Deviare API Interception v1.0.1 Released

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 […]

DirectSound Capture Using Deviare

Download Deviare Download Sourcecode Download PDF Contents Introduction Research Direct Sound Capturing Monitoring Skype Conversations Implementation Deviare Python Wrappers Wave Tools COM Type Libraries Virtual Table Finder Hooking Direct Sound Running Sound Capture Easy Steps Registration What’s next Optimizations Wave API Hooking Hook DirectSoundCapture And Listen To Full Conversations Inspect More COM Interfaces Introduction Today […]

Deviare Message Spy

Download messagespy_demo.zip – 250 KB Download messagespy_src.zip – 249 KB Contents Introduction So, what’s the good news? Deviare Message Spy Finding a Window: The Spy++ Style Window Finder Hooking The XML The Cast Using Deviare Message Spy Requirements Known Issues Resources Introduction This article presents you with a different perspective of how to inspect window […]

A comparison of Deviare and EasyHook

We are comparing our hooking engine Deviare with some of the other products available, so that you can get an idea of what each engine can provide. Here is a comparison of Deviare against Easy Hook. Functionality Deviare EasyHook Database with Functions and Data Types Yes No Intercept multiple functions with a single handler Yes […]

Monitoring Outlook COM Objects with Deviare

We all remember when Ole Automation came out. We were all impressed how simple it was to implement a few COM Interfaces, place a toolbar and interact with the office package. Soon the competition began to show who could create the best and most creative Add-on. How many times did you wonder how that other […]

Deviare COM Spy Console is out!

Today we have released a console for monitoring and spying on applications using Microsoft’s Component Object Model. This technology is used in many professional applications and now you are able to watch them in action too! Deviare’s last integration is the ability to intercept COM interfaces. Using this technology and heuristics to discover this interfaces, […]

The truth about Google Chrome using SpyStudio

Everyone has a lot of questions about Chrome.  Some people say that it is spyware because each and every character you enter is sent to Google.  Hundreds of comments like this can be found on the web, like this one that says “Chrome spends nearly as much time phoning home to Google as it does […]

Nektra’s hook engine for Windows

Today we are releasing Trappola, our hook engine, under LPGL license. It has been a part of Deviare since its early beginning. And we think it reached a maturity level that any developer can appreciate. There are several libraries that provide some of the functionality we give here. But most of them are theoretical examples, […]