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" ~; m: ~1 X: v( Z* iThis method of detection of SoftICE (as well as the following one) is
1 Q" q- d7 j: Jused by the majority of packers/encryptors found on Internet.( s$ Y( ^# f9 r
It seeks the signature of BoundsChecker in SoftICE; q1 ~/ p. C/ m0 M, P
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mov ebp, 04243484Bh ; 'BCHK'
) @3 D' j- C. [ mov ax, 04h# S. n' n- r5 }! D
int 3 4 a& ]4 Y1 n; |
cmp al,4
( F& r) ]( f0 z) f0 b: A jnz SoftICE_Detected
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Method 02
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+ y. ]: w7 K) V" U: H4 J' F/ o. hStill a method very much used (perhaps the most frequent one). It is used
j& V. j- V4 _2 p1 Y e- {/ oto get SoftICE 'Back Door commands' which gives infos on Breakpoints,
& p9 x! P: u; d. q8 s* t$ _" ~or execute SoftICE commands...+ k- p2 h* G/ i/ X/ M
It is also used to crash SoftICE and to force it to execute any commands- {* w8 m- Y9 f% `
(HBOOT...) :-((
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Here is a quick description:
+ o+ h& G6 O# d0 T-AX = 0910h (Display string in SIce windows): U5 s. N" b8 E' R5 ^
-AX = 0911h (Execute SIce commands -command is displayed is ds:dx)3 }7 w( }; V4 L# U0 }4 [
-AX = 0912h (Get breakpoint infos)
# l9 d* W7 \% a-AX = 0913h (Set Sice breakpoints)
# B0 z" X: @ l. L. e% P-AX = 0914h (Remove SIce breakoints)/ {% A. \6 w, F% F
t2 y" n) _6 ZEach time you'll meet this trick, you'll see:
% V" h" Z; W* @# p8 @* T/ D-SI = 4647h
8 l! n- u [$ Z' Q' {3 N) y-DI = 4A4Dh
4 _) l; e- M4 V$ a! j& ^Which are the 'magic values' used by SoftIce.
" i# N5 g0 s8 x8 JFor more informations, see "Ralf Brown Interrupt list" chapter int 03h.) F" A; t1 a& Y! |6 l& r9 n' n
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Here is one example from the file "Haspinst.exe" which is the dongle HASP* N: b: k+ M# Z0 v
Envelope utility use to protect DOS applications:& x5 Z/ Z' H- a4 V1 i
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2 i0 k2 x- D; R4C19:0095 MOV AX,0911 ; execute command.
# h% Z) q% V y9 y+ z; ?4C19:0098 MOV DX,[BX] ; ds:dx point to the command (see below).) ?# V% Q, B! [4 b
4C19:009A MOV SI,4647 ; 1st magic value.# q3 U- P+ Y y2 m1 k
4C19:009D MOV DI,4A4D ; 2nd magic value., O1 B* e: g8 U2 l( {
4C19:00A0 INT 3 ; Int call.(if SIce is not loaded, jmp to 00AD*)
0 B6 ]: T2 ?7 p- p/ P: O+ l7 E; g4C19:00A1 ADD BX,02 ; BX+2 to point to next command to execute, `- b8 `6 J$ n- s/ b* z! \
4C19:00A4 INC CX
3 S+ E" @% L- f4 _. p4C19:00A5 CMP CX,06 ; Repeat 6 times to execute- Q3 |8 F3 h, @. j
4C19:00A8 JB 0095 ; 6 different commands.
2 x* q1 U+ ]" Q( [4C19:00AA JMP 0002 ; Bad_Guy jmp back.
