What tricks can be used to prevent debugging?

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What tricks can be used to prevent or hinder debugging?

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Are there any good resources on this kind of thing?

@AndrewSmith Care to substantiate your claims about banks using that technique? I've never heard of it. — Polynomial, Aug 24 '12 at 05:56
@Andrew - why write unsubstantiated and untrue nonsense? What makes you think any bank wants to obfuscate code and make their own debugging more difficult? — Rory Alsop, Aug 24 '12 at 06:58
@AndrewSmith I cannot describe how fundamentally opposed I am to that sentiment. — Polynomial, Aug 24 '12 at 16:01

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:40

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And there is a question in Stackoverflow about anti-debugging tricks.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:40

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answered Aug 23 '12 at 19:04

woliveirajr

Figured someone would drop the Symantec paper on here at some point :) – Polynomial Aug 23 '12 at 19:42
:) think it's the only one I ever read about it... – woliveirajr Aug 23 '12 at 19:47

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