Enigma Protector

Hi, I've got 3 questions about Enigma Protector:

- If I need to protect 32-bit as well as 64-bit executables (and DLL files), do I need to use the x64 version and the 'normal' (non-x64) version separately? Or can the x64 version also protect 32-bit executables and DLLs ?

- Can I also use Enigma Protector to only protect my application from being cracked / reverse engineerd / etc? The reason is I already have existing serial numbers that need to keep working, and I also use the same serial numbers on the Mac version of my application. On your homepage you mention two major ideas: 'try before you buy', and anti-cracking. In this case I would only need the anti-cracking.
So is it possible to ignore the Engima licensing part, and just use the anti-debugger features, i.e. do they work independently of eachother?

- Since Mac OS X nowadays runs on the same processors (and same x86/x64 instruction set) as Windows, any chance you'll be making a Mac version of Enigma Protector?

Hi Henk,

Henk wrote: - If I need to protect 32-bit as well as 64-bit executables (and DLL files), do I need to use the x64 version and the 'normal' (non-x64) version separately? Or can the x64 version also protect 32-bit executables and DLLs ?

You should use both versions, x64 for protecting of x64 executables, x86 (usual) version for x86 files. By the way, if you are existing user of Enigma Protector you may just ask me to add a license for x64 for you, and I will do this for free.

Henk wrote: - Can I also use Enigma Protector to only protect my application from being cracked / reverse engineerd / etc? The reason is I already have existing serial numbers that need to keep working, and I also use the same serial numbers on the Mac version of my application. On your homepage you mention two major ideas: 'try before you buy', and anti-cracking. In this case I would only need the anti-cracking.
So is it possible to ignore the Engima licensing part, and just use the anti-debugger features, i.e. do they work independently of eachother?

Yes, surely, you may use only protection without licensing and trial. It is also a very good choice. To increase protection (without using license features) I may advise to use following features of Enigma:
- highly recommended - use VM Markers, use it as much as possible (or use functions virtualization through selecting of the necessary functions in Virtual Machine -> Select Functions)
- use Protected Strings feature to hide strings that could help cracker to find a weak place inside your application (strings like "Thanks for registration", "Registration key is invalid" and so on).
- try Virtual Box feature

Henk wrote: - Since Mac OS X nowadays runs on the same processors (and same x86/x64 instruction set) as Windows, any chance you'll be making a Mac version of Enigma Protector?

No, sorry, we do not have such plans.. Type of executables of Windows and MAC differ a lot, there are too different techniques and technologies.

Thanks for your reply!

Enigma wrote:You should use both versions, x64 for protecting of x64 executables, x86 (usual) version for x86 files. By the way, if you are existing user of Enigma Protector you may just ask me to add a license for x64 for you, and I will do this for free.

Thanks. Actually I'm not an existing user yet (I just found out about Enigma Protector). But if I were to purchase a license for the x86 version now, could I get the x64 as well?

One more question actually: other protectors like ASProtect, Larp64, etc. also compress the protected file, to get a smaller result. I didn't notice anything about compression on the front page, so I'm wondining, is Enigma also able to do this? Or if not, are you planning to add this? (could be a great addition!)

Henk wrote:Thanks. Actually I'm not an existing user yet (I just found out about Enigma Protector). But if I were to purchase a license for the x86 version now, could I get the x64 as well?

Yes, surely. Just let me know (send a message to support@enigmaprotector.com) the email address that you've used for purchasing and ask to enable x64 license.

Henk wrote: One more question actually: other protectors like ASProtect, Larp64, etc. also compress the protected file, to get a smaller result. I didn't notice anything about compression on the front page, so I'm wondining, is Enigma also able to do this? Or if not, are you planning to add this? (could be a great addition!)

The compression of the executable code is like a standard for software protection systems. Of course Enigma already has compression, very good compression engine with a very fast decompression. Compression applies to any protected file.

The only thing, Enigma adds special loader to the protected file, it's size about 400-500 Kbytes, so if you protect files that < 1 Mb, you may not notice the compression, but if the file 3 MB and bigger, compression is very useful.