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& z/ ^/ I# |( H+ A<TD><PRE>Method 01
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( P, T- U8 W9 FThis method of detection of SoftICE (as well as the following one) is
' Z# U+ U& \* N- c0 Kused by the majority of packers/encryptors found on Internet.
; }+ Q1 ?; `2 qIt seeks the signature of BoundsChecker in SoftICE; s4 D3 C6 z& z9 ~" Q1 J
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mov ebp, 04243484Bh ; 'BCHK'
, b) k7 f4 _& X mov ax, 04h
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cmp al,4
) |& Y, b) D- k; v jnz SoftICE_Detected. W* `, d; O2 O8 I3 c) s; P
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Still a method very much used (perhaps the most frequent one). It is used7 [* c9 ?& U6 O* s w/ e
to get SoftICE 'Back Door commands' which gives infos on Breakpoints,
& g8 Y5 z1 X0 m' Tor execute SoftICE commands...
5 b1 o7 x, E* X0 V( ^It is also used to crash SoftICE and to force it to execute any commands
* U0 ~6 ]7 p, ~+ H. F( H- {(HBOOT...) :-((
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% G H7 j# N b5 _* l0 p% _Here is a quick description:
0 D1 | I# G- N- V. J% D-AX = 0910h (Display string in SIce windows) F6 z# ^, k$ A+ m2 L0 C7 ?
-AX = 0911h (Execute SIce commands -command is displayed is ds:dx), g8 V- }+ w) F- _' S
-AX = 0912h (Get breakpoint infos)4 q+ d. z8 V, Z+ ~* u; S
-AX = 0913h (Set Sice breakpoints)5 F7 Q! e& a$ l* H5 C- q) X
-AX = 0914h (Remove SIce breakoints)
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D3 b7 ]$ c% [, j. c% ~Each time you'll meet this trick, you'll see:9 ?. ]7 c/ g# c8 J3 F& M) r
-SI = 4647h
9 q8 N3 c8 p' j, h) n1 M) x-DI = 4A4Dh8 S9 t8 D$ W; h9 N4 \
Which are the 'magic values' used by SoftIce.
1 Z6 k# Y4 t' }0 z3 VFor more informations, see "Ralf Brown Interrupt list" chapter int 03h.' [( S; l* A( e* u. O9 K
: n/ T' F; j- E3 ]2 y# O7 sHere is one example from the file "Haspinst.exe" which is the dongle HASP
1 W" k5 i! C/ dEnvelope utility use to protect DOS applications:
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4C19:0095 MOV AX,0911 ; execute command.& Q5 b8 H- F0 D2 h& z/ y/ f3 `
4C19:0098 MOV DX,[BX] ; ds:dx point to the command (see below).
. R8 f N7 D: F/ w* p4C19:009A MOV SI,4647 ; 1st magic value.
4 t& o" B- O+ l8 g4C19:009D MOV DI,4A4D ; 2nd magic value.0 p9 K L: C/ v
4C19:00A0 INT 3 ; Int call.(if SIce is not loaded, jmp to 00AD*)- d. U" x$ X+ p/ b: j2 t
4C19:00A1 ADD BX,02 ; BX+2 to point to next command to execute' `( q, K# N. A; x8 x* w
4C19:00A4 INC CX
1 v0 X$ _4 v9 Y. D* B" f) |4C19:00A5 CMP CX,06 ; Repeat 6 times to execute
; N& G) q7 E. k M6 O. _8 ]4C19:00A8 JB 0095 ; 6 different commands.
. _& q8 _' d c( R6 g# o- d1 A# D4C19:00AA JMP 0002 ; Bad_Guy jmp back.
( `; s/ @, X$ {4C19:00AD MOV BX,SP ; Good_Guy go ahead :). Q" q4 H1 C$ W; n1 O' R4 e" e* @6 M
/ j4 S( D l5 {' |5 B: GThe program will execute 6 different SIce commands located at ds:dx, which5 a) J* z& b, r! B e) C5 \
are: LDT, IDT, GDT, TSS, RS, and ...HBOOT.
