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This method of detection of SoftICE (as well as the following one) is- }6 n: d5 m) B- j
used by the majority of packers/encryptors found on Internet.: ` `( q1 r; q1 c
It seeks the signature of BoundsChecker in SoftICE
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' V$ M9 I3 p! }% Y+ M! d& R- M _ mov ebp, 04243484Bh ; 'BCHK'
9 O$ D* }6 W- a2 w mov ax, 04h
5 s. m0 r0 O3 O5 k- H. O5 i int 3
4 O1 a) j4 j4 E5 h' S! g$ j+ z cmp al,4: v& w! Q, c$ Y
jnz SoftICE_Detected
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Method 02
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% z# r9 h" ?1 W4 pStill a method very much used (perhaps the most frequent one). It is used' p9 ~; q9 b h ^+ U7 y6 c6 F
to get SoftICE 'Back Door commands' which gives infos on Breakpoints,! i/ c0 h. g) ?2 b/ }% ]4 q% a
or execute SoftICE commands..." q2 u5 V4 M/ J( @
It is also used to crash SoftICE and to force it to execute any commands) H# g& N6 X2 M4 W- x* B- Z0 v
(HBOOT...) :-((
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$ ^ d' |( T4 X" u4 n+ l6 GHere is a quick description:
( d. h! n' X8 X! x( x3 i9 r* O-AX = 0910h (Display string in SIce windows)1 }% r: ^* N E4 A4 i7 ?0 b
-AX = 0911h (Execute SIce commands -command is displayed is ds:dx)
; K2 K; [$ {3 K" E1 A6 K, E: ^# H, H-AX = 0912h (Get breakpoint infos)
0 c+ I! {' I. Y$ k* P-AX = 0913h (Set Sice breakpoints)
' i- w% E3 ]$ @. S9 }6 ^5 K-AX = 0914h (Remove SIce breakoints)3 F O; f, I# {9 ^" p# i* k: X2 E
" c% H4 p$ P# e; ^Each time you'll meet this trick, you'll see:6 B0 k4 j; c5 i8 w; ^$ V
-SI = 4647h/ S. y0 O2 a8 N9 Z. D# F) \
-DI = 4A4Dh
* u2 t, O9 J' y* c% bWhich are the 'magic values' used by SoftIce.- M! R( B4 n: `" |+ O7 x/ v
For more informations, see "Ralf Brown Interrupt list" chapter int 03h.( y3 s4 f5 D2 l5 |
. h2 }( n r% xHere is one example from the file "Haspinst.exe" which is the dongle HASP
9 d* \0 _. z8 U' x; N5 j3 {! V2 UEnvelope utility use to protect DOS applications:
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U$ [; }7 F9 o; F- W. F: V! R4C19:0095 MOV AX,0911 ; execute command.
0 O' }* ?0 B$ k) g5 _4C19:0098 MOV DX,[BX] ; ds:dx point to the command (see below).6 R: L4 n2 l2 E9 {) H3 ^
4C19:009A MOV SI,4647 ; 1st magic value.* y2 |' R6 @$ L' z0 p0 l- K$ ~
4C19:009D MOV DI,4A4D ; 2nd magic value.
, }! [! ~. W: E" q1 i4 i/ L4C19:00A0 INT 3 ; Int call.(if SIce is not loaded, jmp to 00AD*)
3 c) n0 j( y. B4C19:00A1 ADD BX,02 ; BX+2 to point to next command to execute
" A/ j9 O1 @) x; v3 d0 C- D4C19:00A4 INC CX
9 A9 [7 n% @- A7 s4 ]: {" E @! K4C19:00A5 CMP CX,06 ; Repeat 6 times to execute, R" S- `* i% c* o7 m. f( l
4C19:00A8 JB 0095 ; 6 different commands.! k: q6 \5 q0 W U8 L/ _
4C19:00AA JMP 0002 ; Bad_Guy jmp back.! _2 b2 V+ y5 a& \4 p* w8 n2 \
4C19:00AD MOV BX,SP ; Good_Guy go ahead :)
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are: LDT, IDT, GDT, TSS, RS, and ...HBOOT.1 O( V, l" e2 ]6 Z+ j6 t6 Z
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* the "jmp to 00ADh" is performed via an SEH if the debugger is not loaded.
