Kill 5 (DebugActiveProcess) Gets Past PG

I have one licence for PG, which I use on a WinXP machine successfully (apart from the PG startup error reported elsewhere).

I am now evaluating it for use on a second machine, with a view to purchasing a second licence. This is a Win2K machine with PG 1.3 and the current driver beta.

However, on this (Win2K) machine I find that the APT tester can terminate *any* protected process using the Kill 5 (DebugActiveProcess) method. I have all general protection options turned on for PG, and apt.exe is *not* a protected process.

Why is this?

 

Hi Steve, It is a known bug on W2K machines and Jason is fully aware of it.

Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

HTH Pilli

 

Thanks for the info, Pilli. Hopefully, then, Jason will confirm that this will be fixed in the next update...

 

The reason DebugActiveProcess works on Win2K machines is a bit strange actually. It shows that some Microsoft code doesn't actually need all the access they say they do. I will try and get a fix for this in the next release, it is only a small issue.

-Jason-