& X" k. ~& @% i4C19:009D MOV DI,4A4D ; 2nd magic value.
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4C19:00A1 ADD BX,02 ; BX+2 to point to next command to execute6 G+ d Y. q N% ]* T3 |' M$ C
4C19:00A4 INC CX
8 r/ f% J( f. z9 g; C) i4C19:00A5 CMP CX,06 ; Repeat 6 times to execute
1 G; d8 J w# B! S# O9 l4C19:00A8 JB 0095 ; 6 different commands.7 n6 `: `) R* r% h3 b+ a- P
4C19:00AA JMP 0002 ; Bad_Guy jmp back.7 |8 d# `; r6 ^6 }) D; h G
4C19:00AD MOV BX,SP ; Good_Guy go ahead :)% R( s2 p9 s2 D: C! q# R- w
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The program will execute 6 different SIce commands located at ds:dx, which
& y5 s1 y: W/ N! Gare: LDT, IDT, GDT, TSS, RS, and ...HBOOT.7 H5 h, q( ~3 ?. ]
4 W& s$ Z$ b6 Z: f- h5 B0 W! w* the "jmp to 00ADh" is performed via an SEH if the debugger is not loaded.8 j, i+ M# {: j2 _
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Method 03
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- S- u( r" J+ u5 ELess used method. It seeks the ID of SoftICE VxD via the int 2Fh/1684h! ^. a" r6 D3 q. F7 }7 y
(API Get entry point)
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" v- Z+ n* ?* E0 } xor di,di T1 p3 v# j, t9 q: a- g$ H0 A
mov es,di
# s+ s6 ~8 L* ]! f mov ax, 1684h # ^0 _3 G. w$ s, [; B7 U/ p
mov bx, 0202h ; VxD ID of winice
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' s% W4 [6 q, E, l) r B" ` mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point9 b& X7 L# e. O0 U g
add ax, di
: i% V( i# q: _% t3 S4 k test ax,ax
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Method identical to the preceding one except that it seeks the ID of SoftICE' e6 V+ c/ V8 N& f
GFX VxD.
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xor di,di2 m# w8 [$ s1 j/ C- O( K
mov es,di
! o0 }! v& V1 u& c mov ax, 1684h
8 T- D- O! |* n3 _1 \" } V mov bx, 7a5Fh ; VxD ID of SIWVID
. B# m* X2 E+ _4 z int 2fh
9 p. h) c6 {5 C mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point
! M9 u; R: t2 i5 u add ax, di& E* |# g' T# |5 y, w; O. l
test ax,ax7 r; G2 N6 C! v6 T/ @; x! x U; q
jnz SoftICE_Detected
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0 h4 N+ E. V7 iMethod 05
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Method seeking the 'magic number' 0F386h returned (in ax) by all system
+ } Q/ | J" w: q2 M/ C4 |debugger. It calls the int 41h, function 4Fh.
3 L! w& p" a- jThere are several alternatives. & P% w- B5 h1 X- W) d
8 a8 O& z* W( h- v$ c7 ~& l. JThe following one is the simplest:
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+ ], j; O5 n# X- ^; c mov ax,4fh! i0 _1 [2 I0 O4 G
int 41h. F& g7 _6 R) t* O% c- @1 k
cmp ax, 0F386" R& {( c0 v% z7 I8 @% n O$ V
jz SoftICE_detected
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Next method as well as the following one are 2 examples from Stone's $ [+ O5 B4 J! {( d5 [
"stn-wid.zip" (www.cracking.net):
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mov bx, cs
5 q/ r- v Z: V6 @# F' U: q lea dx, int41handler2+ Y% }2 A z( V$ v; ]
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
( O/ Y v- S# U: | xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]4 J+ R+ S+ h- b1 H8 n" x+ W O+ h
mov ax,4fh9 V8 T+ s7 C7 F: N
int 41h* y8 T( p$ `8 O) C
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
0 e7 d4 d$ S3 z. B xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2] K# }2 x$ W, o' R" c5 H" g
cmp ax, 0f386h
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8 }" U m0 N+ P3 L3 ^0 \: q% Tint41handler2 PROC" M* M5 _$ Y4 g0 W4 R
iret
+ V: g2 N! r. f3 ^int41handler2 ENDP
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Method 06$ b6 @8 I7 t$ s3 R0 R* D1 Y
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& A: R! l- m: L- g7 W3 P! O2nd method similar to the preceding one but more difficult to detect:
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int41handler PROC; D; ^7 g \9 w n$ I
mov cl,al
8 W7 m v9 m' s/ c. j6 ^$ e1 V iret
( i8 h, [5 C9 H1 B1 A9 Jint41handler ENDP
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. [, I: f2 w. n' a, T7 g7 ` xor ax,ax
. U9 j# E5 ^* Z% D mov es,ax9 c% A6 R% x Y$ p4 B- T
mov bx, cs
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xchg dx, es:[41h*4]. h+ D/ o2 k0 P! g+ r
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]/ v' v& r" n6 r ] V# o& {1 n
in al, 40h% `2 [" S* u: g% f: p& e1 z4 b
xor cx,cx6 H9 ^, q6 T) q
int 41h
$ E) O8 I: v9 |/ I xchg dx, es:[41h*4]6 y3 ~1 |; X/ f5 o$ B+ @
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]' `/ j4 Y9 d1 J0 A, @* n$ }
cmp cl,al
' t" s/ L, O6 X0 w! R, ` jnz SoftICE_detected
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Method 07: u/ Y+ e }3 @# D
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2 T: z. \( O# ~4 I3 S4 s2 JMethod of detection of the WinICE handler in the int68h (V86)
