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There is a new release: https://github.com/x64dbg/x64dbg/releases/tag/2026.04.20 The project is still alive and it was an honor for me to be able to make some small contributions to this wonderful project.

You still alive? What this blue 🤔 anyway is good to see you after 2 years

@ro0t I traced your obsfuscations, IAT, and sections, no brute force. I found static strings such as Nickname, serial key, etc., in the rdata section. The main function was to set up the stack frame and then jump to the .ll section with MBA chains. I spent a while trying to make sense of it, but got nowhere with it. So, I wrote a small emulator to fake out the Windows structure (honestly, I am not on Windows these days), .a2l runtime needs (TED/PEB/LDR it walks to resolve the VirtualAlloc, which is kind of neat) and hooked IAT functions. Figured out the program does malloc for parsing the input serial bytes, then malloc for a 16-byte buffer where it stores the result of some custom 128-bit hash over the nickname, and the comparison between the two is done inline, so you can't just set a breakpoint to check. And then I read the computed hash from the heap, and that's your serial. I think it's really solid work. The MBA transforms did their job; I genuinely could not recover the logic. The .a2l runtime with its own stack and PEB walking dispatcher is a nice touch too. The thing that let me bypass all of it was that the I/O boundary is still clean and IAT calls to printf, fgets, and malloc are right there unprotected, so hooking them gives you the inputs and outputs without having to understand anything in between.

Took a quick look, didn’t dive too deep yet. Already managed to expose part of the check (PBKDF2 → AES → "UNPACKED"), so it’s not as opaque as it first looks. This kind of protection layer is also something I’ve been dealing with in my own work: https://forum.tuts4you.com/topic/46002-continuation-fork-krypton-net-reactor-devirtualizer/#comment-229109 No full unpack yet, just a quick peek for now.

My malware collection: Here is a collection of malwares. Not a complete collection LOL :-) The collection include HTML infector, MP3 infector, a Ramsoware (and some analyzes of it), Zip password is INFECTED or infected alternative download link: https://workupload.com/file/hBttkmGhc9S InfectedCollection.rar

