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<TD><PRE>Method 01 & w. }0 ]* K4 [' w8 R
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& t" b9 o4 o: j: ~( m, o9 s6 p; fThis method of detection of SoftICE (as well as the following one) is4 g6 Q9 O; l; h" V$ v9 q4 e8 k
used by the majority of packers/encryptors found on Internet.$ u1 G5 h) E- x, o! B# E6 O
It seeks the signature of BoundsChecker in SoftICE
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. _5 K7 T) D, h; C {7 \8 ^* M mov ebp, 04243484Bh ; 'BCHK'
# B! l9 ^7 ~" ^: B mov ax, 04h
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cmp al,4
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- I7 s' m8 ~& @, |) GMethod 02
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0 P2 S, f; O# t( G3 A% J- d" D. dStill a method very much used (perhaps the most frequent one). It is used/ J& _! b z" Q0 j6 P
to get SoftICE 'Back Door commands' which gives infos on Breakpoints,
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It is also used to crash SoftICE and to force it to execute any commands0 F( J* I. J! d3 M$ `0 c
(HBOOT...) :-((
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Here is a quick description:
; s) O+ ~* ?# u-AX = 0910h (Display string in SIce windows)
3 g3 ^) J" ^4 Q- O# i) u-AX = 0911h (Execute SIce commands -command is displayed is ds:dx)' Q d( b8 @% S3 F% K: q
-AX = 0912h (Get breakpoint infos)4 O' v( @1 Y; v, R. L- h9 W8 q
-AX = 0913h (Set Sice breakpoints)
* l. S# i2 J" o! @2 t-AX = 0914h (Remove SIce breakoints); D% F0 S% u+ Q+ z8 m8 G
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Each time you'll meet this trick, you'll see:
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-DI = 4A4Dh2 n6 ]* R1 ~ j5 @% a8 s/ R8 y
Which are the 'magic values' used by SoftIce.
$ A1 l/ k/ B4 ~For more informations, see "Ralf Brown Interrupt list" chapter int 03h.
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Here is one example from the file "Haspinst.exe" which is the dongle HASP7 C6 }" Z; {/ s% {# J7 |
Envelope utility use to protect DOS applications:
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4C19:0095 MOV AX,0911 ; execute command.
- Z8 B) u) `9 a% [4C19:0098 MOV DX,[BX] ; ds:dx point to the command (see below).
& V# B7 i5 E" g+ c/ O3 X2 i5 s: T4C19:009A MOV SI,4647 ; 1st magic value.7 u$ O8 W6 P, E$ m( |: \6 P( S
4C19:009D MOV DI,4A4D ; 2nd magic value.
8 \+ F% P/ Y9 A0 t6 z& `. ]4C19:00A0 INT 3 ; Int call.(if SIce is not loaded, jmp to 00AD*)( {- B$ x% d9 E" ]' D9 }
4C19:00A1 ADD BX,02 ; BX+2 to point to next command to execute
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4C19:00A5 CMP CX,06 ; Repeat 6 times to execute& w' O& x9 h: l6 t8 w* y/ L, _
4C19:00A8 JB 0095 ; 6 different commands.& z* `/ H* B4 R
4C19:00AA JMP 0002 ; Bad_Guy jmp back., \3 i. }1 L6 c* U
4C19:00AD MOV BX,SP ; Good_Guy go ahead :)& q6 {5 a* h) p/ a* d9 E
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The program will execute 6 different SIce commands located at ds:dx, which
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* the "jmp to 00ADh" is performed via an SEH if the debugger is not loaded.
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% I$ D. r( q8 w: [5 q0 K, rLess used method. It seeks the ID of SoftICE VxD via the int 2Fh/1684h1 j" }7 y9 K: S2 }5 K) \$ }
(API Get entry point)) Z, h C0 Y0 O. Z& k, E7 M6 j( K
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7 G w. q! ]5 c7 X8 f xor di,di
' q7 m* w1 H+ X! x5 e/ X" J mov es,di
0 v3 y A* Q+ u1 \ g# G mov ax, 1684h ; z/ @$ x7 j J, F. h+ f* o
mov bx, 0202h ; VxD ID of winice4 r( [0 P$ b, z' x+ E
int 2Fh7 u Q5 _5 ?9 ?- [5 O
mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point
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test ax,ax
% b) N* F6 d2 J Q" ? jnz SoftICE_Detected$ [1 a* o& ~) H* E% g; _
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Method identical to the preceding one except that it seeks the ID of SoftICE, X, e* X- Q& j6 P) L! N% J
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& \ W, A* J) ^( d xor di,di
& w$ [. X. H3 F# Y) m mov es,di
# n* O! R1 V1 ? mov ax, 1684h 5 O9 U* a- B' n/ o; \, T
mov bx, 7a5Fh ; VxD ID of SIWVID
8 y1 ^9 k7 L4 t+ i# x7 a+ N int 2fh
4 Q5 \3 T& m0 m+ D% S9 ~' q/ N x mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point
6 A0 j! i! V. }% [) {" J2 f7 n6 M9 G add ax, di
* T1 X( b# {) o7 n! {0 [ test ax,ax3 A: G( y" i! e H( Q5 r8 U
jnz SoftICE_Detected0 V; C% \' X# X8 V; F; n
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Method 05' o5 u/ w3 S) [& ?* [5 s
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Method seeking the 'magic number' 0F386h returned (in ax) by all system& b& k! c ^) O$ D: F6 Y6 I- U
debugger. It calls the int 41h, function 4Fh.
# y" m8 I; g& E9 XThere are several alternatives.
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The following one is the simplest:/ c. p" H3 @+ L [ e
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mov ax,4fh- A7 e! J$ H! ~0 ?1 n4 e1 n
int 41h) l- `6 z q7 Z2 y4 B6 A1 `, c
cmp ax, 0F386
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Next method as well as the following one are 2 examples from Stone's 7 H% a# f' E5 W) B: M
"stn-wid.zip" (www.cracking.net):
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, i8 y) ?; N, c mov bx, cs
0 X7 o5 G$ z( V5 L, L1 t lea dx, int41handler2
& }3 z* B ?6 i xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
7 m7 W2 i4 `+ A1 w' u& L% n xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]4 {+ W" L# a7 c# w1 R
mov ax,4fh: E- Q; y/ w# v$ L: ]
int 41h
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xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]
6 S+ z! @9 h8 o cmp ax, 0f386h
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/ m% k$ G6 {! ^3 P D6 wint41handler2 PROC
a( C# l1 h+ `, K% y! V/ m. `8 S: { iret
1 \+ P* n. _+ q; x: N$ uint41handler2 ENDP t; e3 k L2 \6 i
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) J2 u+ ^$ E/ T1 t( f1 E0 Y ~9 o2nd method similar to the preceding one but more difficult to detect:
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8 D2 F ?9 L9 V7 Z6 }int41handler PROC0 {$ b2 _' \) Y0 L, s3 ]
mov cl,al
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int41handler ENDP- |4 m2 ^ r. R' d, N! K
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xor ax,ax
$ @ L8 B; z/ H! n mov es,ax8 Z8 Y" ?' X$ }: g. \
mov bx, cs
% g" l! T# u( C: o& [: g lea dx, int41handler4 d) E4 l! \$ C# [* H6 C
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
: b3 E0 g1 A' A0 X xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]' p9 Q+ }, N$ M8 A3 I$ F. `
in al, 40h
A1 t; x8 {$ B5 I xor cx,cx
$ k3 M4 ~& N' h int 41h0 S6 \2 V0 k5 T0 c! U6 |
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
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+ v5 b- j' P# Z9 r cmp cl,al5 b- s- Z* O- v! @/ z) y
jnz SoftICE_detected' b2 Z; E/ ^- Z* i; ^% x9 F) P
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Method 07
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Method of detection of the WinICE handler in the int68h (V86)2 P+ p ^9 ^1 R$ D5 g4 W% X
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mov ah,43h
# ?" u; O1 K& M- j( v int 68h
" L( B4 A9 s/ g8 W cmp ax,0F386h* v1 Z* d3 q5 A+ t$ B
jz SoftICE_Detected
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7 g- o9 ]1 O( o0 I=> it is not possible to set a BPINT 68 with softice but you can hook a 32Bit" M$ L* c7 H. `
app like this:/ i( `- W: r7 `. P) C
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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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Method 08& ^7 j4 e$ a6 O$ [1 A
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' i1 O7 p4 t7 \It is not a method of detection of SoftICE but a possibility to crash the, _0 |; |2 T3 o3 v
system by intercepting int 01h and int 03h and redirecting them to another
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It calls int 21h functions 25h and 35h (set/get int vector) and ds:dx points
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4 a, ^$ Y# Y B, G4 t0 {0 D mov ah, 25h* Y7 x: j) g7 t% }' }
mov al, Int_Number (01h or 03h)
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; j# c" G& N4 p X* Q6 k int 21h
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Method 09
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This method is closed to methods 03 and 04 (int 2Fh/1684h) but it is only
3 ~2 q/ ^2 t+ r6 [# gperformed in ring0 (VxD or a ring3 app using the VxdCall).0 R0 B2 d/ w; g o( o
The Get_DDB service is used to determine whether or not a VxD is installed. J8 N' h3 F) k$ F' Y. d. |$ B+ [
for the specified device and returns a Device Description Block (in ecx) for
5 u* F3 T* g3 R! Jthat device if it is installed.
