ProcessGuard SMH crashes RefDefend

[richrf]

Hi Pilli,

What I did was this:

1) Protected RegDefend

2) Checked SMH box for for RegDefend

3) Pressed the Insert Key while clicking mouse on the X (exit) box of RD

4) Tried exiting RD with the X box

5) A message box with no message appears

6) RegDefend terminates abnormally

7) The system tries to take a dump (DRWATSON) but I deny permission

8) RegDefend crashes

I gave RD driver/services privilege and tried to use Ins on the message box that comes up as I am exiting. The results are a crash. Has anyone been able to sucessfully use SMH with RD.

Thanks.

Rich

[richrf]

Can't get PG to protect against Exit either. RegDefend just shuts down.

Rich

[nick s]

Hi Rich,

Seeing the same behavior just enabling Secure Message Handling for RD, without applying the Custom Message Verification (INSERT key) method.

Nick

[Chris12923]

Same crash.

I just chose SMH for RD in PG 3 and then clicked the 'x' to close the GUI in RD and crashed. I didn't hit insert key.

Thanks,

Chris

[Pilli]

Exit or X does not close RegDefend just calls the terminate pop up. I think you should be applying SMH to the pop up box as this is the termination point ;)

Jason?

Pilli

[Jason_R0]

I'm not quite sure why ProcessGuard's SMH would make RegDefend crash, but PG does that with other applications too. I might take a look at it later to see if I can make them coexist.

[gottadoit]

Jason,
Does RD protect itself against stray Windows Close messages already ?
It would seem like an obvious thing for you to have done but it needs to be asked

[Bowserman]

Hi gottadoit :).

Closing the GUI of RegDefend does not stop the protection, so anything malicious etc would still be blocked.

Regards,
Jade.

[Pilli]

I might also add to Bowsermans post that this is the reason I have not bothered to try SMH on RD - Seems pointless to me as PG protects the main RD files anyway. :)

Pilli

[richrf]

Hi all,

Thanks for all of the responses. If SMH is not required to protect RegDefend, thenI will not be concerned by it. This type of information is probably useful in RegDefend's documentation or as a sticky since I am sure there will be other users of both products that will try this. Thanks again for all of the help.

Rich