Guardant’s automatic protection supports 32-bit Windows applications and is designed for processing the executable files of Native applications (*.exe), as well as .NET assemblies (*.exe, *.dll).
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Guardant’s autoprotection tools consist of several console utilities (a utility for protecting Nativeapplications and two separate utilities for the obfuscation and protection of .NET code assemblies) as well as GUI utilities:
| Autoprotection Utilities | Function | |
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| Filename | Type | |
| NwKey32.exe | Console | Native executables protection |
| CodeObfuscator.exe | .NET obfuscation and string encryption | |
| CodeProtect.exe | .NET obfuscation and string encryption | |
| LicenseWizard.exe | GUI | Autoprotection and licensing wizard (Native & .NET) |
| NativeProfilerGUI.exe | Native profiler | |
| NativeProfilerGUI.exe | .NET profiler | |
Protection mechanisms for Native applications and .NET assemblies have significant differences; therefore we will consider them separately:
- Native Executables Automatic Protection
- .NET Assemblies Automatic protection
Guardant automatic protection has a wide range of features:
| Autoprotection Features | Win32 apps | |
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| Native executables (*.exe) | .NET assemblies (*.exe, *.dll) | |
| Local dongles support | + | + |
| Network dongles support | + | + |
| GSII64 and AES hardware algorithm support | + | + |
| Protection without binding to a dongle | + | + |
| Dongle ID verification | + | + |
| Application serial number and version verification | + | + |
| Binding many applications to the same dongle | + | + |
| Multi-module applications protection | + | + |
| Limiting the application's operating time | + | - |
| Limiting the number of application launches | + | - |
| Verifying the dongle presence periodically | + | - |
| Controlling USB Dongle’s Presence | + | - |
| Protecting imported functions | + | - |
| Encryption and packing application fragments | + | - |
| .NET string encryption | - | + |
| .NET obfuscation | - | + |
| .NET MSIL code encryption | - | + |