Answer The password is "gamer vision". All of the following addresses are based on the modulebase 0x00007FF644840000. The possible OEP at: 00007FF644841DF8 | 48:895C24 20 | mov qword ptr [rsp+20],rbx 00007FF644841DFD | 55 | push rbp 00007FF644841DFE | 48:8BEC | mov rbp,rsp 00007FF644841E01 | 48:83EC 20 | sub rsp,20 ... Then the second hit in code section at: 00007FF6448416FC | 48:895C24 08 | mov qword ptr [rsp+8],rbx 00007FF644841701 | 48:897424 10 | mov qword ptr [rsp+10],rsi 00007FF644841706 | 57 | push rdi 00007FF644841707 | 48:83EC 30 | sub rsp,30 ... After prompted "enter password.", the input routine at: 00007FF644841400 | 48:8BC4 | mov rax,rsp 00007FF644841403 | 57 | push rdi 00007FF644841404 | 41:54 | push r12 00007FF644841406 | 41:55 | push r13 00007FF644841408 | 41:56 | push r14 00007FF64484140A | 41:57 | push r15 00007FF64484140C | 48:83EC 50 | sub rsp,50 ... the pointer of local buffer for receiving input text is in rdx(for example, 000000359CC9FA58). When entered some test characters, stack looks like: 000000359CC9FA58: 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30 31 32 00 7F 00 00 "123456789012" 000000359CC9FA68: 000000000000000C input size 000000359CC9FA70: 000000000000000F buffer size Whereafter, the process logic virtualized. First of all, the length of input text got checked in a vCmpqr handler: 00007FF644898E0B | 49:39F0 | cmp r8,rsi ; r8=000000000000000C(actual), rsi=000000000000000C(const) The length MUST be 12!, else got "no!". NOTE: the encrypt password has no chance to get decrypted if input length is wrong! The answer String is encrypted(0xC length): 00007FF64484BCB0 8B 75 81 89 86 34 9A 8D 87 8D 83 82 00 00 00 00 decrypt algo: 00007FF6448BF3A6 | 40:8A36 | mov sil,byte ptr [rsi] rsi=00007FF64484BCB0, sil=8B 00007FF6448D4125 | 44:30DB | xor bl,r11b bl=8B, r11b=08; ^=08 = 83 00007FF64488E987 | 880A | mov byte ptr [rdx],cl [00007FF64484BCB0] <- 83 00007FF64485748F | 8A09 | mov cl,byte ptr [rcx] [00007FF64484BCB0] -> 83 00007FF64485E6FA | 44:00D7 | add dil,r10b dil=83, r10b=E4; +=E4 = 67 'g' 00007FF64488E987 | 880A | mov byte ptr [rdx],cl [00007FF64484BCB0] <- 67 00007FF64488DA96 | 49:FFC4 | inc r12 ptr++ 00007FF644859691 | 41:FFC9 | dec r9d length-- 00007FF64488743C | 85C8 | test eax,ecx end loop if length zero At the end of loop, the plaintext: 00007FF64484BCB0 67 61 6D 65 72 20 76 69 73 69 6F 6E 00 00 00 00 gamer vision.... The comparison: 00007FF6448424E7 | FF25 330C0000 | jmp qword ptr [<&memcmp>] ret rax=00000000FFFFFFFF/0000000000000000(if matches) rcx=000000359CC9FA58 "123456789012" rdx=00007FF64484BCB0 "gamer vision" r8=000000000000000C Strings Encrypted Structure BYTE bEncrypt // 1 - encrypt, 0 - decrypt DWORD dwLength BYTE UnDefined[0xC] BYTE CipherText[dwLength+1] The related messages as followings, you can find them in the VM Section ".themida" after it got unpacked at the very beginning of the application. 00007FF6448AC79F 01 10 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 80 21 00 40 01 00 00 decrypt algo: ^A0+4F 00007FF6448AC7AF 00 B6 BF 85 B6 83 71 81 B2 84 84 88 80 83 B5 7F "enter password.\n" 00007FF6448AC7BF 1B 00 00007FF64484BC9F 01 0C 00 00 00 72 64 2E 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 decrypt algo: ^08+E4 00007FF64484BCAF 00 8B 75 81 89 86 34 9A 8D 87 8D 83 82 00 "gamer vision" 00007FF644886C7F 01 05 00 00 00 72 20 76 69 73 69 6F 6E 00 00 00 decrypt algo: ^85+10 00007FF644886C8F 00 EC D0 E6 94 7F 00 "yes!\n" 00007FF64489252F 01 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 79 65 73 21 0A 00 00 decrypt algo: ^65+C9 00007FF64489253F 00 C0 C3 3D 24 00 "no!\n" 00007FF64484C40F 01 19 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 6E 6F 21 0A 00 00 00 decrypt algo: ^12+C6 00007FF64484C41F 00 B8 BE 8D BF BF 48 8D BA BC 8D BE 48 BC BB 48 "press enter to continue.\n" 00007FF64484C42F 8F BB BA BC B1 BA BD 8D 7A 56 00

Dear friends Berkeley Mono Font face is updated to version2. They included ligatures (nerd glyphs) directly in this build. The font face is 75$ for developer use only (no commercial use.) I have included this fontface so you can try them. Enjoy! Homepage hxxps://usgraphics[.]com/products/berkeley-mono Archive Pass: Download tx-02-berkeley-mono-pass=SCT.7z

Hello I do not use Windows primarily, but I hope these fits for you: https://pixeldrain.com/u/S8eo5ZBi

Well done :) I can create some more challenges for you if you'd like, I also have Intellilock

Does .NET Reactor 7.5.9.1 exist in the world? Seems the latest is 7.5 : https://www.eziriz.com/reactor_download.htm

