we are proud to present you the next and most up2date version of protection id.
it was about time to bring this to the public, as the last version was released back in march.
during development of this version we ported it over to MASM v10,
using the latest compiler & linker available at the moment.
this version of pid features highly optimized scanning routines, resulting in very fast detections :-)
i.e. a 2 GB setup.exe in processed in less then 1 second (smart mode kicks in).
we tweaked nearly all scans to benefit from our new procs.
core additions / changes
- new: compiled using masm v10 compiler & linker
- new: added in new and optimized scanning routines
- new: protection id is now able to scan inside msi files
- new: clean temp tool (Extensions -> Clean Temp)
- new: added in our own fast internal zlib decompresion routines
- new: compiler detector updated to detect:
- more Visual C++
- appended flash files
- Power Basic
- Watcom C/C++
- MinGW
- GoASM
- update: reporting part on file type, now reports bitness & file subsystem
- update: added in recovery system - if a crash happens when scanning a file/cd/dvd and the crash is in the scanning thread,
the seh system will 'recover' the crash, skipping all other scan modules and simply clean things up.
So a crash when scanning does NOT take protection id down (the crash is reported to the log)
- update: windows error code resolver dialog got a face lift and some added functionality
- update: initial modification to report cpu usage on ALL available cores
- update: shortcuts are now not made if pid is run from a removable drive
- update: added in reporting for uac setting in vista or higher
- update: scan size threshold increased to 50mb
- update: added in the nfo association configuration
- update: compiler detection enabled by default now
- update: adjusted the way the systray worked
- double left click on the pid icon will cause the pid window to be shown / hidden
- right click on the pid icon will cause the right click systray context menu to appear
- bugfix: cab file handler bug fixed
- bugfix: scan file on cd/dvd did not work
- bugfix: fix for shortcuts getting fucked
- bugfix: fixed bug in the seh system, which lead to a crash
- bugfix: file queue stuff (pause, remove, clear all) fully operational again
- bugfix: logic fix, checking section count could technically be wrong if exe was x64
- bugfix: selecting scan folder 2x resulted in it messing up
- bugfix: minor adjustment to avoid closing an invalid handle
- bugfix: fixed output bug on small files
- bugfix: fixed a possible win9x issue
- bugfix: minor gui fixes
detection additions / changes
- new: check_activemark.asm - added exact version detection & more detailed output for v4, v5 & v6 of ActiveMark
- new: check_byteshield.asm - ByteShield detection got heavily updated, now it contains a lot extra more info
- new: check_ea_custom.asm - added in detection for EA Custom Protection (used in The Sims 3)
- new: check_gameguard.asm - GameGuard Launcher Module & it's version got reported
- new: check_hackshield.asm - AhnLab HackShield detection added
- new: check_impulse.asm - Impulse DRM (+ core module) detection added
- new: check_protectdisc.asm - added in new versions: v9.11.0, v9.20.0, v9.25.0 & latest v9.26.0
- new: check_protectdisc.asm - added in detection of how many trial days a Protect Disc exe is allowed to run
- new: check_safedisc.asm - updated to detect clcd32.dll, dplayerx.dll, drvmgt.dll from old safedisc 1 games
- new: check_secureebook.asm - added in Secure eBook Wrapper detection
- new: check_securom.asm - added SecuROM DFA v1 and v2 detection
- new: check_securom.asm - added SecuROM 7 dfa.dll detection
- new: check_securom.asm - added detection for SecuROM 5 and 4 (or lower) dll modules (cms*.dll sintf*.dll)
- new: check_solidshield.asm - added in Tages Setup version detection in solidshield core.dll (if found)
- new: check_solidshield.asm - SolidShield wrapped dlls will be detected now
- new: check_starforce.asm - added in detection of StarForceFileSystem containers (SFFS)
- new: check_steam.asm - added in detection of the Steam Client API Module & report Steam api usage in exe
- new: check_themIDA.asm - updated to show watermarking on some versions
- new: check_playfirst.asm - added in detection of the Playfirst Game Library
- new: check_playrixwrapper.asm - added Playrix Game Wrapper detection
- new: check_reflexivearcade.asm - added in detection of build 177 & build 178 of the ReflexiveArcade Wrapper
- new: check_robingameswrapper.asm - added in Robin Games Wrapper detection
- new: check_spintop.asm - added SpinTop DRM Module detection
- new: check_mfortress.asm - added MegaFortress detection
- new: check_upx.asm - added in more informative upx info
- added in SecuROM v7.40 (or newer) detection via sector scan
- some more updates on the iso making code, and the cddvd_api core
- tweaking the cd/dvd dialog portion, now detects and reports errors better, along with better sector calculations
(will now abort if it detects a css encrypted sector when making an iso)