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* the "jmp to 00ADh" is performed via an SEH if the debugger is not loaded.
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{, Z7 J# V5 f, o" iMethod 035 L: Y1 M/ o+ X4 a3 y
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Less used method. It seeks the ID of SoftICE VxD via the int 2Fh/1684h
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xor di,di& H+ {. y( [- U6 m; M8 h$ t
mov es,di" @, t6 n& H j! o
mov ax, 1684h
0 w, c: O' @: w" g& x: w; | mov bx, 0202h ; VxD ID of winice( r- d; l: v6 Z9 M
int 2Fh$ U5 @3 x$ y7 f6 {! ^
mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point1 i$ Q8 e6 s }% o) Z) q
add ax, di `2 \ D: p; \# M2 ^/ ^5 C6 w
test ax,ax
5 X; o$ z; O/ Y$ `! {- w jnz SoftICE_Detected
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5 E- e6 a$ E) h9 c2 U7 F3 [/ K* pMethod identical to the preceding one except that it seeks the ID of SoftICE$ A) P3 `+ w5 L1 q! J. L. n( n
GFX VxD.
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xor di,di
9 w, V5 \0 e/ o5 {2 C! } mov es,di
0 b' @) ~' N4 W2 o7 b7 } mov ax, 1684h 0 Q+ C# L, F, [4 l& D
mov bx, 7a5Fh ; VxD ID of SIWVID* I+ U! U" G9 t: u9 \2 |
int 2fh% j1 |# n( n/ |" A, ?
mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point
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test ax,ax
. q' j5 _' l/ ]/ ~/ y) x7 A$ |$ v jnz SoftICE_Detected
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6 W; _2 J" C9 @. N8 ]- HMethod seeking the 'magic number' 0F386h returned (in ax) by all system
; N' w& f( x' g0 y# m3 Vdebugger. It calls the int 41h, function 4Fh.' d2 E- v. q( X' n$ m% n6 E( t4 e) A
There are several alternatives. ( V' i! q% \' n. u6 v
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The following one is the simplest:
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mov ax,4fh! R- i6 V; z" ^( z0 n; m4 ]4 c
int 41h
/ r+ ^, `9 d, O: V cmp ax, 0F386) O$ T Z: O2 G; M
jz SoftICE_detected1 c/ \& @& I: E [
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+ H9 G7 X4 d' P5 |* QNext method as well as the following one are 2 examples from Stone's
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mov bx, cs- ^. L, V: Q6 j# R0 W, q
lea dx, int41handler2
9 X: _; w& B0 L' a xchg dx, es:[41h*4]+ n4 T0 ^, E6 S8 O+ r# C
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]
- J4 L* J; D0 q mov ax,4fh: M: z& F& |$ A! _, M; z
int 41h: q6 c5 T7 H8 O/ Q; q v8 a
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]' N, b5 f4 _, B- m
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2] m1 f8 L" L) R
cmp ax, 0f386h- x$ \; ~/ p) M8 y
jz SoftICE_detected
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int41handler2 PROC
' [) @' u K8 @/ j- } iret
0 Q1 e6 d2 F' a3 J. k1 q) ?" bint41handler2 ENDP
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" ]+ U+ f" S' Z3 i: d8 Q R" y2nd method similar to the preceding one but more difficult to detect:# p+ k, `3 O$ q- N8 h( M6 _
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1 j9 ` `1 b/ o5 c4 q' N" [- dint41handler PROC# k4 [! |+ I' ^' z$ [9 o- z
mov cl,al v7 I6 y7 V# q: ?; C
iret& l9 i" t/ M5 s2 U! X
int41handler ENDP
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xor ax,ax
) I) m d2 V+ b/ }' _ mov es,ax
' v9 I! E7 J2 \2 i A+ Z mov bx, cs
" Q% z* d3 j$ l& U: n lea dx, int41handler
) F) C' Z: G U5 ~ xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
3 ^8 J7 k4 C, i5 G7 [ xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]# [) r* C2 V" p5 \
in al, 40h# \! J* C; q7 E7 W
xor cx,cx
8 V3 W; V/ h/ p1 G int 41h
, W: O$ D0 h4 p% m xchg dx, es:[41h*4]8 e( h1 ~6 z+ I
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]: j' @& ~; X/ A3 R* ?