src & exe ... GetWinVer_src.zip

I believe we are moving forward in the challenge

Some have already been included from @fearless API/Library Function/Method Language/Framework Notes Windows API (Native) DeleteFileA() / DeleteFileW() C/C++ Low-level, Unicode support with W variant. Only deletes files, not directories. Windows API (Native) RemoveDirectoryA() / RemoveDirectoryW() C/C++ Deletes empty directories only. Must be empty first. Windows API (Native) SHFileOperationA() / SHFileOperationW() C/C++ High-level Shell API. Can delete files/folders recursively with flags like FO_DELETE. Supports recycle bin. Windows API (Native) IFileOperation COM Interface C/C++ Modern replacement for SHFileOperation(). Better for recursive deletion and recycle bin support. MSVC Standard Library std::filesystem::remove() C++17+ Deletes a single file or empty directory. MSVC Standard Library std::filesystem::remove_all() C++17+ Recursively deletes files and directories. Qt Framework QFile::remove() C++ (Qt) Deletes a single file. Cross-platform. Qt Framework QDir::removeRecursively() C++ (Qt) Recursively removes a directory and all contents. Cross-platform. Qt Framework QDir::rmdir() C++ (Qt) Removes an empty directory only. .NET Framework File.Delete() C# / VB.NET Deletes a single file. .NET Framework Directory.Delete() C# / VB.NET Deletes a directory; optional recursive parameter for contents. Python (stdlib) os.remove() Python Deletes a single file. Python (stdlib) os.rmdir() Python Removes an empty directory. Python (stdlib) shutil.rmtree() Python Recursively removes a directory tree.

DeleteFile DeleteFileA: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-deletefilea DeleteFileW: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-deletefilew RemoveDirectory RemoveDirectoryA: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-removedirectorya RemoveDirectoryW: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-removedirectoryw SHFileOperation SHFileOperationA: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/nf-shellapi-shfileoperationa SHFileOperationW: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/nf-shellapi-shfileoperationw SHFILEOPSTRUCT (for SHFileOperation) SHFILEOPSTRUCTA: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/ns-shellapi-shfileopstructa SHFILEOPSTRUCTW: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/ns-shellapi-shfileopstructw

What do you mean? Can you show some screenshot how do you add custom anti-tamper? The difference I can see is: The anti-tamper method is called by EntryPoint in your target, but it's called by <Module>::.cctor in standard .NET Reactor.

If its not on the build you're using, I am assuming its coming in the near future.

@Visual Studio How do you add custom anti-tamper? Can we add custom anti-tamper on .net reactor 7.5?

ok , I am so sorry to bather you. thank you .

Thanks. Your example works, but in my Visual C++ program RtlGetVersion doesn't work, probability I'm missing some config. I was able to fix this by @boot samples; all works fine now.

Apologies for the late response. Let me know if this was not what you wanted... Ted. RtlGetVersion.zip

https://github.com/HydraDragonAntivirus/HydraDragonAntivirus/tree/development-version/hydradragon/python_hook_backend/new/nuitka_blob_loader

@boot , I was unable to compile your code for x86 on VS 2022, so I wrote my own based off of what you provided. I was able to compile (x86/x64) and run this code on WIN7+: // // Windows Version Reader by Stingered (2026) // Compatible: Windows 7 through Windows 11 (hopefully) // #include <Windows.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <iostream> typedef NTSTATUS(NTAPI* pfnRtlGetVersion)(PRTL_OSVERSIONINFOW); void GetRealVersion(DWORD* major, DWORD* minor, DWORD* build, DWORD* revision) { HMODULE hMod = GetModuleHandleW(L"ntdll.dll"); if (hMod) { pfnRtlGetVersion RtlGetVersion = (pfnRtlGetVersion)GetProcAddress(hMod, "RtlGetVersion"); if (RtlGetVersion) { OSVERSIONINFOEXW osvi = { 0 }; osvi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(osvi); if (RtlGetVersion((PRTL_OSVERSIONINFOW)&osvi) == 0) { // STATUS_SUCCESS if (major) *major = osvi.dwMajorVersion; if (minor) *minor = osvi.dwMinorVersion; if (build) *build = osvi.dwBuildNumber; } } } HKEY hKey; if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion", 0, KEY_QUERY_VALUE, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS) { DWORD ubr = 0; DWORD size = sizeof(ubr); if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, L"UBR", NULL, NULL, (LPBYTE)&ubr, &size) == ERROR_SUCCESS) { if (revision) *revision = ubr; } RegCloseKey(hKey); } } int main() { std::cout << "\r\n Windows OS Version Reader\r\n"; std::cout << " Compatibility: Windows 7 through Windows 11 (hopefully)\r\n"; DWORD major = 0; DWORD minor = 0; DWORD build = 0; DWORD revision = 0; GetRealVersion(&major, &minor, &build, &revision); printf("\r\n Windows Version -> %u.%u.%u.%u\r\n", major, minor, build, revision); printf("\n"); system("pause"); return 0; }