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mov eax, Device_ID ; 202h for SICE or 7a5Fh for SIWVID VxD ID3 q$ C+ Y9 u+ N+ J
mov edi, Device_Name ; only used if no VxD ID (useless in our case ;-)( j% n8 }5 |8 Q! z
VMMCall Get_DDB
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Note as well that you can easily detect this method with SoftICE:
0 a" |( ?- U5 B+ B; q bpx Get_DDB if ax==0202 || ax==7a5fh
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7 `+ a% n( O) ~8 R7 X# N) P=>Disable or clear breakpoints before using this feature. DO NOT trace with# i2 m2 [/ M N l9 v$ m* M3 p6 u* C( h
SoftICE while the option is enable!!( k* D+ |2 E8 |- L s. G; w; }
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This trick is very efficient:
% e X6 j. C7 tby checking the Debug Registers, you can detect if SoftICE is loaded
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F) Y+ h2 Q1 Lthere are some memory breakpoints set (dr0 to dr3) simply by reading their. A2 |3 P+ ]3 }( V, k: v
value (in ring0 only). Values can be manipulated and or changed as well# S' w6 d4 A0 [7 @* E
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Method 11
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% `/ M/ W; Y2 J8 @) b( PThis method is most known as 'MeltICE' because it has been freely distributed
, D0 z- p( b. ?3 p# K6 Fvia www.winfiles.com. However it was first used by NuMega people to allow( j1 Q1 e- M3 \
Symbol Loader to check if SoftICE was active or not (the code is located
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It tries to open SoftICE drivers handles (SICE, SIWVID for Win9x, NTICE for
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- N% \- G1 D0 f: u8 VHere is a sample (checking for 'SICE'):
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, p% a2 G( h3 T9 B) Y) F8 T* ~/ sBOOL IsSoftIce95Loaded()1 ~2 G* h5 `$ v# ]; ?
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hFile = CreateFile( "\\\\.\\SICE", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,% n8 O2 V- w2 f$ h/ [
FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
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if( hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
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CloseHandle(hFile);3 X; Q1 r( X }/ C" p
return TRUE;3 r4 `" D/ o. }8 ~/ W, J9 b2 G; {
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return FALSE;
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3 W. V# @9 N1 a: v- f9 bAlthough this trick calls the CreateFileA function, don't even expect to be
( V5 g' x3 A& o/ |able to intercept it by installing a IFS hook: it will not work, no way!
d- n* W7 _) JIn fact, after the call to CreateFileA it will get through VWIN32 0x001F8 q. l8 t B" F( w/ Y& s
service _VWIN32_ReleaseWin32Mutex (via Kernel32!ORD_0001/VxDCall function)
, x, B6 y& ~! g9 F9 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 3 U; G/ a' y6 k2 l5 A; w) H* T
W32_DEVICEIOCONTROL (0x23) control message (DIOC_OPEN and DIOC_CLOSEHANDLE)
/ r# \$ {; F7 R! P/ yto the VxD Control_Dispatch proc (how the hell a shareware soft could try
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If the VxD is loaded, it will always clear eax and the Carry flag to allow
8 S& J; w! Y o4 j) hits handle to be opened and then, will be detected.
% y0 }8 C: Y0 ^4 M* u; m1 AYou can check that simply by hooking Winice.exe control proc entry point
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00401067: push 00402025 ; \\.\SICE: l0 ^/ ^1 @ B$ K
0040106C: call CreateFileA! E5 G6 w* G, u( i, \+ @
00401071: cmp eax,-001, @% C4 V2 h O# O0 P( I# k3 D
00401074: je 00401091
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There could be hundreds of BPX you could use to detect this trick.