: h7 ?6 b6 I; i! a4C19:00AD MOV BX,SP ; Good_Guy go ahead :)# z% }2 D h1 j, p9 G! L
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The program will execute 6 different SIce commands located at ds:dx, which
; N7 E1 P9 c& g3 {6 |, L$ d3 Ware: LDT, IDT, GDT, TSS, RS, and ...HBOOT.! ^1 D) ?+ H( W- a! k0 I* h1 D
7 q2 m/ N. L! H- j* the "jmp to 00ADh" is performed via an SEH if the debugger is not loaded.6 [% {; g/ S, I, U% I" D
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Z4 m; ^8 G7 B, c. E( p% [Method 03: h. O) ^. V3 Q
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5 \( f! e2 V8 m9 [) t P& U/ e/ I/ x" {Less used method. It seeks the ID of SoftICE VxD via the int 2Fh/1684h, q! R% ?1 H1 e+ i3 m e7 V: ~# C8 g7 D
(API Get entry point)
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) {3 p4 F; x7 g" k xor di,di F2 R1 b! K' Z. t
mov es,di) ?. W" U2 c! y6 I
mov ax, 1684h
2 C! `8 z0 s$ X+ i) k mov bx, 0202h ; VxD ID of winice6 r5 H+ x3 B+ W, Z
int 2Fh1 x- S: c {, f) B8 U
mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point
8 a: J2 O! _- H0 ^$ ~3 E+ T add ax, di
8 P6 E* c! O4 \9 C& x$ P test ax,ax( K, w# w" f+ r8 c5 R0 L4 a
jnz SoftICE_Detected
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Method identical to the preceding one except that it seeks the ID of SoftICE
2 K( }7 q9 B, |4 o! ^& Y3 AGFX VxD.! ?/ ~, F" c0 X+ v8 z# v
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xor di,di' P: { y0 D3 j( z
mov es,di
' F( D0 L7 ?3 g( c) J, }( V mov ax, 1684h
( {, G& c) ^: @- e, S mov bx, 7a5Fh ; VxD ID of SIWVID
# `% ]+ x) L& I0 f' x7 [" `* y+ }8 w int 2fh6 Z8 ?, _( A9 @. S+ x6 X
mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point9 ^; a( H. L' X/ }* w- E, p$ @5 \
add ax, di2 L! Y# b) d! `: S% J# q" _
test ax,ax
7 g0 r$ ]) S8 g jnz SoftICE_Detected9 Q# K& Y8 f( d2 B0 x' R2 G8 P
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1 Q# u! v/ N5 e% O1 b7 v$ UMethod 05
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Method seeking the 'magic number' 0F386h returned (in ax) by all system* ]5 f# I* `) U3 t* R, }. l* ?
debugger. It calls the int 41h, function 4Fh.
6 O( S8 ` J; qThere are several alternatives.
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The following one is the simplest:7 X$ b& [- E( C) j! m: s$ |
4 h _0 Z4 m1 ?4 F7 }2 J2 N0 L% k mov ax,4fh: i5 K+ S( X; F+ `8 q2 ]$ b
int 41h
, ^5 d8 k* \, I/ u) ]* C+ N cmp ax, 0F3862 e: q+ k# N3 o) q# _! H
jz SoftICE_detected
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Next method as well as the following one are 2 examples from Stone's ( B/ [$ d3 I' Z7 b
"stn-wid.zip" (www.cracking.net):2 Q+ x, G5 X( F& ~
6 g3 r% P. O2 | mov bx, cs0 U O' n3 F: n
lea dx, int41handler2
3 I7 Z6 c. ~/ |: e( { xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
3 u4 M3 q3 `' b& }2 y xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]) t3 @. p7 Z# Q% ]) q- g( Y
mov ax,4fh
4 ]2 P" H, l! f, F int 41h
. m' M( ~, u% E9 |9 ` xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
2 u3 K8 B V# h" L/ [: q xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]: G9 Q2 y& B! ?4 L7 h
cmp ax, 0f386h9 `! j2 H* _( L9 s: H: N# f N
jz SoftICE_detected! y7 V8 h. C7 Z7 Y, S/ W
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int41handler2 PROC
1 l1 k( p# b6 t" v2 b iret2 W8 R" i- x) p5 H( H
int41handler2 ENDP
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1 {& d4 J% J3 m8 O: Z Y, b* fMethod 06
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2nd method similar to the preceding one but more difficult to detect:
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! x) N$ X2 k r4 v* ]int41handler PROC1 H2 ]' z- z/ @$ @/ c' ^- Q- t
mov cl,al
: k- q4 e! }( y) H* h iret" g6 P7 |4 Z6 L) z% y5 @1 p
int41handler ENDP
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( ]% _' m$ ?4 l- |* i xor ax,ax2 ~' @" x% V9 k5 I# J' A
mov es,ax
b" d }% ^9 ]6 J3 n( B7 V( k mov bx, cs/ Y- K. p% K( Q1 P# E! Q
lea dx, int41handler
0 n; J% u$ s7 \' R2 [7 E8 ]& p$ J xchg dx, es:[41h*4]( M/ E1 H+ h' f9 Z. O n
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]
8 L. `9 I3 X, z7 a# n; A5 T0 J8 o in al, 40h
# L+ T* ~4 J6 Y4 R) g xor cx,cx
6 b6 b/ p0 ?' X8 @; S int 41h) o& e+ L9 ^$ W/ c( Z: r
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
! c8 K9 `- t; X- n0 \. R: G xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]1 d7 H( Q$ W* o l7 P3 e
cmp cl,al% n/ y7 X2 V9 H' p
jnz SoftICE_detected
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7 m' v+ q, _8 R, A2 B0 b2 n* j- iMethod of detection of the WinICE handler in the int68h (V86)8 {# E& ?9 A% G/ W
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mov ah,43h
! k. R; a% E; c4 \% l int 68h
; n6 n+ U9 Y( `( b# H' |0 Y1 I cmp ax,0F386h! n- N# z& W$ C9 c- x) a
jz SoftICE_Detected/ l2 f( C2 l) B0 @7 B( J. j) {, c3 L
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=> it is not possible to set a BPINT 68 with softice but you can hook a 32Bit# U( J* y5 k, q. D9 s+ n
app like this:
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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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It is not a method of detection of SoftICE but a possibility to crash the
9 r" c& z+ M$ gsystem by intercepting int 01h and int 03h and redirecting them to another9 ^+ B5 a% s% h) w) r; c; w( I J
routine.
- o b' B0 s* f( N4 u, g1 cIt calls int 21h functions 25h and 35h (set/get int vector) and ds:dx points
3 x& D0 B" q* @( N0 j1 ]* hto the new routine to execute (hangs computer...)% w& ^1 Q. \2 J+ i- c* k
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mov ah, 25h% j% c3 B" l. l9 S+ \0 K: N/ e) d
mov al, Int_Number (01h or 03h)4 Y* U6 u: G/ P
mov dx, offset New_Int_Routine
7 s8 T) ?& u5 ] int 21h
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% A. W7 r6 h0 ~. r! L4 CMethod 09
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; t$ f, r6 K. ?" u4 @: ^, PThis method is closed to methods 03 and 04 (int 2Fh/1684h) but it is only
( \. O+ w- T1 M/ j/ u/ sperformed in ring0 (VxD or a ring3 app using the VxdCall).
K0 t$ T( k; xThe Get_DDB service is used to determine whether or not a VxD is installed8 d6 T0 T: X4 H& W/ k: z6 P& Y
for the specified device and returns a Device Description Block (in ecx) for: o5 b# V) ^, P5 J9 Q. w! o
that device if it is installed.% ?$ c+ E0 [/ K( R
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mov eax, Device_ID ; 202h for SICE or 7a5Fh for SIWVID VxD ID
8 Y9 |3 \% {, k) d& W1 R$ A4 N mov edi, Device_Name ; only used if no VxD ID (useless in our case ;-)
8 p* }! _, F M5 y% t: }& [/ O9 m VMMCall Get_DDB
! a4 B: ?( S& ? mov [DDB], ecx ; ecx=DDB or 0 if the VxD is not installed. T6 u5 c# b) o/ X1 i( j
0 L1 _6 q5 B9 M2 x8 g7 r* kNote as well that you can easily detect this method with SoftICE:7 Y8 u* ], O, j; [* P& N) Q; I
bpx Get_DDB if ax==0202 || ax==7a5fh; J- e9 m* { c" r
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! [8 u0 {& v% E [=>Disable or clear breakpoints before using this feature. DO NOT trace with& \4 D+ Y! g: g
SoftICE while the option is enable!!