Here is my code: RTL_OSVERSIONINFOW rovi = { 0 }; HMODULE hMod = ::GetModuleHandleW(L"ntdll.dll"); if (hMod) { RtlGetVersionPtr fxPtr = (RtlGetVersionPtr)::GetProcAddress(hMod, "RtlGetVersion"); if (fxPtr != NULL) { rovi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(rovi); if ( STATUS_SUCCESS == fxPtr(&rovi) ) { OSVERSIONINFO os; ZeroMemory(&os, sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO)); os.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO); os.dwMajorVersion = rovi.dwMajorVersion; os.dwMinorVersion = rovi.dwMinorVersion; int sheetmajor = os.dwMajorVersion; // 5 int sheetminor = os.dwMinorVersion; // 1 return os; } } }returns v5.1 Here is registry key read: char* version_str = TryReadRegistryKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion", "CurrentVersion"); char* TryReadRegistryKey(HKEY hkey,char* regpath, char* valuename) { LONG lResult; HKEY hKey2; DWORD dwType; DWORD dwBytes = 100; lResult = RegOpenKeyEx(hkey, regpath, 0, KEY_READ|KEY_QUERY_VALUE|KEY_WOW64_32KEY, &hKey2); if (lResult != ERROR_SUCCESS) return 0; lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hKey2, valuename, 0, &dwType, (LPBYTE)buffer_keep, &dwBytes); RegCloseKey(hKey2); if (lResult == ERROR_SUCCESS) return buffer_keep; return 0; } also return v5.1. @Teddy Rogers I will be very great-full if you post an compiled exe if that is possible.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37700605/getting-windows-os-version-programmatically [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion] "CurrentVersion"="6.3" Problem solved.

r00t0 KeygenMe v4 Difficulty: 5 Language: C GCC Platform: x64 OS Version: Windows 10+ Packer / Protector : Selfmade Description : Implement keygenme that generate a serial derived from a nickname. Also demonstrate a generator that, given a nickname, produces the correct serial. I used my own tool that I've been developing for two years. It started as an optimizer, but I’m now experimenting with the reverse idea — using it to help with obfuscation and code retranslation. File Information Submitter r00t0 Submitted 11/02/2025 Category KeygenMe View File

Okay, that’s the correct key. Did you use any tool or just brute-force it?

Nice one, have to give you credit for your obsfuscator: Key

Eazfuscator.NET v2025.01 File protected by eazfuscator v2025.01 having Code Virtualization enabled. Find registration combination and reply it with the success message! File Information Submitter whoknows Submitted 07/22/2025 Category UnPackMe (.NET) View File

What Apis can be used for deleting a file or a folder? Can someone list most of them or all of them?

A couple of years ago my old Iomega ZIP100 parallel port drive started randomly ejecting disks. Instead of replacing it, I decided to do something slightly unreasonable: reverse-engineer the protocol and build my own ZIP100 emulator. That hobby project eventually became LPT100, a parallel-port ZIP100 emulator implemented on a microcontroller that reads/writes disk images stored on a USB flash drive. The project ended up being much deeper than expected because there is almost no public documentation of the ZIP parallel protocol. Most of the work involved reverse-engineering the Linux ppa driver, tracing PALMZIP behavior, and capturing port activity. The final project, named LPT100, was implemented on a PIC32MZ microcontroller and tested with: MS-DOS/Windows 98/Windows XP/Linux (Super 8086 Box, DOSBox-X, QEMU) and MS-DOS + PALMZIP (Book 8088), with disk images stored on USB flash drive. Parallel port interface was done via GPIO + DMA capture. I documented everything in two articles: Part 1 – Protocol reverse engineering + emulator in DOSBox/QEMU https://www.toughdev.com/content/2026/02/pic32mz-iomega-zip100-parallel-port-emulator-part-1-dosbox-qemu-testing/ Part 2 – Building the actual hardware https://www.toughdev.com/content/2026/03/pic32mz-iomega-zip100-parallel-port-emulator-part-2-hardware-design/ Part 1 Video - Emulator testing (DOSBox + QEMU + multiple OSes): https://youtu.be/ZMJkRygU8kI Part 2 Video - Real hardware LPT100 board running on Book 8088: https://youtu.be/340J7vItfPw On my Book8088 system, write speed is ~7.2 KB/s, read speed is around 6.3 KB/s in nibble mode, which is actually pretty close to real ZIP parallel performance on 8088 systems. When tested in Windows 98 using DOSBox-X, the speed is around 50-60KB/sec in bidirectional mode. The emulator works perfectly on 8088-class systems, although faster machines (386+) can overwhelm the microcontroller timing. I might consider migrating to a faster MCU (e.g. Teensy) in a future revision. If anyone here still uses parallel ZIP drives, I would love to hear your thoughts.

