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<TD><PRE>Method 01 # ~$ W8 m$ Y3 O7 ^! \
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This method of detection of SoftICE (as well as the following one) is( g6 p4 f# h' `# m8 L' i
used by the majority of packers/encryptors found on Internet.
) \ {6 X* I$ ^9 F& U& oIt seeks the signature of BoundsChecker in SoftICE. o# J8 Q/ t. v3 X7 W
# d& z' ~0 w1 l' x! y+ g mov ebp, 04243484Bh ; 'BCHK'$ o0 }& ^ {/ D) K0 } L& O+ l
mov ax, 04h
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cmp al,4+ G' [6 B$ p1 i/ d. D" F% @
jnz SoftICE_Detected1 C( ~. g. _6 C, G$ W+ Z
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5 ~+ r$ ?! m0 `& g/ X) `7 JMethod 02
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Still a method very much used (perhaps the most frequent one). It is used+ l' u, N# T, F, k5 E, n2 H7 R
to get SoftICE 'Back Door commands' which gives infos on Breakpoints,
1 z Q' m# N2 k: I+ N For execute SoftICE commands...
6 k- u( \' _ ]+ y" jIt is also used to crash SoftICE and to force it to execute any commands
5 a6 r1 d4 t7 m, l6 H# r: h(HBOOT...) :-(( ; K) T' p3 ?% y
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Here is a quick description:
! n7 f7 n4 R ~/ a3 Q, C6 N9 S! z/ ?-AX = 0910h (Display string in SIce windows). E1 Y b2 r& c6 n! P! t: s
-AX = 0911h (Execute SIce commands -command is displayed is ds:dx)7 Z/ G: I4 t8 B1 j+ q/ D' G: o
-AX = 0912h (Get breakpoint infos)
1 K6 U8 _, A- M% @5 {8 t0 u-AX = 0913h (Set Sice breakpoints) L0 G6 [3 D# V7 I- K: \
-AX = 0914h (Remove SIce breakoints)
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Each time you'll meet this trick, you'll see:
6 H3 T' G' e% P/ z-SI = 4647h
! u: R" p7 R+ Q5 P, m-DI = 4A4Dh
% q4 {) P' G, WWhich are the 'magic values' used by SoftIce./ b3 N: j X" p/ S- `) Q w* |
For more informations, see "Ralf Brown Interrupt list" chapter int 03h.; B+ Z! E4 _3 y% K h! i
2 k& c; i0 ?" v0 S% x. aHere is one example from the file "Haspinst.exe" which is the dongle HASP: X. Z, Y4 }+ Q1 L
Envelope utility use to protect DOS applications:
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w- | v; W1 `- ^( @3 [4C19:0095 MOV AX,0911 ; execute command.
0 t$ X$ ]. u5 p8 A0 p( F4C19:0098 MOV DX,[BX] ; ds:dx point to the command (see below).
7 t& [8 [" D j- G4C19:009A MOV SI,4647 ; 1st magic value.* M. x. Q" X8 w) T M, y
4C19:009D MOV DI,4A4D ; 2nd magic value.
# s3 `# |+ o+ j# _/ d+ P* G4C19:00A0 INT 3 ; Int call.(if SIce is not loaded, jmp to 00AD*)
' B% E4 J5 [4 L/ k# b, j4C19:00A1 ADD BX,02 ; BX+2 to point to next command to execute
; w* d% I9 D) [) h" h$ _. p4C19:00A4 INC CX7 R! t4 v& n, j% q5 d
4C19:00A5 CMP CX,06 ; Repeat 6 times to execute
5 ?( R0 P; g* w5 z; C" M4C19:00A8 JB 0095 ; 6 different commands.
7 }7 I& ~- E2 E+ I4 \% [. K4C19:00AA JMP 0002 ; Bad_Guy jmp back.
* w; M" p2 }9 d. N" B4C19:00AD MOV BX,SP ; Good_Guy go ahead :)
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The program will execute 6 different SIce commands located at ds:dx, which
- p. a3 b1 X5 n- zare: LDT, IDT, GDT, TSS, RS, and ...HBOOT.
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% W- v( a! U2 L# F7 l9 q" ~* the "jmp to 00ADh" is performed via an SEH if the debugger is not loaded.; K e/ D; a& y. u: P
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Less used method. It seeks the ID of SoftICE VxD via the int 2Fh/1684h
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, P5 r* ?2 J+ ~# b* w a/ W) r* U xor di,di+ I( j3 c, q' U a5 J4 V8 t6 p. w
mov es,di
8 k$ o* b7 r8 z$ N" p mov ax, 1684h
4 ?6 V z2 [$ E+ Z" T mov bx, 0202h ; VxD ID of winice6 C# S% Q$ [8 i- v5 Z% Z
int 2Fh
8 @* {% x* T+ k8 B8 g0 j% ` mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point9 T5 {- I) [0 N
add ax, di3 t8 S' O5 w2 V& l8 _
test ax,ax0 e$ _" X( f, N. q9 E" y8 n
jnz SoftICE_Detected
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Method identical to the preceding one except that it seeks the ID of SoftICE; E3 @2 l+ N A) q$ O$ [
GFX VxD.
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8 J% E3 h5 h: T' R, z* S xor di,di
. g3 _6 q5 j( } mov es,di# H3 a( \$ M: h! {1 i# r2 A
mov ax, 1684h
2 c0 _& ]1 S- w& s3 x: d) ` ] mov bx, 7a5Fh ; VxD ID of SIWVID8 E( M. H2 l& G0 p
int 2fh8 o5 z6 |3 c, Y; ^8 w! k
mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point
) z; U* l0 F% g+ W' j add ax, di
7 [5 Q6 C c ]; H7 H3 y* l4 m test ax,ax
3 J2 a! O, [. W+ s8 m jnz SoftICE_Detected
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Method 05
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Method seeking the 'magic number' 0F386h returned (in ax) by all system6 Z2 ^7 G# S6 O9 C" v5 X' r
debugger. It calls the int 41h, function 4Fh.
- y4 ~5 c( A7 Q Z) nThere are several alternatives. ) F3 D! t. B3 e$ Z8 c% ? z$ L
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The following one is the simplest:9 l! g8 g! }1 f" z# e+ H) H$ W: {
3 Z) X4 r" \* ~$ F( ?. V mov ax,4fh9 h5 H1 m) U0 R( G- \4 r) K Q6 U
int 41h
2 U( x, d* g5 \+ y cmp ax, 0F386
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Next method as well as the following one are 2 examples from Stone's 1 V j, R8 T2 k A# X
"stn-wid.zip" (www.cracking.net):
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. x5 Z. ?) o& ?* _* e mov bx, cs
# `) C8 Y' w0 ?, x0 A; m lea dx, int41handler2) m6 x. \9 B2 F8 U: l
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
' r; j: E# j5 @* x- E) n. y xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]
! E" T$ P9 p' x( g. q) L) F! U5 ` mov ax,4fh4 r3 C; }% F3 v
int 41h1 X9 }; V, [0 z/ j
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]8 ?5 U8 {' q7 M
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]
6 }/ f1 H' j. \: ]1 g4 O- z cmp ax, 0f386h: f- r7 S4 h; }& r2 B n
jz SoftICE_detected
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int41handler2 PROC
$ V, J9 g3 ^3 s+ M iret
2 O& d5 z- L, {5 \+ jint41handler2 ENDP6 ]5 ~+ v$ v& a' j& W
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0 s. B+ U0 W1 w+ k% X6 y2nd method similar to the preceding one but more difficult to detect:
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int41handler PROC
! X' z+ h0 R3 }7 f K1 ^4 a/ ~ mov cl,al; c* a( b% v' G( k6 Y; j( s2 o
iret
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) L1 j& g' Q+ Z$ C: f+ _5 S xor ax,ax0 A4 V) M7 P2 z5 l5 s6 t5 k7 o5 ?
mov es,ax2 _1 c" I Z4 i3 E y
mov bx, cs
3 a7 D( p" p' [! s5 q( b& Y, P lea dx, int41handler
# i8 X. Y& }8 Y$ m" ^2 x8 w6 {" ? xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
6 e2 `! K4 U0 [3 y# Z xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]
9 g/ N. a' J, R9 c# X# y in al, 40h! r" p) C; S# E7 ~
xor cx,cx5 `9 X# T- g3 y6 E# V3 V# u0 p
int 41h
7 g7 L" V, C1 t7 X* j xchg dx, es:[41h*4]" F1 \/ X* m! l, j* O7 S6 j
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]
7 n1 E5 q+ t4 I9 x, Q cmp cl,al
: \+ k1 R& m/ g/ U8 I jnz SoftICE_detected
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Method of detection of the WinICE handler in the int68h (V86)8 r7 G* x) t- d# N {
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mov ah,43h7 H6 [ [5 e+ h! A* S# S. [
int 68h2 {6 g) j0 R. L+ `. Z
cmp ax,0F386h
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# }4 {4 |) N$ t* S=> it is not possible to set a BPINT 68 with softice but you can hook a 32Bit$ z8 {4 S. X- x' |" ~5 k
app like this:+ \! ?% y0 \; S+ `) b; O
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BPX exec_int if ax==68
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located at [ebp+48h] for 32Bit apps)
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6 B1 z% n& d+ e6 K' ?9 WIt is not a method of detection of SoftICE but a possibility to crash the. u% K4 `+ `: F
system by intercepting int 01h and int 03h and redirecting them to another( R; M R9 e, B7 }3 C
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It calls int 21h functions 25h and 35h (set/get int vector) and ds:dx points. i$ m6 V$ \# k4 f! a) y( D# T: { d( ?
to the new routine to execute (hangs computer...)