cmp cl,al# R9 [% I1 ^3 ~
jnz SoftICE_detected( W l5 a B; s+ n
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Method 07' @, F6 o& ]2 R( b n
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" G/ @! N% z) F* q1 a# a# yMethod of detection of the WinICE handler in the int68h (V86)% f0 Y9 N: A& |( O
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mov ah,43h
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' _& A1 x t; D4 `4 _, M cmp ax,0F386h
' N% ^; Y/ V9 p9 _% S7 q- t E% _ 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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$ o2 v1 ?$ S0 d6 Z; p- \ BPX exec_int if ax==683 x. ` T- w! x1 [
(function called is located at byte ptr [ebp+1Dh] and client eip is2 I" J* \2 {8 P2 W/ j. n. f+ I0 p
located at [ebp+48h] for 32Bit apps)
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! Q4 W2 t+ ]" l3 FMethod 08
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$ c: `: w1 m* c* [It is not a method of detection of SoftICE but a possibility to crash the4 }" d9 m( i5 c1 U9 B' h h
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, i$ E1 w+ u" \) A5 t
to the new routine to execute (hangs computer...)1 Q6 n3 B$ |% S) e8 v% u$ |* U
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mov ah, 25h6 I8 M# s! M% k
mov al, Int_Number (01h or 03h)1 a* Q6 c( K, j/ r# @5 I& c
mov dx, offset New_Int_Routine6 Z1 k& k% J4 z* g. H7 j+ B& I
int 21h
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3 X* _3 X3 L. |* {" T4 tThis method is closed to methods 03 and 04 (int 2Fh/1684h) but it is only, r: R4 ]* ~) ` ]9 ^; m
performed in ring0 (VxD or a ring3 app using the VxdCall).
) V; {6 m* `, S( A6 B( N% hThe Get_DDB service is used to determine whether or not a VxD is installed% T( T8 s9 x# N" i' p6 k
for the specified device and returns a Device Description Block (in ecx) for
7 {0 I$ K& k3 f; i6 F9 q' c/ J1 ]that device if it is installed.+ R) l( t/ n# L7 Y3 B4 m; P
% N1 M L T% ^( x/ } mov eax, Device_ID ; 202h for SICE or 7a5Fh for SIWVID VxD ID
4 L# X' V; k3 `; }$ a5 o! C mov edi, Device_Name ; only used if no VxD ID (useless in our case ;-)
. i1 d5 M k$ [6 Z& z! ^4 s/ i5 l VMMCall Get_DDB
. x8 y1 ^* y3 c! o. s8 C mov [DDB], ecx ; ecx=DDB or 0 if the VxD is not installed
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" s) g% n' w# Z- @ [! [+ CNote as well that you can easily detect this method with SoftICE:' L( x5 U) c0 _1 G6 `7 h* ? \
bpx Get_DDB if ax==0202 || ax==7a5fh7 z0 C% J3 l0 M- _( B( U5 t
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=>Disable or clear breakpoints before using this feature. DO NOT trace with H& T N1 c, x9 o9 g$ U% a, O- a
SoftICE while the option is enable!!