there is 2 way as far as i know, de4dot uses hash and which i dont know how it works and how it detects the handler second way is mine, in every handler, you need to seperate when the handler reach the end of its blocks, since its combined you need to detect the last instruction of every handler in handler method the structure should be like this handlerMethod{{handler1_start..handler1_end}, {handler2_start..handler2_end}} then to detect what handler is that use pattern matching loop through every handler you detect in that handlerMethod then match with the right pattern

hekliet keygemne #1 Not much to say there. Valid solution is a keygen that produces a valid key for any given name. Binaries for Linux and Windows are provided. Plain C, no symbols stripped, compiled with -O0, so should be fairly easy to follow. Difficulty is medium. Or perhaps easy for someone with some math knowledge. Here are some valid keys: Name: hekliet Key: 3fec806bc9ce82d4c00ee01af273a0b5 Name: Tuts 4 You Key: 40105e5bb69056bd3fdc1a4496fa9430 Name: Guybrush Threepwood Key: 400e09a63ee6d3a2bfd94d31f7369d10 File Information Submitter hekliet Submitted 03/17/2026 Category KeygenMe View File

My solution (Not much to say there either)... kg.7z

prob need to change to include the PROTO C definition for functions: uncompress2 PROTO C :DWORD,:DWORD,:DWORD,:DWORDdll2lib is not the best way to accomplish this, as you are including the whole dll, all functions regardless of what you might want to use. Best way would be to download a static library and define the inc file using PROTO C, but that assumes you know what the parameters are - sometimes they are defined in docs, readmes, api's or headers. The ultimate way IMHO is to compile and selectively choose stdcall and strip out the stuff not needed for masm etc, as outlined in previous post.

Bypassed the license check but unpack is too complicated. The imports are very heavy wrapped. Can do it but few hours manual work will need.

Unpacked CFF Explorer_protected_unp_cl.7z

Difficulty : I guess 3 is enough. Language : Delphi Platform : Windows x32/x64 OS Version : XP and above Packer / Protector : None. Description : Goals: 1. Write a valid keygen for the target. Good luck! Screenshot : Go Figure!!! Fixed.zip

Overview:TitanHide is a driver intended to hide debuggers from certain processes.The driver hooks various Nt* kernel functions (using inline hooks at themoment) and modifies the return values of the original functions.To hide a process, you must pass a simple structure with a ProcessID andthe hiding option(s) to enable to the driver. The internal API isdesigned to add hooks with little effort, which means adding featuresis really easy.Features:- ProcessDebugFlags (NtQueryInformationProcess)- ProcessDebugPort (NtQueryInformationProcess)- ProcessDebugObjectHandle (NtQueryInformationProcess)- DebugObject (NtQueryObject)- SystemKernelDebuggerInformation (NtQuerySystemInformation)- NtClose (STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE exception)- ThreadHideFromDebugger (NtSetInformationThread)Test environments:- Windows 7 x64 (SP1)- Windows XP x86 (SP3)- Windows XP x64 (SP1)Installation:1) Copy TitanHide.sys to %systemroot%\system32\drivers2) Start 'loader.exe' (available on the download page)3) Delete the old service (when present)4) Install a new service5) Start driver6) Use 'TitanHideGUI.exe' to set hide optionsNOTE: When on x64, you have to disable PatchGuard and driver signature enforcement yourself. Google is your friend Repository:https://bitbucket.org/mrexodia/titanhide/ Downloads: https://bitbucket.org/mrexodia/titanhide/downloads Feel free to report bugs and/or request features. Greetings, Mr. eXoDia TitanHide_0001.rar loader.rar

I recommand the people to use this protection because it's very good. The protection is advanced like Pelock but very good. Only a real reserver can do it But it needs much times to be able handle it. UnpackMe.Obsidium.1.69b1.x86_unprotect.rar

Results : Screen Recording - Made with FlexClip.webm No need for unpack,is this UnpackMe or CrackMe? Thread says UnpackMe but app says otherwise. Currently in process of making automatic patcher for the CrackMe,will upload here once im done.