/ S& i' _/ [- H; |, B' i-The most classical one is: K( {8 ?6 i9 ~
BPX CreateFileA if *(esp->4+4)=='SICE' || *(esp->4+4)=='SIWV' ||3 R2 p. c7 z) y9 Z
*(esp->4+4)=='NTIC'
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% v. i' n6 o2 G7 ^-The most exotic ones (could be very slooooow :-(
. @+ `8 e3 j( }7 F' Q BPINT 30 if eax==002A001F && (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV') 5 J- h/ }9 [: o$ q! h& I
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-or (a bit) faster:
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; J3 N2 H2 v( T BPX KERNEL32!ORD_0001 if *edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV' 6 O b$ D" y5 x) ] o, |+ L0 X
;will break 3 times :-(
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-Much faster:; J7 y1 Y7 k) C- [+ f! i" \; J
BPX VMM_GetDDBList if eax->3=='SICE' || eax->3=='SIWV'8 E7 F% i( q9 V& v q) M
. Z& h/ W) l" TNote also that some programs (like AZPR3.00) use de old 16-bit _lopen
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push 00 ; OF_READ
4 B3 ?5 B2 K t- \3 ~/ g9 N mov eax,[00656634] ; '\\.\SICE',0
9 K+ Z2 u/ c! D, ?" V2 F push eax& \6 q& n. d# Q4 l* L+ _: m7 w
call KERNEL32!_lopen
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% _ {8 _+ V% m jnz 00650589 ; detected4 w: P( |; w* q( H7 Q {
push 00 ; OF_READ
6 V- L( ~& `. m/ S4 B mov eax,[00656638] ; '\\.\SICE'0 K8 k3 O9 V; Q" p
push eax
h' w/ r5 s8 a8 R5 N s call KERNEL32!_lopen8 q" A$ }- _5 |. c6 Z3 x% e
inc eax; D; g) i( h& O/ `# Z, h- v
jz 006505ae ; not detected$ q5 f9 z( `- @ t: |5 x: E7 l/ m
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* S8 L* x; X% zThis trick is similar to int41h/4fh Debugger installation check (code 05
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* S' T, p: z5 U7 I$ \( d1 fas it uses the VxDCall backdoor. This detection was found in Bleem Demo.
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push 0000004fh ; function 4fh
^# [ G5 W. o W; c% y* Z push 002a002ah ; high word specifies which VxD (VWIN32)
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(VWIN32_Int41Dispatch)
6 w% Z( ?2 m3 q; t6 V call Kernel32!ORD_001 ; VxdCall
" o" V9 s8 g; p% |$ p cmp ax, 0f386h ; magic number returned by system debuggers2 _$ F8 ?7 w4 _: b- j. k
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Here again, several ways to detect it:
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BPINT 41 if ax==4f! k! x3 t* l! g; c: }8 k
d0 Q4 A. x( C8 A 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==002A002A5 p9 M8 W- C, K( G, g
" q( O7 n. W& Y/ a% x# g( q BPX Kernel32!ord_0001 if esp->4==002A002A && esp->8==4f ; slooooow!' M6 \. z8 g2 d3 [/ ] w ^1 C
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Not a real method of detection, but a good way to know if SoftICE is+ _/ L4 [6 M3 F$ D
installed on a computer and to locate its installation directory., p4 Z9 }* O0 L+ O# t' Q2 Q
It is used by few softs which access the following registry keys (usually #2) :/ z$ F5 Y/ [# g
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y0 @+ C' j7 U2 X" U. R) V; ^\Uninstall\SoftICE
- A; w# T# t, z3 t4 T2 B/ l/ p7 i8 q-#2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\NuMega\SoftICE) v9 R+ R' m/ O9 A. ]
-#3: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion2 P9 D$ l/ _7 \0 W$ j, P0 ?
\App Paths\Loader32.Exe
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Note that some nasty apps could then erase all files from SoftICE directory: F! }1 o9 H+ c' ?) F: X
(I faced that once :-(
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BPX _regopenkey if *(esp->8+0x13)=='tICE' || *(esp->8+0x37)=='tICE'# R0 l; O' T! G8 j; a
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A call to VMM 'Test_Debug_Installed' service. As the name says, its purpose
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VMMCall Test_Debug_Installed
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