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8 O, `7 ^* t7 ]$ ~/ G' k# e6 \7 iThis trick is very efficient:7 w g E% G, w) K, B
by checking the Debug Registers, you can detect if SoftICE is loaded
# z5 k; \% L4 k(dr7=0x700 if you loaded the soft with SoftICE loader, 0x400 otherwise) or if" l( H9 B& _ b( r9 N. O6 n
there are some memory breakpoints set (dr0 to dr3) simply by reading their
$ \, i/ ~3 _0 B9 C# k( Z b9 w- @value (in ring0 only). Values can be manipulated and or changed as well
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Method 11
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This method is most known as 'MeltICE' because it has been freely distributed
V! B6 y& ]% T' kvia www.winfiles.com. However it was first used by NuMega people to allow/ | q p G0 P0 S. j
Symbol Loader to check if SoftICE was active or not (the code is located
0 x- m9 }" `) }/ Tinside nmtrans.dll)./ }7 Z; G: C) e! Z6 c5 u( W% f" N
: m0 M' F9 {! d# L7 G+ lThe way it works is very simple:
) m4 K% G8 b% o& GIt tries to open SoftICE drivers handles (SICE, SIWVID for Win9x, NTICE for
" c z% i1 M1 C0 `6 i9 o i" ^WinNT) with the CreateFileA API.! Z1 b* k) b6 v- \9 P
8 M( ^9 A E! C! n$ D# LHere is a sample (checking for 'SICE'):( X( Q6 o8 X3 c% _! [
@! D: g% `$ w1 X2 vBOOL IsSoftIce95Loaded()' t4 I; T- \9 `: B4 G- p7 e
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hFile = CreateFile( "\\\\.\\SICE", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,; D% G1 F4 Y9 D% c1 [2 n+ X1 Y% E
FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,( j6 l$ ?7 I! R6 S" H2 G
NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);3 ?2 e% L0 @5 h' G4 p
if( hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )5 e$ K+ t. ]$ m8 F+ s& _
{
9 l5 g: `6 R4 }2 w CloseHandle(hFile);$ [8 K' d4 R5 P' p4 c) D
return TRUE;% ?3 U5 n% S* S1 j
}
# W3 U! M# j& y( [- z* \/ [ return FALSE;
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0 g0 N3 [: }, w0 g- t0 yAlthough this trick calls the CreateFileA function, don't even expect to be
( E' w( Y( P# s% Vable to intercept it by installing a IFS hook: it will not work, no way!
* X1 D' R" C; B+ U$ Y# bIn fact, after the call to CreateFileA it will get through VWIN32 0x001F
3 P) o# w7 S, u; y' M( Oservice _VWIN32_ReleaseWin32Mutex (via Kernel32!ORD_0001/VxDCall function)
$ D5 h+ o8 |4 Q" P" `and then browse the DDB list until it find the VxD and its DDB_Control_Proc8 O: ~6 y6 `; b0 Z
field.
- B+ b/ W8 o9 c1 U* z* }+ s$ cIn fact, its purpose is not to load/unload VxDs but only to send a ( `- [) F3 m! M2 A& r0 x
W32_DEVICEIOCONTROL (0x23) control message (DIOC_OPEN and DIOC_CLOSEHANDLE)
# J& u8 M9 X* y0 b# n7 [to the VxD Control_Dispatch proc (how the hell a shareware soft could try
, i# I4 a& }7 Y4 B, Hto load/unload a non-dynamically loadable driver such as SoftICE ;-)., f3 [7 K" m, Z, w, Q
If the VxD is loaded, it will always clear eax and the Carry flag to allow. r+ ~. |0 J* |% p, o$ B3 U: @
its handle to be opened and then, will be detected.
& n/ p2 \% O& S$ ?% D2 GYou can check that simply by hooking Winice.exe control proc entry point9 d0 {8 W, ]; }/ }, y5 H: a
while running MeltICE.
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4 Q& c8 V3 C W4 \1 R 00401067: push 00402025 ; \\.\SICE
" d6 H8 H. ^1 | 0040106C: call CreateFileA
5 ]1 z6 K$ ~' k: d" M 00401071: cmp eax,-001
+ N4 }, g k5 l 00401074: je 00401091( r1 Q# Z* o# F, z7 F" [; ~
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$ d, _. n7 X D, w2 {There could be hundreds of BPX you could use to detect this trick.
