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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2007
Vito Sabella, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron Khoo, Redmond, WA (US);
Johnathon Christopher Henry, Startup, WA (US);
Chao Gu, Redmond, WA (US);
Ray Thompson, Bothell, WA (US);
Vito Sabella, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron Khoo, Redmond, WA (US);
Johnathon Christopher Henry, Startup, WA (US);
Chao Gu, Redmond, WA (US);
Ray Thompson, Bothell, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An anti-debugging mechanism is implemented into a game application, such that the anti-debugging mechanism is difficult to detect, difficult to bypass, and difficult to remove. The anti-debugging mechanism is implemented in a simulated thread pool. The anti-debugging mechanism executes on a different thread than the thread on which the game application executes and is randomly activated. When a debugger is detected, the performance of the debugger is hindered by halting the game application on a different thread than the game thread. Further, a period of time is allowed to elapse before the game application is halted.