Protection ID info thread - v6.4.0 (build 08.07.2010)

[cdkiller]

Protection iD is now exactly one year old on february 1st 2004.
It´s constantly updated to detect all at the moment availabe PC Game Protections and most of the EXE / DLL protectors.

The final v5.0 still requires much coding, testing and bugfixing, so i decided to release my current Beta
(and maybe some more soon...) on the net to give you the most accurate detection possible.

greets to all my friends for all the effort you put into my tool, making it what it is today, one of the best Protection Scanners.

here´s the changelog:

v5.0 BETA 3
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quote from Tages developer: 'A tool that is able to detect correctly a TAGES™ protected CD does not even exist'
answer: sorry i was busy with other protections, but here we go..
btw, did u heard about A-Ray Scanner ? greets R!co ;-)

* added: detection for Tages (non generic because i´m waiting for new Tages games to get em generic.)
* added: detection for Laserlock version (if detection is possible...)
* added: detection for Starforce version (not possible for all versions)
* added: detection for Air ExeLock
* added: detection for Perplex PE Protector
* added: detection for UPX Scrambler
* added: more CD/DVD-Check detection strings to database (i.e. Fire Starter, Massive Assault, Apache Longbow)
* added: scanning in all files wich are valid PE files (i.e. in Lords of Everquest, the Lords.ree is SecuROM)
* improved: new protection string database with only the half size of the old one
* improved: Starforce detection
* improved: ASPack detection
* improved: FSG detection
* improved: Krypton detection
* improved: Neolite detection
* improved: PE Compact detection
* improved: PE Shield detection
* improved: Softdefender version checking
* improved: Stealth PE detection (a bit tricky this one...)
* improved: VBO Watch detection
* improved: checks if a file was cracked by an iso / dox / rip group
* fixed: all possible crashes with the help of an UnhandledExceptionFilter
* fixed: bug wich closes Protection iD when closing the Easteregg window
* fixed bug in 'unknown ASPack' version detection, not showing ASPack
* fixed: ASProtect detection bug who detects the protector if it finds the '.asprot' section only
* removed: checks for possible CD-Check APis (i got enough CD-Check strings wich should find the checks)
* removed: checks if a VOB Protect CD or SVKP protected executable has been cracked