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OpenRCE Anti Reverse Engineering Techniques Database

The Anti Reverse Engineering Database provides the analysis and desription for a number of various anti debugging, disassembly and dumping tricks. This resource aims to help reverse engineers locate, identify and bypass such techniques. If anyone would like administative access to this this section of the reference library, let one of the admin's know. This reference section was initially contributed to OpenRCE by ap0x.

While some of the techniques are listed in conjunction with a specific target, they may be adaptable to other targets. The initial batch of anti-analysis techniques contributed by ap0x are listed as commented MASM source. However, future contributions can be in whatever free form desired. To contribute to this section, please contact Pedram for admin access to the anti-re database.

  Technique Name Category Analysis By Added On Last Updated
View Details CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent() Windows API Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details Detecting Breakpoints by CRC Debugging halsten July 11 2007
View Details Detecting SoftICE by Opening Its Drivers Debugging halsten July 10 2007 July 10 2007
View Details Detecting SoftICE by searching for the Int 3h in UnhandledExceptionFilter Debugging halsten July 10 2007 July 10 2007
View Details Hardware Breakpoint Detection Debugging ap0x March 17 2006 March 18 2006
View Details INT 2D Debugger Detection Debugging ReWolf March 15 2007
View Details IsDebuggerPresent() Direct PEB Access Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details IsDebuggerPresent() Windows API Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details LordPE Anti Dumping Dumping ap0x March 11 2006
View Details NtGlobalFlag Debugger Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details Obfuscated RDTSC Debugging pedram March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg Filename Format String Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg FindWindow Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg Instruction Prefix Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg INT3 Exception Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg IsDebuggerPresent Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg Memory Breakpoint Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg NtQueryInformationProcess() OllyDbg Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg OllyInvisible Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg OpenProcess() HideDebugger Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg OpenProcess() String Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg OutputDebugString() Format String Vulnerability Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg PE Header Parsing DoS Vulnerabilities Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OllyDbg Registry Key Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details OutputDebugString on Win2K and WinXP Debugging RussellOsterlund December 11 2007
View Details PEB ProcessHeap Flag Debugger Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details PeID GenOEP Spoofing Analyzing ap0x March 11 2006
View Details PeID OEP Signature Spoofing Analyzing ap0x March 11 2006
View Details ProcDump PE Header Corruption Dumping ap0x March 11 2006
View Details RDG OEP Signature Spoofing Analyzing ap0x March 11 2006
View Details RDTSC Instruction Debugger Latency Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details Ring3 Debugger Detection via LDR_MODULE Debugging ap0x March 17 2006 March 18 2006
View Details Single Step Detection Debugging ap0x March 17 2006 March 18 2006
View Details SoftIce Driver Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006 March 13 2006
View Details SoftIce Registry Detection Debugging ap0x March 17 2006 March 18 2006
View Details SoftIce WinICE.dat Detection Debugging ap0x March 17 2006 March 18 2006
View Details TLS-CallBack +IsDebuggerPresent() Debugger Detection Debugging ap0x March 11 2006
View Details Using the CMPXCHG8B with the LOCK Prefix Debugging halsten July 11 2007

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