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Re:A Crypto Trick That Makes Software Harder to Reverse-Engi... by Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd on Thursday February 12, 2015 @04:39AM (#9038108)
Yes, however I'm not aware of any virtual machine (including emulators) for x86 that isn't trivially detected.
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Re:A Crypto Trick That Makes Software Harder to Reverse-Engi... by Tegran on Thursday February 12, 2015 @05:09AM (#9038181)
But the VM detection has to occur BEFORE you setup the clever encrypted CPU stuff so that code is then vulnerable to the usual debugger cracking techniques (without worrying about the encryption stuff).
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Re:A Crypto Trick That Makes Software Harder to Reverse-Engi... by AlyssaRowan on Thursday February 12, 2015 @08:00AM (#9038569)
Deadlisting. :)

Competitive advantage from tool exclusivity.

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