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4 F, a% s' t( i B0 ` mov ah,43h
& W& t1 `0 s9 ]2 M- j5 G* P% s int 68h
2 i4 Q9 C c7 i- ~ G+ [ cmp ax,0F386h( v' \+ }) o4 ?3 X: {2 K' f
jz SoftICE_Detected
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=> it is not possible to set a BPINT 68 with softice but you can hook a 32Bit
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BPX exec_int if ax==68
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located at [ebp+48h] for 32Bit apps)- p \9 g1 _3 Q n" o
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Method 08% ^# B: a. P3 G S6 ~+ F/ R
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It is not a method of detection of SoftICE but a possibility to crash the
( l: f" O) ^5 j% o1 l# X4 Jsystem by intercepting int 01h and int 03h and redirecting them to another
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; w) ? @% `5 l$ G1 q. I! KIt calls int 21h functions 25h and 35h (set/get int vector) and ds:dx points& m+ L( k) V6 B
to the new routine to execute (hangs computer...)
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mov ah, 25h2 G% ~7 `# r7 I) Z2 v% ~
mov al, Int_Number (01h or 03h)4 `9 B* x) c: g2 K6 r# \
mov dx, offset New_Int_Routine5 U( S: e$ S3 y" z
int 21h
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0 h# H7 N; c% U y/ ]" T: _" vThis method is closed to methods 03 and 04 (int 2Fh/1684h) but it is only
' y$ L( f" N5 U/ w9 T( q$ G/ G1 \performed in ring0 (VxD or a ring3 app using the VxdCall).
0 ?! Q* |" Y+ cThe Get_DDB service is used to determine whether or not a VxD is installed
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0 g. E; b! f( g& G5 J; T1 K mov eax, Device_ID ; 202h for SICE or 7a5Fh for SIWVID VxD ID+ Q- S8 }! o% o4 g
mov edi, Device_Name ; only used if no VxD ID (useless in our case ;-)4 o( y6 c+ [# ?) }
VMMCall Get_DDB% |4 b2 z9 W4 J7 D
mov [DDB], ecx ; ecx=DDB or 0 if the VxD is not installed
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0 c- g- G% J' WNote as well that you can easily detect this method with SoftICE:
3 e9 u6 Y5 d6 h' \5 f; Q$ m bpx Get_DDB if ax==0202 || ax==7a5fh
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5 m* h! o- a% l' Z- a6 c2 SMethod 10
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=>Disable or clear breakpoints before using this feature. DO NOT trace with0 L) f0 u- z5 w T* U
SoftICE while the option is enable!!5 v5 W) N$ K3 W( Z% \2 W+ M
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This trick is very efficient:
3 W5 i/ h% b7 H1 nby checking the Debug Registers, you can detect if SoftICE is loaded
$ ?6 P5 Z9 e/ P- q' A4 L(dr7=0x700 if you loaded the soft with SoftICE loader, 0x400 otherwise) or if
: A+ Z j* o# f, E0 b$ `there are some memory breakpoints set (dr0 to dr3) simply by reading their6 z4 ?& g2 T9 `8 Q: n
value (in ring0 only). Values can be manipulated and or changed as well2 ~9 L: r; c4 \/ V5 y8 ]
(clearing BPMs for instance)
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Method 11
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This method is most known as 'MeltICE' because it has been freely distributed
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Symbol Loader to check if SoftICE was active or not (the code is located
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/ R. d, g$ Q- W' [# a7 }; PThe way it works is very simple:# I( P6 @. S) q4 R7 C) n# ~( `0 b
It tries to open SoftICE drivers handles (SICE, SIWVID for Win9x, NTICE for
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( F* _- t% U8 x$ tHere is a sample (checking for 'SICE'):( v1 Q0 H) J$ l& t6 M
5 { M$ a8 y( M: B; C# P) S tBOOL IsSoftIce95Loaded()8 t6 }' E! L4 j. q+ N
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* r" u. v) [- g/ W e HANDLE hFile;
$ H+ T, ]# l5 b' L. H/ G& L2 ^ hFile = CreateFile( "\\\\.\\SICE", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,8 U& S z( B, m
FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
. ` h3 S. U! f0 a' h, j NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
8 f) Q$ t+ v2 |0 u- _/ h: _% ] if( hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
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( ]2 G6 k. P4 \: } CloseHandle(hFile);
. R% S i+ ~) ]7 O+ R# y, g- Z* Y9 t return TRUE;5 Z% z0 b. i2 ]3 r' V# Q
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Although this trick calls the CreateFileA function, don't even expect to be5 _3 h- T- s2 ]
able to intercept it by installing a IFS hook: it will not work, no way!& B! m' a" y: y/ K
In fact, after the call to CreateFileA it will get through VWIN32 0x001F5 }! s' \# m1 N5 ]: Q
service _VWIN32_ReleaseWin32Mutex (via Kernel32!ORD_0001/VxDCall function)