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Method 03
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& [" R# R8 o& y$ m! [# nLess used method. It seeks the ID of SoftICE VxD via the int 2Fh/1684h
' p) T: D7 O. _& o( Q1 ](API Get entry point). Z% R5 l! @( d, o5 W4 @! l
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mov es,di3 J9 I: T- u+ S+ I2 ?( c
mov ax, 1684h : x+ c& B! r0 @# X
mov bx, 0202h ; VxD ID of winice# m& O% M3 ]" X3 N( K! a
int 2Fh
0 g5 H5 j& L! N0 m1 z( k6 h mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point% c9 t- `) a6 p0 U8 C: Y) p) v
add ax, di
& x+ S1 M& t/ |$ s: z+ Z9 g test ax,ax
) ^7 e, B( T$ j5 L/ R' {" r jnz SoftICE_Detected
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Method identical to the preceding one except that it seeks the ID of SoftICE
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xor di,di
- M2 w/ _6 C* C2 Z$ y$ c/ X mov es,di
- L; N4 A- [+ W. l7 b$ J mov ax, 1684h 4 U2 }0 Y7 C: E! V# | }1 i
mov bx, 7a5Fh ; VxD ID of SIWVID
8 h& g" U2 T. x, R3 ` int 2fh: c9 ]4 Y; u- m B' c9 f7 {
mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point
8 _, q Y6 g+ v# M* b" l7 U add ax, di: I) `. x9 p; i$ L
test ax,ax/ Z7 w8 ]9 R- I0 s8 }. G
jnz SoftICE_Detected! n" A6 H( |# ]$ V4 Z3 M& ^$ k
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Method seeking the 'magic number' 0F386h returned (in ax) by all system
+ J" J% q. S+ }$ C$ }# z* }debugger. It calls the int 41h, function 4Fh.
- x0 Y; \7 J! y3 [There are several alternatives. ; N+ [$ Y, t! }
3 c+ I/ @9 W# g7 f' Z' kThe following one is the simplest:
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4 E9 S" N% _/ b2 _2 u mov ax,4fh
, F0 ~ E" K4 y0 d4 B" d- w" P& M int 41h( W! V0 T+ z0 U, S9 G3 `+ y8 q
cmp ax, 0F386
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l7 M" n" k) wNext method as well as the following one are 2 examples from Stone's
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& Q/ S# {) P- g mov bx, cs& G, T7 W3 A) l5 r% n$ G8 Q2 X8 i' S
lea dx, int41handler25 x( o- g. f) q& w+ u, Z
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]4 j% {9 b: k, P
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]4 q: M4 {) ?# ] s4 k2 m6 Q; i- R
mov ax,4fh
: `( g' J! V$ `8 l! y4 d int 41h- E+ o+ {3 @$ B4 s! t) {, l
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]" U& U. w! c& A8 ?2 }2 P- z
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]$ T! a+ \" v* y4 Q- i" u
cmp ax, 0f386h
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int41handler2 PROC
0 b# [: i0 \3 o& b$ x2 e' I iret. y6 B! I2 {! p: j9 ]
int41handler2 ENDP
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2nd method similar to the preceding one but more difficult to detect:; h$ E, R( d$ Q! Q5 Q9 n
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int41handler PROC
& K! F( H( T3 C6 X* q( e mov cl,al
/ R0 ] p( K& o- z1 f$ U- V9 s' Y iret9 a( p6 m$ u8 Q3 B; x# V1 m
int41handler ENDP6 K J/ o. R [, {
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xor ax,ax8 P1 {% a/ b' ^- w! r
mov es,ax. w( ?( l/ s0 L0 r
mov bx, cs
$ W. B% N8 x# j lea dx, int41handler/ L+ g; L) O( F W
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
1 ^! r& C8 p! ]4 W4 _4 P xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]6 z3 E5 P* ^3 X* }$ E" c
in al, 40h1 _9 }# `0 V3 q4 U, K4 s; b
xor cx,cx
+ ~) k! |1 {5 T3 U9 e int 41h* E: ~4 u0 z$ O7 |" H/ M1 n
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]; v5 ^4 ?4 I7 C% ?- A- Y
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]5 ]- b# u# t) x+ B& f! h* q
cmp cl,al* h% W4 ]4 X# Z, I* J: S" l
jnz SoftICE_detected
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7 ~. J' j3 ]- |Method of detection of the WinICE handler in the int68h (V86)3 q' |/ y9 t4 {$ G W) L3 G
$ _$ ]3 b7 S* b4 j mov ah,43h
8 @' X5 I7 V/ ~; H/ ?' H int 68h+ ^. t. D8 y7 L- \8 e0 L
cmp ax,0F386h9 m; t( Y! d: w/ i4 ~/ M
jz SoftICE_Detected- U. W9 o4 i) b- v: E3 c
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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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9 I/ v$ l, R1 N( \) ~* v8 ` BPX exec_int if ax==685 v- O5 J D# p% v5 [4 g
(function called is located at byte ptr [ebp+1Dh] and client eip is+ M5 t8 M; X1 d% J* A
located at [ebp+48h] for 32Bit apps)+ C. w0 @. r9 A8 r8 `2 I
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' I, z5 g. W f t* O5 v: Z3 A$ SIt is not a method of detection of SoftICE but a possibility to crash the0 O) h _& c/ x# b& Y9 I7 G7 ~; k- n/ k
system by intercepting int 01h and int 03h and redirecting them to another
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n# ]- M" ]! x1 I9 dIt calls int 21h functions 25h and 35h (set/get int vector) and ds:dx points
( P, o A3 B; F1 Fto the new routine to execute (hangs computer...)