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+ l$ i- \' w9 U8 [. U0 ^9 VThis trick is very efficient:( ^! Z$ a7 }2 o0 F: h7 e' b
by checking the Debug Registers, you can detect if SoftICE is loaded% K1 l0 i6 E2 Z5 J, P$ N1 C
(dr7=0x700 if you loaded the soft with SoftICE loader, 0x400 otherwise) or if
* |, F0 X9 y p% sthere are some memory breakpoints set (dr0 to dr3) simply by reading their" u; V2 p. A% R& \
value (in ring0 only). Values can be manipulated and or changed as well
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Method 111 b$ y4 C/ V5 j& A% Z+ K
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This method is most known as 'MeltICE' because it has been freely distributed
" b$ |7 r! M( `, [5 C# wvia www.winfiles.com. However it was first used by NuMega people to allow
# {+ m" @* t1 h6 F: t6 M! t8 wSymbol Loader to check if SoftICE was active or not (the code is located
/ k- n, }9 Y/ M7 X# o; C |inside nmtrans.dll).
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The way it works is very simple:
$ @! M1 X9 b5 c* iIt tries to open SoftICE drivers handles (SICE, SIWVID for Win9x, NTICE for
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# y- f: {. @6 y. @Here is a sample (checking for 'SICE'):
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BOOL IsSoftIce95Loaded(); A" R$ b y6 }- n
{
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hFile = CreateFile( "\\\\.\\SICE", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,& Q- _2 j0 w3 V. v& Q
FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,0 |) |9 l- a- J1 Q/ ^8 W# {
NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
! c4 u5 J6 f; L7 c if( hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
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CloseHandle(hFile);
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0 B$ p a. z1 j* B return FALSE;$ {- K* T- k$ u( f/ M9 Q
}
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3 ^8 O% r z, \6 A- l- I6 pAlthough this trick calls the CreateFileA function, don't even expect to be! R% G8 k e& o+ o5 C/ y
able to intercept it by installing a IFS hook: it will not work, no way!# S5 y1 U2 H; k- Q, j
In fact, after the call to CreateFileA it will get through VWIN32 0x001F
! K- {: z6 B# Oservice _VWIN32_ReleaseWin32Mutex (via Kernel32!ORD_0001/VxDCall function)
. f, M. u! Q8 N7 A! \: Land then browse the DDB list until it find the VxD and its DDB_Control_Proc
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7 {" `1 E- H; S( s9 H6 p& OIn fact, its purpose is not to load/unload VxDs but only to send a
# y$ @" v3 _. U. G9 e) E1 `W32_DEVICEIOCONTROL (0x23) control message (DIOC_OPEN and DIOC_CLOSEHANDLE)0 [( \* R Z' t
to the VxD Control_Dispatch proc (how the hell a shareware soft could try
2 j# a1 s6 @3 R. bto load/unload a non-dynamically loadable driver such as SoftICE ;-).
