[Bug 4666] anti-cheat system HackShield doesn't work

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4666

Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> changed:

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--- Comment #38 from Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> 2011-05-15 16:38:00 CDT ---
Hello,

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Is it possible to now why "it's Hard" to fix ?
Is it due to various unimplemented methods ?
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Well HackShield is wrapped with Themida software protection.
It's very sophisticated (has its own virtual machine/code + API emulation).
Various versions of this protection scheme are simply _broken_ for Wine beyond
fixing.

Although the company acknowledges Wine existence somehow by adding _some_ Wine
compatibility fixes, there is some intrusive stuff that can't be implemented by
simple means (if ever).

That 108 error is Themida related, most likely it encountered inconsistency
during VM/API emulation.
Don't know if AhnLab updates their malware with newer - more 'Wine friendly'
Themida versions ... thought that might happen very rarely.

Basically to work on HackShield you have to defeat (unwrap) Themida protection
first.
It can be done but this target requires a considerable knowledge and serious
waste of time.

Regards

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