Category Archives: Software

Ach Nero, was ist nur aus dir geworden

Posted on 2007-10-26 by Oliver

Seit Version 3 war ich bei Nero Burning ROM als Kunde dabei und seit Version 7 graust es mir vor einem Upgrade. Warum nur hat der Hersteller diesen Irrweg eingeschlagen und packt allen Mist mit dazu? Schlimmer noch, seit Version … Continue reading →

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Let’s pimp ‘newvserver’

Posted on 2007-10-21 by Oliver

newvserver is a truly convenient script to create a new vserver and have it largely preconfigured. Too sad it lacks the necessary flexibility … you think? Think twice. Bash gives newvserver the flexibility that you need! Alright, so you figured … Continue reading →

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The day we put Windows under GPL

Posted on 2007-10-03 by Oliver

A few weeks ago some people were trying to convince me (but they didn’t manage to) that any program that loads a library (i.e. binary) which is under GPL has to be under GPL automatically as well. Now, this viral … Continue reading →

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Hallo aus Wien

Posted on 2007-09-20 by Oliver

Einige werden es bereits aus privaten Konversationen wissen, der Rest weiß es eben jetzt … ich halte mich als einer von sieben Vertretern von FRISK Software in Wien bei der Virus Bulletin Konferenz 2007 auf. Hier trifft man nette Leute … Continue reading →

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Getting the SIDT base address with Delphi

Posted on 2007-09-13 by Oliver

function GetSIDTBaseAddress: DWORD; assembler; asm sub esp, 8 // create stack frame sidt qword ptr [esp] mov eax, dword ptr [esp+2] // write into EAX for return value add esp, 8 // clean up stack end; … or if the … Continue reading →

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DDKBUILD.CMD fix for RC2 (makes RC3)

Posted on 2007-09-12 by Oliver

Hey. For those among you, who have actually updated to RC2, here is a little fix, if you like manual patchwork. If you prefer the easy way, just download RC3 here. Apologies! This fix is yet another issue that can … Continue reading →

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DDKWizard 1.1.2 released

Posted on 2007-09-08 by Oliver

It has been almost half a year since DDKWizard got updated last time. But now it’s time for an update. Some accumulated reports of glitches and issues – especially those that bugged me most in daily use – got me … Continue reading →

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DDKBUILD release candidate 2 (update #1)

Posted on 2007-09-06 by Oliver

This release fixes minor issues found to cause DDKBUILD.CMD to fail under certain conditions, especially when either the DDK/WDK or the project was located in a folder that contained spaces or that had long (folder/file) names without spaces. One common … Continue reading →

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Geil!

Posted on 2007-09-05 by Oliver

Habe soeben die zweite SpeedCommander 12 Betaversion angetestet und muß sagen, daß die Benutzbarkeit weiter zugenommen hat. Die auch mit Vista eingeführte, sogenannte “Brotkrumen-Navigation” ist der der Hammer – und natürlich auch für mich als XP-Anwender verfügbar. Meine weiteren persönlichen … Continue reading →

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Joanna Rutkowska gets serious ;)

Posted on 2007-08-02 by Oliver

She and a partner, Alexander Tereshkin, have published the source to BluePill, or rather a rewrite called New BluePill (NBP), since Rutkowska’s previous employer owns the rights to the original one: http://www.bluepillproject.org The source is a little flawed, at least … Continue reading →

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Confession of a Windows developer

Posted on 2007-08-02 by Oliver

… I’ve been a Debian fan for a while and after managing different machines as well as the server on which this blog runs, it’s only natural that I installed Debian on my primary machine now as secondary operating system. … Continue reading →

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Gute Neuigkeiten

Posted on 2007-07-27 by Oliver

Heise meldet: unter dem Titel “GDatas Antivirenlösungen für Unternehmen ohne Kaspersky-Scanner” … “[…] Stattdessen setzen die Produkte für Unternehmen in den aktuellen Versionen auf die F-Prot-Engine von Frisk […]”. Ich wußte es ja schon ein Weilchen, aber da es jetzt … Continue reading →

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No it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke

Posted on 2007-07-04 by Oliver

Michał ‘GiM’ Spadliński, a Polish blogger wrote in his article “Czy Redpill Joanny Rutkowskiej jest poprawny?“: Oliver Schneider (Reverse Engineer pracujący dla F-Prota) opublikował […] artykuł, datowany na pierwszego kwietnia, który wcale nie wygląda na prima aprilisowy żart. This made … Continue reading →

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Battle of the titans?

Posted on 2007-07-04 by Oliver

Ptacek, Lawson and Ferrie – well-known security specialists – joined up to challenge Rutkowska and prove that her virtualization rootkit BluePill (up to now AMD-specific) is detectable regardless of her claims. The above link leads to her official reply to … Continue reading →

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Nice tool from Microsoft.

Posted on 2007-07-03 by Oliver

No, this time it is not a binary file for download. It is a website. Hope you enjoy as much as I did when pointed to it by a colleague. This website allows you to look up DLL versions and … Continue reading →

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What the heck, Kaspersky???

Posted on 2007-06-30 by Oliver

… here Kaspersky claims: An advisory has recently been published on rootkit.com regarding a vulnerability in KAV 7.0. Unfortunately, the authors of this material chose not to adhere to industry standard practice, and contact the vendor prior to disclosing vulnerability … Continue reading →

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RSS feed for DDKWizard and DDKBUILD!

Posted on 2007-05-24 by Oliver

Today I set up an RSS feed for DDKWizard and DDKBUILD under this URL. If you are interested in either of these tools, please feel free to subscribe and get automatic notifications about updates within your favorite feed reader. // … Continue reading →

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AV-workshop presentations available

Posted on 2007-05-18 by Oliver

As some of you may know, FRISK Software had invited professionals from the AV industry and AV testers to attend the “International Antivirus Testing Workshop” this week in Reykjavik. The workshop was held on tuesday and wednesday and I had … Continue reading →

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Wicked stuff!

Posted on 2007-04-10 by Oliver

Ilfak posted a nice demo clip on his blog: “Decompilation gets real”. This is really a dream of many reversers and could really speed up the analysis of many samples. // Oliver

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Was ich an Delphi überhaupt nicht mag

Posted on 2007-04-09 by Oliver

Delphi ist eigentlich eine ganz angenehme Programmiersprache für die kleinen und großen Aufgaben des Programmierers. Leider haben Borland/Inprise/CodeGear wohl ungefähr 10 Jahre geschlafen. Vornweg, ich habe mit Delphi auf Windows angefangen, nachdem ich zuvor auf DOS mit Assembler und Turbo … Continue reading →

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