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( b4 g8 [/ I# d; R9 D3 b/ m/ h mov ah, 25h& ]! V ~" ^3 j* G0 e) K2 w
mov al, Int_Number (01h or 03h)1 U6 v+ e" W1 i+ ~7 i( }
mov dx, offset New_Int_Routine
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This method is closed to methods 03 and 04 (int 2Fh/1684h) but it is only
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The Get_DDB service is used to determine whether or not a VxD is installed* S" `! X0 k7 n# \
for the specified device and returns a Device Description Block (in ecx) for. ?: l& Y Q/ H2 D4 q: R
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mov eax, Device_ID ; 202h for SICE or 7a5Fh for SIWVID VxD ID0 V( ^* B% g( F* U5 _, O
mov edi, Device_Name ; only used if no VxD ID (useless in our case ;-)
# Z0 V9 [$ i) j9 l VMMCall Get_DDB
" J/ u! \7 V, F) X" s6 z- J mov [DDB], ecx ; ecx=DDB or 0 if the VxD is not installed, P3 f& W4 @0 Y% k5 _# L
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Note as well that you can easily detect this method with SoftICE:
' |' X& e X/ ^5 |+ ? bpx Get_DDB if ax==0202 || ax==7a5fh3 O( Y' V% X# h+ e3 m
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* f: ]8 Z. B+ R& ? I) A, o J: O" z' C=>Disable or clear breakpoints before using this feature. DO NOT trace with
2 j$ }; Z% @) t: W5 m0 M SoftICE while the option is enable!!" }9 [0 F4 q6 ?1 } o
: _8 ^) w$ b, HThis trick is very efficient:; [' K r/ q! T( V9 ]% N
by checking the Debug Registers, you can detect if SoftICE is loaded
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there are some memory breakpoints set (dr0 to dr3) simply by reading their i$ d3 u0 H6 [- ]% i0 x. b+ v
value (in ring0 only). Values can be manipulated and or changed as well- e# }+ }+ x( \, u: B+ [/ y' D
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6 y+ M5 F, ?- F0 a; PThis method is most known as 'MeltICE' because it has been freely distributed" l: X0 j1 s, h2 k' a' J0 D
via www.winfiles.com. However it was first used by NuMega people to allow- ~7 ^6 W! Z; K" [
Symbol Loader to check if SoftICE was active or not (the code is located5 R1 _/ j( n( F! E1 g7 d3 F8 x
inside nmtrans.dll).
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) n4 ~: y; R4 _0 c* yThe way it works is very simple:
F, {3 ]: J! IIt tries to open SoftICE drivers handles (SICE, SIWVID for Win9x, NTICE for8 M. V: ^ `5 M
WinNT) with the CreateFileA API.
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* W( {7 o9 U/ Z& I1 @Here is a sample (checking for 'SICE'):
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BOOL IsSoftIce95Loaded()
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hFile = CreateFile( "\\\\.\\SICE", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,$ O: F5 J) d$ z% F7 K4 X8 Z. q% S5 t
FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
, `3 w+ g( }+ O- |4 F NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);: J2 O+ x" B. `. c; ~) V
if( hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
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; h2 J3 |* a7 | CloseHandle(hFile);
( n* k8 k: _+ a( c return TRUE;
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) ]* o% a# C; P) X9 S7 }$ \; d1 ~Although this trick calls the CreateFileA function, don't even expect to be$ q2 n3 H o2 z, @
able to intercept it by installing a IFS hook: it will not work, no way!
