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<title>What is VMProtect?</title>
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<h1>What is VMProtect?</h1>
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<p>VMProtect is a new generation of software protection utilities. VMProtect supports
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Delphi, Borland C Builder, Visual C/C++, Visual Basic
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(native), Virtual Pascal and XCode compilers. At the same time VMProtect has a built-in
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disassembler that works with Windows and Mac OS X executables,
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and also can link a MAP-file created by the compiler to quickly select fragments of code for protection.
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For easy automation of application protection tasks, VMProtect implements a built-in script language.
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VMProtect fully supports 32/64-bit operating systems of the Windows family starting from Windows 2000, and Mac OS X starting from version 10.6.
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Importantly, regardless of the target platform, VMProtect supports all range of executables, that is, the Windows version can work with files from the Mac OS X version and vice versa.</p>
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<p>The cornerstone principle of VMProtect is to provide efficient protection of the application code from
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examination by making the application code and logic very complex for further analysis and cracking.
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Main software code protection mechanisms VMProtect applies are: virtualization, mutation, and combined protection that
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involves mutation of the application code with subsequent virtualization.</p>
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<p>The crucial advantage of the virtualization method used in VMProtect is
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the fact that the virtual machine executing virtualized fragments of code is embedded into the resulting code of the protected application.
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Therefore, the app protected with VMProtect needs no third-party libraries or modules to function.
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VMProtect allows using several different virtual machines to protect different fragments of code of the same application resulting in even more complicated
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cracking process, because a hacker now has to analyze architecture of multiple virtual machines.
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</p>
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<p>The method of application code mutation applied in VMProtect is based on obfuscation — a process that adds to the application code
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various excessive, "garbage" commands, "dead" parts of the code, random conditional jumps.
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It also mutates original commands and transfers execution of certain operations to the stack.
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</p>
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<p>The key difference of VMProtect from other software protectors is its ability to protect different parts of the code with different methods:
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part of the code can be virtualized, the other part is obfuscated and critical fragments are protected using the combined method.</p>
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<p>To prevent false positives from antiviruses the registered version of VMProtect uses the
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<a href="http://standards.ieee.org/develop/indconn/icsg/taggant.pdf">Taggant</a> library that signs the protected file with a certificate of the license owner.</p>
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<p>Another unique feature of VMProtect is embedding of <a href=
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"dictionary.htm#Watermarks">watermarks</a> to the code of the application. Watermarks allow to definitely identify the official
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owner of the hacked copy of the program, and therefore to take certain measures to him or her.</p>
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<p>VMProtect is available in 3 editions:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Lite;</li>
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<li>Professional;</li>
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<li>Ultimate;</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The below table lists differences in functionality of certain VMProtect editions:</p>
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<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
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<tr align="center">
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<td rowspan="2" align="center">
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<strong>Capabilities</strong></td>
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<td colspan="3" align="center"><strong>
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VMProtect edition</strong></td>
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</tr>
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<tr align="center">
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<td width="12%" align="center">Lite</td>
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<td width="12%" align="center">Professional</td>
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<td width="12%" align="center">Ultimate</td>
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</tr>
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<tr bgcolor="#E0E0E0">
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<td align="left" colspan="4" class="c1"><strong>Protection methods</strong></td>
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<tr>
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<td>Mutation</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Ultra (mutation+virtualization)</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Console version</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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<tr bgcolor="#E0E0E0">
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<td align="left" colspan="4"><strong>Protection options</strong></td>
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</tr>
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<td>Memory protection</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Import protection</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Resource protection</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td>Packing</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td>Debuger detection</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Virtual box detection</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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<tr bgcolor="#E0E0E0">
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<td align="left" colspan="4"><strong>Service functions</strong></td>
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</tr>
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<td>Watermarks</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Script language</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Licensing system</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td>License manager</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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<td>File protection</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">-</td>
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<td align="center">+</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br />
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© 2006-2015 Copyright VMProtect Software
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