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8 u) M3 N. d5 d. b6 w1 H! y$ K" Z( w mov ah, 25h
+ I$ k: ]/ @; f% B4 q mov al, Int_Number (01h or 03h)
% L" J8 r$ x4 u, S% B, B* D mov dx, offset New_Int_Routine1 K) F5 f* s7 p" G6 f |
int 21h1 [8 ~6 y0 N- D0 _' Q. a& B
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+ j) V3 H6 {' I; ~( }- hThis method is closed to methods 03 and 04 (int 2Fh/1684h) but it is only8 M# j8 x; a( S. m6 w1 F
performed in ring0 (VxD or a ring3 app using the VxdCall).
% i& a0 S: m9 T2 L) _6 pThe Get_DDB service is used to determine whether or not a VxD is installed1 p9 J- i j) Z9 m
for the specified device and returns a Device Description Block (in ecx) for2 E$ X7 w+ R5 O, a: T
that device if it is installed.
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mov eax, Device_ID ; 202h for SICE or 7a5Fh for SIWVID VxD ID5 L" a! E& q" m$ p
mov edi, Device_Name ; only used if no VxD ID (useless in our case ;-)
; Y: j) R2 P. w' @6 d* Q: V8 _5 w) F VMMCall Get_DDB: c0 Q. Y/ d" e \% R- V: w3 W
mov [DDB], ecx ; ecx=DDB or 0 if the VxD is not installed6 F4 Z5 c- {5 V# `) H% ]
9 [% L0 A6 q' @" j4 z" ^& VNote as well that you can easily detect this method with SoftICE:1 T/ d+ |* y- d, Q/ L$ j9 ?
bpx Get_DDB if ax==0202 || ax==7a5fh# ^7 a: C* k0 o
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1 R9 N* ?' v5 G& w' d$ Y=>Disable or clear breakpoints before using this feature. DO NOT trace with
0 t+ j( Z; q) ~& l) P/ E SoftICE while the option is enable!!* E n/ f9 {1 ?% x
4 Y7 ^' W/ P2 L3 kThis trick is very efficient:
/ M' u0 R5 O- X" a- y5 ], L# \by checking the Debug Registers, you can detect if SoftICE is loaded
6 Z$ y, n& Q7 K- W U s(dr7=0x700 if you loaded the soft with SoftICE loader, 0x400 otherwise) or if- x5 F$ J, b- D: U
there are some memory breakpoints set (dr0 to dr3) simply by reading their
o0 [$ ?% I% Vvalue (in ring0 only). Values can be manipulated and or changed as well% f" @6 u1 \ k8 }- I& g. p, r% A
(clearing BPMs for instance), i" n( X1 ]% D x9 ~$ d
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. v4 i! e% U7 J0 Q. i% k( SMethod 11
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, L4 d* J( e8 V" A5 S r `; @This method is most known as 'MeltICE' because it has been freely distributed; \6 P, T4 `: B3 f7 e! H! `
via www.winfiles.com. However it was first used by NuMega people to allow
) r1 v* R$ l0 E. S& _Symbol Loader to check if SoftICE was active or not (the code is located
. W" U0 a3 Y1 v f4 d* V& Rinside nmtrans.dll).
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The way it works is very simple:
# W; T2 U; {" WIt tries to open SoftICE drivers handles (SICE, SIWVID for Win9x, NTICE for. X$ \! w. D" f0 o# g [% y
WinNT) with the CreateFileA API.
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Here is a sample (checking for 'SICE'):$ U: @) q2 q. h5 z# S6 t+ x
) y: E/ r! D. k0 n/ k! d! H; Y& o! fBOOL IsSoftIce95Loaded()
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hFile = CreateFile( "\\\\.\\SICE", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,; q- \. x" Y/ Q) b
FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
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if( hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
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$ U) B1 ^/ A0 C. B$ ~( |' H CloseHandle(hFile);& J4 W# }( j& U$ p
return TRUE;
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return FALSE;5 l. E% U& w8 x" z
}
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& O0 C' z, A F) fAlthough this trick calls the CreateFileA function, don't even expect to be
3 V2 C- m% e2 V( lable to intercept it by installing a IFS hook: it will not work, no way!8 g: x. m/ t H/ t
In fact, after the call to CreateFileA it will get through VWIN32 0x001F6 l5 p+ _3 ?. j3 _
service _VWIN32_ReleaseWin32Mutex (via Kernel32!ORD_0001/VxDCall function)' P; _9 l$ [ H3 I
and 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 . o8 d" a6 T( b
W32_DEVICEIOCONTROL (0x23) control message (DIOC_OPEN and DIOC_CLOSEHANDLE)9 ~# h% ]# h. Z+ |
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) W p. L! P6 `5 m. \0 ito load/unload a non-dynamically loadable driver such as SoftICE ;-).