: w1 {! g7 m$ K+ G2 KIf the VxD is loaded, it will always clear eax and the Carry flag to allow
, X/ @, s) H+ U2 aits handle to be opened and then, will be detected.6 s$ C6 f% m/ I* w {% W" Y' x6 s
You can check that simply by hooking Winice.exe control proc entry point9 R" e k2 v4 i7 R. J6 U
while running MeltICE.1 f0 v4 t6 r3 }' D) Y
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. |6 [8 f* B# g* Q, C& B8 D 00401067: push 00402025 ; \\.\SICE' P; D* o2 c+ h% | q$ W; N
0040106C: call CreateFileA
6 Y5 ? i9 F+ W! x1 e2 \2 A% X 00401071: cmp eax,-001
0 r1 {8 u* Z1 q/ W9 d! b& R! i1 S 00401074: je 00401091" Z$ I) U; {8 P1 X7 @0 A s
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& R0 H' a U: y' J7 K9 vThere could be hundreds of BPX you could use to detect this trick.5 P7 g% |, g$ Z4 h6 Z4 w
-The most classical one is:
. `5 c% z% w) f BPX CreateFileA if *(esp->4+4)=='SICE' || *(esp->4+4)=='SIWV' ||. S0 a2 S- p5 i% _/ e3 {
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1 }) O: [( t/ p1 @# P-The most exotic ones (could be very slooooow :-(
+ k7 {) D; i4 Y( @: l BPINT 30 if eax==002A001F && (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV') ' V6 J! q) ~' p6 n7 v1 l8 f
;will break 3 times :-(
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BPINT 30 if (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV')
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BPX KERNEL32!ORD_0001 if *edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV' 8 h" w6 W3 K! R% K# v; y
;will break 3 times :-(7 `8 E9 _; ]0 h0 z
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BPX VMM_GetDDBList if eax->3=='SICE' || eax->3=='SIWV'
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function to do the same job:
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push 00 ; OF_READ
Y6 I* J* b$ i- D$ Z mov eax,[00656634] ; '\\.\SICE',0
9 r2 P1 j6 s, B4 i push eax; |" [6 q2 { K) a+ [$ p( G
call KERNEL32!_lopen
. b" f- p6 o9 c) a4 Y0 Y0 m6 ? inc eax
' P. W4 V! d# X. M, n jnz 00650589 ; detected
% |5 j0 x5 p9 O$ I& ^' R* F: b# H push 00 ; OF_READ
$ @! G; P1 |% Q7 J! ` mov eax,[00656638] ; '\\.\SICE'
5 u7 ?3 p8 J7 M: }8 {2 l" F/ g3 V, A push eax
* ~# b l3 y7 A; B/ d call KERNEL32!_lopen
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/ Q" i& z" n3 l! M/ A AThis trick is similar to int41h/4fh Debugger installation check (code 05/ s/ U) H( c3 @& T2 ^) j0 \/ T# A
& 06) but very limited because it's only available for Win95/98 (not NT)
4 f) E( `; O* v" P4 u$ W) Xas it uses the VxDCall backdoor. This detection was found in Bleem Demo.! B. W G5 \( h/ Z4 R5 j
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push 0000004fh ; function 4fh) ~7 O5 ?" w( {% e& V _' O6 s% c* j
push 002a002ah ; high word specifies which VxD (VWIN32)0 K) v3 T! \: d6 N. Y) U: A
; low word specifies which service
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call Kernel32!ORD_001 ; VxdCall. S$ i8 O1 \- y, ^8 P# F
cmp ax, 0f386h ; magic number returned by system debuggers! p; W" i6 `2 l5 K8 a" \: @" z
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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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BPX Exec_PM_Int if eax==41 && edx->1c==4f && edx->10==002A002A) e" E2 g3 F( u; B
5 A( d& b9 Z$ @0 |2 Y BPX Kernel32!ord_0001 if esp->4==002A002A && esp->8==4f ; slooooow!7 q' [4 f: _9 m2 w) D% [. W) r
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Method 13; Q& ~: P \6 R- a
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Not a real method of detection, but a good way to know if SoftICE is- ?! W/ H0 ^" C/ r; A [! N
installed on a computer and to locate its installation directory.: i% T: D3 s% x6 V2 w8 L0 @* x
It 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 L. z7 l+ Z8 _5 C9 i# m5 C
\Uninstall\SoftICE: a# V5 W I, [7 |; b4 s0 \% o2 e
-#2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\NuMega\SoftICE b* L. C; M5 K% ?6 ^0 w/ u7 k
-#3: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
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Method 14
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$ D! b; w6 @) n/ P6 F) _A call to VMM 'Test_Debug_Installed' service. As the name says, its purpose
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