User:Garrett/Research/DRM
Denuvo Anti-Tamper
Executable obfuscation secured using hardware hash. Results are stored in .dlf
or dbdata
file depending on the game.
Affected titles: Battlefield Hardline, Dragon Age: Inquisition, FIFA 14, FIFA 15, Lords of the Fallen.
FADE/DEGRADE
Triggers fake bugs; not clear whether this can/will erroneously trigger for legitimate players.
Examples: Arma 3.
Playfire Client
Green Man Gaming client; replaces Capsule Client which used SecuROM.[1]
SafeDisc
Default version of secdrv.sys
ships with Windows 8.1 and earlier. Disc root contains other files; see SafeDisc FAQs.
Not supported as of Windows 10[2] or on systems that have the MS15-097 update.
Smarte
Examples: Dungeon Siege II.
StarForce
Use SFUPDATE to update StarForce driver. Use SF Helper to detect StarForce version used by game.
Steam
SVK Protector (SVKP)
Made by Defendion aka AntiCracking Team (defunct). Installs SVPK.sys
rootkit driver.[3] Full behaviour not known.
Examples: Gothic II retail (may be only certain regions/editions).
Themida
Made by Oreans. Obfuscates executable code.
Examples: Mount & Blade, Mount & Blade: Warband.