+ W+ w3 g' J- C+ ^If the VxD is loaded, it will always clear eax and the Carry flag to allow, Q; f! C* I; W/ k; A
its handle to be opened and then, will be detected.
, v/ h0 [7 g/ a# eYou can check that simply by hooking Winice.exe control proc entry point4 I U' Q& {7 B+ e/ v( @7 m6 G
while running MeltICE.
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00401067: push 00402025 ; \\.\SICE* ]0 P. M* _6 Z2 g9 Y" Y4 o
0040106C: call CreateFileA9 W! y8 k1 n/ n D! }
00401071: cmp eax,-001' h* N# k6 d, O$ G
00401074: je 00401091$ |. w4 c; }2 X/ C8 x" f
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There could be hundreds of BPX you could use to detect this trick.0 H9 A# }; f4 w! }" V8 ]/ E
-The most classical one is:
1 N# i: K! c" O. `9 e! c! |/ T BPX CreateFileA if *(esp->4+4)=='SICE' || *(esp->4+4)=='SIWV' || u4 \. u7 f3 v+ ?
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-The most exotic ones (could be very slooooow :-(4 A% t/ L- U+ k0 _; B
BPINT 30 if eax==002A001F && (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV')
" P) U1 e+ u4 }$ G: b* T- Y ;will break 3 times :-(0 b' ^0 }! A A2 c# U4 B
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BPINT 30 if (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV')3 M6 x( Z' X+ C) l, _/ t
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BPX KERNEL32!ORD_0001 if *edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV' / S" i# ]/ |5 Q& X8 O3 G
;will break 3 times :-(
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-Much faster:1 R2 g5 z: N( R5 q# d7 n
BPX VMM_GetDDBList if eax->3=='SICE' || eax->3=='SIWV'! E; W6 P+ F7 C7 ^; `
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Note also that some programs (like AZPR3.00) use de old 16-bit _lopen
0 ^1 r4 `2 g) G% _' S; I/ ifunction to do the same job:
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8 e; N s. U2 w% _# w$ F& R: _ mov eax,[00656634] ; '\\.\SICE',0# K% M9 W/ M1 C" z! @* A! b
push eax6 h9 x; Y; N" Z4 v0 l
call KERNEL32!_lopen
" x1 N- t- R0 [1 N3 c inc eax
- x+ a! W5 z- c3 N" E jnz 00650589 ; detected
- a% r9 b2 q. }& P push 00 ; OF_READ$ E% S3 ?; l# Q- J) F, u
mov eax,[00656638] ; '\\.\SICE'# o Q# B- _: E; U' z! q0 }' ?
push eax2 G2 h* ?- V0 i& p) ], T4 @* M
call KERNEL32!_lopen# U ^) W3 G8 X& m! u- r
inc eax0 s8 e. X9 w- ~: S
jz 006505ae ; not detected
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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.
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8 E$ t! E _ J- N3 M% Q push 0000004fh ; function 4fh
% Z9 \' y# c6 ~0 @ push 002a002ah ; high word specifies which VxD (VWIN32)
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(VWIN32_Int41Dispatch)
5 B, v/ J1 D0 s4 U1 Q* N call Kernel32!ORD_001 ; VxdCall
) L3 ?/ P- y! u7 s4 o cmp ax, 0f386h ; magic number returned by system debuggers
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9 e' ^" l) q" t$ ^1 SHere again, several ways to detect it:
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5 S$ Q7 Q+ U( B BPINT 41 if ax==4f
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BPINT 30 if ax==0xF386 ; SoftICE must be loaded for this one
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) H3 O$ ?8 n5 Q BPX Exec_PM_Int if eax==41 && edx->1c==4f && edx->10==002A002A
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6 c; W) L) [* }7 T7 C; p BPX Kernel32!ord_0001 if esp->4==002A002A && esp->8==4f ; slooooow!
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installed on a computer and to locate its installation directory.
! g2 g$ F3 T4 b" I; CIt is used by few softs which access the following registry keys (usually #2) :8 K0 X0 ~$ A, a7 F+ y/ M. R) [5 W/ f
@% C. ^) P: l' t0 l7 b-#1: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
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% m" V8 h {6 t$ i! ` `7 D-#2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\NuMega\SoftICE
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" B9 h8 T) U& j6 f 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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