Below, we compare different ways of intercepting network packets, and of filtering and analyzing their content to see if kernel drivers which use NDIS and WFP frameworks perform better than WinPcap. We tested the performance of each method. See table. Testing We measured network bandwidth after applying a basic filter which: Intercepts all packets Verifies […]
Our Data Loss Prevention Development team used Deviare to add watermarks to printed documents by intercepting XPS Print API interfaces. This technique can be applied to all printing jobs on virtual or physical printing devices. Get the code. The requirements are: An operating system with XPS Print API (Windows Vista SP2 with Platform Update or higher) Visual […]
Deviare 101 Part 1 Welcome to the first installment of Deviare 101. In this article, we’ll explain how to use Deviare’s Reg-Free COM capability to easily deploy applications on end-user machines. This guide uses Visual Studio 2013 but can also be followed on earlier versions. The Manifest File Reg-Free COM requires an XML file called […]
What is your computer’s maximum render quality, resolution, and frames per second for Battlefield 3? Hard core gamers are eager to show off their expensive, tuned setup at its full potential. Overclocked processors and computers cooled with liquid hydrogen are lovely parts of the gaming folklore. The source code below instruments Direct3D 9 applications to […]
Using Deviare to Cheat on Games This simple Deviare code allows you to to see through game walls. We intercept Direct3D objects and select wireframe mode so the walls are transparent. This code injects a DLL to create an object based on the IDirect3D9 interface and hook the address of the CreateDevice COM method from […]
Note: we updated the code on August 23, 2013. The new code includes an “abort” feature, discussed in the article Instrumenting Microsoft SQL Server to Abort Dangerous Queries. Our Deviare hooking engine can be used to hook into Microsoft SQL Server 2012 RTM (11.00.2100.60) and 2014 CTP1 queries at the application level. Tools like WireShark use a […]
VTBL is an IDA script which identifies all the virtual tables found in any module of a native process. The virtual tables can be related to a COM or a C++ class. Unlike other tools, ours does not depend on a specific compiler to obtain a virtual table. This makes it an essential tool for […]
Nektra announces the release of the new version of WLMailApi, the most used SDK designed to develop plugins in Windows Live Mail 2009 2011 and 2012 What’s new WLMailAPI Works With Windows Live Mail 2012 and Windows 8 Released on September of 2012 Works with all versions that Microsoft Supports Works with Windows […]
A new version of Nektra Deviare API Hook is now released. This version has lots of fixes to bugs that I found along the last year working with the library in Application Virtualization and Packaging and Reverse Engineering. I found some stability issues, generating dead-locks, stack trace wasn’t working as defined and it has important […]
Nektra has released the new WLMailApi v1.0.2 Nektra has released the new WLMailApi v1.0.2, which has many more features & functions, this allows developers to create custom Windows Live Mail plug-ins. Nektra Advanced Computing is glad to announce the release of the new WLMailApi version 1.0.2 which you can request a download by clicking here. This […]