# g: t) q( L4 C6 [8 Qand then browse the DDB list until it find the VxD and its DDB_Control_Proc! U6 g6 k, E j) B* t
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In fact, its purpose is not to load/unload VxDs but only to send a
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to the VxD Control_Dispatch proc (how the hell a shareware soft could try$ ~9 [- {4 X5 R+ C4 x; o! f' ^1 j
to load/unload a non-dynamically loadable driver such as SoftICE ;-)., F' k3 f( O% j% {
If the VxD is loaded, it will always clear eax and the Carry flag to allow
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You can check that simply by hooking Winice.exe control proc entry point
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/ b* g7 O' q. q 00401067: push 00402025 ; \\.\SICE, C; \3 k$ i5 i# p% G& ]) U
0040106C: call CreateFileA# Y( e4 |6 B" L( \; T1 f! O
00401071: cmp eax,-0011 C! L9 p1 X3 B/ h0 J5 @6 o) C
00401074: je 004010910 F( r: f s' p1 D- F
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: S8 i g4 [$ z/ a9 k7 O-The most classical one is: k9 M! y" H3 y. j# u( C& W
BPX CreateFileA if *(esp->4+4)=='SICE' || *(esp->4+4)=='SIWV' ||
/ S7 ~+ V* z8 m *(esp->4+4)=='NTIC'6 W) Z L# I5 h/ Y' Z& x) s) K
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-The most exotic ones (could be very slooooow :-(
! j9 l" @# i# ?( b1 ]% G& J BPINT 30 if eax==002A001F && (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV') " \. u) K0 A+ l: p8 p
;will break 3 times :-(" i# n; a: ^7 ^
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-or (a bit) faster:
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BPX KERNEL32!ORD_0001 if *edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV' 9 q2 v: \% A& A2 H% U' h1 r6 y
;will break 3 times :-(! S: W9 C9 R2 @& m) h( @
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BPX VMM_GetDDBList if eax->3=='SICE' || eax->3=='SIWV', F# r) P9 i1 W; I2 @
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Note also that some programs (like AZPR3.00) use de old 16-bit _lopen
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push 00 ; OF_READ' J( l3 k- d: d, s1 @
mov eax,[00656634] ; '\\.\SICE',07 E/ n% H6 O' A4 Z' z3 g
push eax
) j! [6 f- n2 `" t [( T2 X call KERNEL32!_lopen1 K+ l: t3 H+ @
inc eax
; z G, E; M; t: C9 A jnz 00650589 ; detected
/ p$ l- V1 v* q0 B l push 00 ; OF_READ
& {$ K" M2 u" [, Z6 P mov eax,[00656638] ; '\\.\SICE'
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call KERNEL32!_lopen
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9 V6 j: t* Q! j jz 006505ae ; not detected8 S; s4 E% E) y% R5 ]. E
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Method 12
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This trick is similar to int41h/4fh Debugger installation check (code 05
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as it uses the VxDCall backdoor. This detection was found in Bleem Demo.2 A) \, K& J5 z
# j1 J! g3 i9 t/ U8 p/ p push 0000004fh ; function 4fh( b4 s% e. W7 e! C; F: t* X
push 002a002ah ; high word specifies which VxD (VWIN32)
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: }) M: C# W# m% H" F call Kernel32!ORD_001 ; VxdCall9 D! y% L9 C$ I( D4 m
cmp ax, 0f386h ; magic number returned by system debuggers
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8 s7 |! j* I9 v0 e* R% gHere again, several ways to detect it:
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BPINT 41 if ax==4f
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- d' w8 V$ Y' G4 \ BPINT 30 if ax==0xF386 ; SoftICE must be loaded for this one
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BPX Exec_PM_Int if eax==41 && edx->1c==4f && edx->10==002A002A
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' q: N6 L0 R, K: VNot a real method of detection, but a good way to know if SoftICE is. E, W/ S2 P1 {
installed on a computer and to locate its installation directory.
. l( X# t$ U' sIt is used by few softs which access the following registry keys (usually #2) :) Q0 e% H4 M$ E/ H5 s
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-#2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\NuMega\SoftICE7 c; F) t8 e+ J9 ~) h6 F. \8 W+ i
-#3: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion$ m# k- r5 `# u4 A
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6 p* D" c+ O' }+ x# c0 u BPX _regopenkey if *(esp->8+0x13)=='tICE' || *(esp->8+0x37)=='tICE'
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A call to VMM 'Test_Debug_Installed' service. As the name says, its purpose
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je not_installed
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This service just checks a flag.
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