Enigma Protector

In the latest demo build when I protect an application quite a few temp files are created in %temp% the are named evbb9C84.tmp for example, what are they? and also when calling a protected exe on windows 8 the protected application throws a windows error stating "evbb9C84.tmp has stooped working"?

Edit: the files do not get removed on exit but on xp they dont appear at all and calling the protected embeded exe works ok.

Hi Mick,

There is some confusion I think.

Files that are created in temp folder while protection are help files that allows to avoid huge memory using. These files contain a part of protected file. There is no way to avoid it, it's normal behavior.

The files, that are created in temp folder when protected application is running, appear due to using of Virtual Box feature and the option "Map executable files using temporary files". If you disable this option, the temp files won't appear.
But, this option is critical for some programs. For example, running vitrual exe files almost impossible without this option. These temp files helps protection to run exe files and correctly process some virtual dll files.
Also, temp files do not contain any data from virtualized files, it's just empty files but very important for protection.

Thanks, do you know why they aren't removed on exiting the protected application and also why this appears on windows 8:



(the debug option is from having visual studio installed)

on XP/Vista/7 the embedded exe works just fine protected but not on windows 8 but it works just fine unprotected on windows 8?

Such problem may appear due to just a bug in protection.

Curious, what version of Enigma Protector are you using?

There were many fixes and improvements of Virtual Box feature compared to the latest version of Enigma Protector.
To make sure this problem is solved, can you please try to pack your program with Enigma Virtual Box and check if the problem exists or no.

If it exists, please send us non packed files at support@enigmaprotector.com and we will try to check them out asap.

Im using the one available on the download page today, you know I just tried the protection with the map executables to temp files unchecked but it actually made 4 more temp files than you get with having it checked, but it gives a different error:



but perhaps thats because of the exe not being maped, Ill test on vb and post back, thanks for the help

In your case, as I see, the virtual exe file is running, so the option "Map executable using temp files" should be used to provide maximum of stability.

By the way, talking about these temp files, you may not worry about them. After next start of packed program, old temp files are being deleted, but some new are created too. So these files won't harm the computer and won't increase the size of temp folder.

Hi there, the issue still persists with using Enigma Virtual Box, Ill make a slimmed down application and forward it to you.

Yes, would be interesting to get a sample to test this issue, thanks you!

Hi there, here is a test application:

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-7e896186.html

It uses 4 common free ware applications embedded, no files are specified in the command lines so no system changes are made.

Buttons 1 - 3 work normally but button 4 crashes but works just fine unprotected.

Button 5 is a file browse window, browse to the folder the protected app is run from and if there are files that require you to scroll then the application crashes and is not recoverable.

This is all Windows 8 related.

Hi, any news on this?