8 T0 \6 b2 C* f; O; W! }In fact, after the call to CreateFileA it will get through VWIN32 0x001F
. }9 s+ y7 k' o ?. l3 G( Q0 m: Sservice _VWIN32_ReleaseWin32Mutex (via Kernel32!ORD_0001/VxDCall function)
' u( H" y0 L# Z) }' W- oand then browse the DDB list until it find the VxD and its DDB_Control_Proc
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In fact, its purpose is not to load/unload VxDs but only to send a " \5 O7 ~8 v2 y& F3 q6 g0 s
W32_DEVICEIOCONTROL (0x23) control message (DIOC_OPEN and DIOC_CLOSEHANDLE)
* n# D; U) q+ J/ u2 C0 _2 y$ oto the VxD Control_Dispatch proc (how the hell a shareware soft could try
/ ~; ^# p# l# I& O! {2 hto load/unload a non-dynamically loadable driver such as SoftICE ;-).& ?' X$ N3 S. _. X# f7 h" P# I5 G- `
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 point0 ?8 c1 U/ o p1 v- e. E
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0040106C: call CreateFileA
+ e( T7 y9 I- i( N1 b" a 00401071: cmp eax,-001+ ?0 T2 ~& s8 a0 T
00401074: je 00401091' h! J8 b2 n0 n' G, M
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# T! q, g: l: T+ u' N; UThere could be hundreds of BPX you could use to detect this trick.& k; B' R1 q7 L* L" k
-The most classical one is:
9 ^9 D. ^; L% F- g+ x+ [' F BPX CreateFileA if *(esp->4+4)=='SICE' || *(esp->4+4)=='SIWV' ||
~" V. w7 r6 z4 T *(esp->4+4)=='NTIC'5 J ~5 c0 `# [: p7 X3 }
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BPINT 30 if eax==002A001F && (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV')
/ a' ~0 h' }' t8 ]% w! r R ;will break 3 times :-( w/ d% Z6 `6 R B, b* q
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BPINT 30 if (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV')
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BPX KERNEL32!ORD_0001 if *edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV' 2 o0 k' H! U" b7 r3 o: c7 V
;will break 3 times :-(* @ x! _8 i r5 r: S
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-Much faster:
# X/ @* M. R! L8 v/ y BPX VMM_GetDDBList if eax->3=='SICE' || eax->3=='SIWV'
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Note also that some programs (like AZPR3.00) use de old 16-bit _lopen5 J. J5 t0 o1 ]/ G9 B$ W' b* t
function to do the same job:
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! ^3 V( {+ E* N2 m6 | push 00 ; OF_READ* c- K! G2 n7 f. l1 W% ~- w4 Z, N4 x
mov eax,[00656634] ; '\\.\SICE',04 z: z; i) P' X8 h7 Z! ~
push eax; y( e6 x k# M e! \
call KERNEL32!_lopen
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jnz 00650589 ; detected
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mov eax,[00656638] ; '\\.\SICE') `, {& n) i# M8 ]
push eax k& Y; j% b8 c$ A, S/ N( }& d$ x
call KERNEL32!_lopen
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Method 12
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/ z* o+ b4 r8 U2 p6 y% kThis 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.
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; w, M: ?2 ^5 z; s# p/ r push 002a002ah ; high word specifies which VxD (VWIN32): E3 b+ q3 H& {& e
; low word specifies which service
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call Kernel32!ORD_001 ; VxdCall+ M3 {5 k2 _; y8 r
cmp ax, 0f386h ; magic number returned by system debuggers
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Here again, several ways to detect it:/ c. F# Y0 m( k% T0 ]
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BPINT 41 if ax==4f
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6 g. P2 l/ M8 E( v2 I; D BPINT 30 if ax==0xF386 ; SoftICE must be loaded for this one
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5 I: v% f/ d% s( H( m/ c4 Z BPX Exec_PM_Int if eax==41 && edx->1c==4f && edx->10==002A002A: w% u3 K" _: c: E
2 u; n! h: A+ O" p9 ~- p BPX Kernel32!ord_0001 if esp->4==002A002A && esp->8==4f ; slooooow!
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B+ [9 Q9 t8 aNot a real method of detection, but a good way to know if SoftICE is
1 y1 I. F Z# p( S1 @0 Finstalled on a computer and to locate its installation directory.
! _* z& s8 a7 W6 a' [2 d# sIt is used by few softs which access the following registry keys (usually #2) :! }. I/ D# O- j6 I5 f m8 ~
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\Uninstall\SoftICE1 Y9 a1 `3 [6 e5 l
-#2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\NuMega\SoftICE
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\App Paths\Loader32.Exe! a( `% |( P6 u- U/ k3 ?
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Note that some nasty apps could then erase all files from SoftICE directory
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Useful breakpoint to detect it:
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BPX _regopenkey if *(esp->8+0x13)=='tICE' || *(esp->8+0x37)=='tICE' u' K; ]: A H& y0 W- |$ P
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A call to VMM 'Test_Debug_Installed' service. As the name says, its purpose2 J: V* ]6 t" n4 v5 x
is to determines whether a debugger is running on your system (ring0 only).
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This service just checks a flag.
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