SpyStudio 1.0.0b released!
Introduction to SpyStudio: SpyStudio is a powerful application that simplifies the code execution interception operations, also called “hooking”. Users can now easily monitor and gain control over...
View ArticleGoogleToolbar PageRank requests
Using our API hooker SpyStudio I wrote a script to intercept http requests done using wininet.dll API coming from a specific module of a process. The script keeps request information (server and url)...
View ArticleThe truth about Google Chrome using Spy Studio
Everyone has a lot of questions about Chrome. Some people say that it is spyware because each and every character you enter is sent to Google. Hundreds of comments like this can be found on the web,...
View ArticleApplication Virtualization Testing and Troubleshooting with Spy Studio and...
In Spy Studio: Solving an Issue on IE6 we troubleshot an issue that happens while virtualizing an Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) layer for Japanese using Symantec Workspace Virtualization. IE6 worked when...
View ArticleInjecting a DLL in a Modern UI Metro Application
Dll injection is one of the oldest techniques used to run custom code inside a target application in Windows. It is usually used to intercept and modify normal application behavior or add new...
View ArticleBenchmarking IE6 Virtualization: VMWare ThinApp vs. Symantec Workspace...
Introduction Below we use SpyStudio to compare ThinApp and Workspace Virtualization performance. Both Symantec and VMWare highlight the use of application virtualization to run legacy web...
View ArticleBenchmarking Microsoft Office’s PowerPoint Virtualization: Microsoft App-V...
Introduction Benchmarking virtualization products is an addictive game. Below we use SpyStudio to compare how long it takes to load a 21 slides PowertPoint presentation, with text and graphics, in...
View ArticleNektra and VMware are Collaborating to Simplify Application Virtualization...
Nektra’s SpyStudio provides tools allowing for application harvesting and simplified packaging for the VMware ThinApp offering Nektra and VMware, Inc. have been collaborating to significantly improve...
View Article64-bit Microsoft Office Applications Do Not Like Stack Walking
Our SpyStudio tool intercepts application system calls and retrieves the called functions by inspecting the call-stack. We were unable to access stack information in the last few 64-bit releases of...
View ArticleSpyStudio Is Now Free: Create and Troubleshoot Application Virtualization...
SpyStudio is now free and available for download here. It is a Swiss Army knife for cyber security analysts, DevOps, QA engineers, and developers. You can take a look at the articles “Nektra and VMware...
View ArticleModule Analyzer: Track down dll and COM errors and much more
I have been working hooking APIs for a while and I always wanted to have a tool to understand which module is doing what. Sometimes there is an error in an application and it is not possible with...
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