Don't ask to unpack commercial software, you already ask to unpack commercial software many times, and ask to update ILProtector & SMD_Agile & SMD_Virbox to help you earn money. You earn money from clients by those unpacked files and tools but the developer @CodeExplorer earn nothing.

Creating a scrolling starfield effect in Delphi. Starfield.rar

Like this one It can be debugged and unpacked easily. So there are no antidebugger . we can enable drx and debugge it as normal app.

Is this a seek-and-hide game? giving the forums links and he must search until he finds it? Look at this (a random post), he gets the plugin from here and puts it for sale on that forum...

awesome_msil_Out.exe Approach: 1. Necrobit is a jit protection, so we use Simple MSIL Decryptor by CodeCracker , and it shall be ran on NetBox 2. Code virtualization is a relatively new feature of .net reactor, added in version 6.2.0.0. Here is the approach i took (i did this about 6 months ago so my memory is kinda rusty ) : (Click spoiler to see hidden contents)

You make me cry a little everytime I see your replies. I will before-hand declare that this is my last response to your impeccable rant of stupidity, but I feel the need to put out these points. Yes, you did just say a few posts back, that "OP asked for protection, not virtualization", thus claiming that virtualization is not protection. Yes, OP asked for a native packer, as he asked for a packer for his Win32 file. Win32 is a native format, unlike .NET which is a non-native format. If you claim otherwise, I'll die of laughter. Nope, Themida is not useless. It might be easily unpacked (since LCF-AT made a superior script), but there's a big difference between unpacking and devirtualizing. If you have succesfully unpacked a file, no matter how you did it, the file is still protected (as an unpacked software) as long as the virtualization is not broken (which is a whole different league to unpacking). The virtualized code sections will not be made readable by any public tools, and there are very few people world-wide who has even got the capability of making such tools. So nope, I'm not unknowledgeable. Actually, I'd go as far as to claim that on the contrary, I am moderately knowledgable and you are simply extremely uninformed. Yes, OP was looking for constructive feedback, which is why I striked down on you, as you were supplying false information. Oh my god.. I don't even know what to say to this... Themida not an obfuscator? If you had the time to properly read that image, you'd immediately notice the big fat .NET in front of the obfuscator. They're saying it's not a .NET Obfuscator, which means it doesn't obfuscate the IR for .NET. It is however, a compressor, an obfuscator and a virtual machine software for native formats.

Do not listen to that idiot. If you do , your program will be cracked 100% Use VMProtect , even battleeye is protected with VMProtect lmao http://vmpsoft.com/ Unlike themida , dumping a VMProtect executable won't make the protection obsolete. Themida is NOT an obfuscator , here's literally the developer of themida saying it himself

1. Don't put words in my mouth. Never claimed virtualization isn't protection. 2. OP didn't ask for a native packer , stop assuming because it makes you look extremely uninformed and stupid. 3. Themida offers NO PROTECTION , it's literally useless in every situation , it's completely worthless , even the developer admits it. Using themida is begging to have your shit cracked / leaked. It ISN'T protection at all. Anyone that claims themida is adequate protection either works for oreans or has no idea what the fµck they're talking about. Clearly you're the latter. Oh yeah don't come in here being a direspectful fµck head either. OP is looking for constructive feedback , not some edgy 14 year olds opinion on freeware

Well we are talking about protection , as OP requested "I would like to protect a small Win32 file and deciding which protection software to use" not virtualization. Seems like my answer was pretty accurate as themida offers 0 protection in real situations / scenarios If we're talking about the best virtualization, agile.net is by far the most secure Anyways nothing is safe these days