In Spy Studio: Solving an Issue on IE6 we troubleshot an issue that happens while virtualizing an Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) layer for Japanese using Symantec Workspace Virtualization. IE6 worked when IE8 was installed as the base operating system but not when the base was IE9. In the following screenshot we show how Spy Studio’s trace […]
The Deviare Interception Engine includes a feature that allows developers to add plugins to hooks. When a hooked API is called, it will raise the OnFunctionCalled method of all attached plugins to allow the reading and writing of parameters, and passing custom parameters to the INktSpyMgr object. Since the method is called in the context […]
More Binary Instrumentation Alternatives Deviare now has custom hooks to improve hooking performance. With custom hooks, two “OnFunctionCall” events are triggered: one in the SpyMgr process, and the other within the agent. The custom hook can send data, or custom parameters. to the SpyMgr process. The custom Deviare modules running in the agent have access […]
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 […]
One of the top uses of our Windows Live Mail API is integrating a vendor antivirus to the Windows Live Mail desktop client. For example, Trend Micro’s Titanium Security Solutions uses it to integrate with Windows Live Mail and recognize viruses. The C# code sample below uses the nClam library to interface with an open […]
The code below uses Python to intercept the CreateFile function on the kernel32.dll to forbid opening certain files. It hooks the CreateFile function for the notepad.exe application. The Python code is very small and to the point, and you can customize it for your own purposes. For example, it can be used to sandbox an […]
The VBScript script below shows how to intercept Win32 registry APIs such as RegOpenKey and RegQueryValue using the Deviare Interception Engine. Windows Internals’ Process Monitor, the tool most often used to monitor registry operations, cannot be customized. There is a large VBScript community that will benefit from adding intercepting options to scripts. Registry interception can […]
Hooking spoolsv.exe Printers in an organization are an easy target for abuse. Developing an application to log printer activity requires expertise in Microsoft Windows internals. The simple code below allows you to quickly use our Deviare Interception Engine to log printer activity. The application runs on the computer the printer is connected to and logs […]
I have been working hooking APIs for a while and I always wanted to have a tool to understand which module is doing what. Sometimes there is an error in an application and it is not possible with current tools to know the source of the problem. Module Analyzer comes in our help to troubleshoot […]
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 […]