) |# {3 w# R0 f# ~8 z7 t* x-The most classical one is:
a6 C$ ~) ^% T* M9 A1 A# e9 ] BPX CreateFileA if *(esp->4+4)=='SICE' || *(esp->4+4)=='SIWV' ||
% y3 \3 W B" t: S% {- v *(esp->4+4)=='NTIC'! G5 O& Q+ ~2 `4 P( \" R' Y
& i* ]) o( ^, R. Q0 e-The most exotic ones (could be very slooooow :-(
2 ]+ ?3 J: a4 v4 E! [ BPINT 30 if eax==002A001F && (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV') 6 L0 W. M7 s( g- r2 T% s/ i
;will break 3 times :-(& s9 B. `3 G5 t! k4 b/ u1 N- P
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BPINT 30 if (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV')+ A, N, W) _ @4 J% r
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BPX KERNEL32!ORD_0001 if *edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV' ) m6 W; H0 K! f3 {, K) B
;will break 3 times :-(2 X: d4 X0 r" F% X* `4 {
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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 _lopen h2 |. _$ z) y
function to do the same job:
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push 00 ; OF_READ" S/ _- X0 I7 t C; q
mov eax,[00656634] ; '\\.\SICE',0$ Z# G. |- K# W, g
push eax4 @: c/ \( b( @5 Q) l& l
call KERNEL32!_lopen
$ p$ Q/ }. G3 ?, t3 N inc eax
& P5 T7 }7 |* A% `' b* ~ jnz 00650589 ; detected% k3 L" n, U% b6 C, I/ K7 f( W
push 00 ; OF_READ+ P! x7 a; S) |, Q8 C/ c( q; N
mov eax,[00656638] ; '\\.\SICE') X% Y* x7 v0 z
push eax5 H e! I+ a. q) [: l! w
call KERNEL32!_lopen* ]% [+ N* u, W& j4 @+ p6 \" i
inc eax" C/ g7 A1 F/ k% i2 q5 D
jz 006505ae ; not detected
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9 q$ V- `! N9 r7 C2 m2 F. f* aThis trick is similar to int41h/4fh Debugger installation check (code 05
3 u s- n+ g1 L: {& 06) but very limited because it's only available for Win95/98 (not NT). Q7 f/ Y: }. f: |0 R% Z" g8 [ N
as it uses the VxDCall backdoor. This detection was found in Bleem Demo.* m& z4 L/ }6 R8 J3 e
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push 0000004fh ; function 4fh. A, j5 t/ ~2 V' F& ]. }: v. K
push 002a002ah ; high word specifies which VxD (VWIN32)
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call Kernel32!ORD_001 ; VxdCall' Z, E+ x2 ~, Y$ T! P7 v0 z( V) v
cmp ax, 0f386h ; magic number returned by system debuggers- F6 W. s6 \/ s5 w# I
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Here again, several ways to detect it:
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BPINT 41 if ax==4f* p0 h7 E( c2 e! l
# m0 M& z |% ^0 Y& j- J1 o; ]! \ 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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BPX Kernel32!ord_0001 if esp->4==002A002A && esp->8==4f ; slooooow!1 [+ D5 g0 h5 Q# u& H: {5 [. u
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Method 13
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; G7 K& Z/ X/ \6 ONot a real method of detection, but a good way to know if SoftICE is" V" C! h, r& [' o
installed on a computer and to locate its installation directory.
4 O: t4 o1 I; M0 eIt is used by few softs which access the following registry keys (usually #2) :
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-#1: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
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-#2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\NuMega\SoftICE
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\App Paths\Loader32.Exe
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Note that some nasty apps could then erase all files from SoftICE directory8 E* w- p, {' V1 M+ Y7 ]
(I faced that once :-(
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Useful breakpoint to detect it:
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! L2 B9 P, W: s8 w" M$ h, _, J( T BPX _regopenkey if *(esp->8+0x13)=='tICE' || *(esp->8+0x37)=='tICE'3 y" ?3 c9 g- l* w5 O- B/ Q6 X* ?
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6 ?+ m! q1 s# u' r. [3 T9 ZA 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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