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antidebugger en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + debugger.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Preventing or inhibiting the use of a debugger.
    • Antidebugger techniques are particularly effective when combined with code encryption because encrypting the program forces reversers to run it inside a debugger in order to allow the program to decrypt itself. 2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering:
    • To understand how, and why, such antidebugger techniques work, it is necessary to have a closer look at how debuggers function. 1996, Rune Skardhamar, Virus: Detection and Elimination, page 178: