Windows C++ / SuspendThread

Author External
Platform Windows
Language C++
Technique SuspendThread

Description:

https://anti-debug.checkpoint.com/techniques/interactive.html#suspendthread

Code

DWORD g_dwDebuggerProcessId = -1;

BOOL CALLBACK EnumWindowsProc(HWND hwnd, LPARAM lParam)
{
    DWORD dwProcessId = *(PDWORD)lParam;

    DWORD dwWindowProcessId;
    GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd, &dwWindowProcessId);

    if (dwProcessId == dwWindowProcessId)
    {
        std::wstring wsWindowTitle{ string_heper::ToLower(std::wstring(GetWindowTextLengthW(hwnd) + 1, L'\0')) };
        GetWindowTextW(hwnd, &wsWindowTitle[0], wsWindowTitle.size());

        if (string_heper::FindSubstringW(wsWindowTitle, L"dbg") || 
            string_heper::FindSubstringW(wsWindowTitle, L"debugger"))
        {
            g_dwDebuggerProcessId = dwProcessId;
            return FALSE;
        }
        return FALSE;
    }

    return TRUE;
}

bool IsDebuggerProcess(DWORD dwProcessId) const
{
    EnumWindows(EnumWindowsProc, reinterpret_cast<LPARAM>(&dwProcessId));
    return g_dwDebuggerProcessId == dwProcessId;
}

bool SuspendDebuggerThread()
{
    THREADENTRY32 ThreadEntry = { 0 };
    ThreadEntry.dwSize = sizeof(THREADENTRY32);

    DWORD dwParentProcessId = process_helper::GetParentProcessId(GetCurrentProcessId());
    if (-1 == dwParentProcessId)
        return false;

    HANDLE hSnapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPTHREAD, dwParentProcessId);
    if(Thread32First(hSnapshot, &ThreadEntry))
    {
        do
        {
            if ((ThreadEntry.th32OwnerProcessID == dwParentProcessId) && IsDebuggerProcess(dwParentProcessId))
            {
                HANDLE hThread = OpenThread(THREAD_SUSPEND_RESUME, FALSE, ThreadEntry.th32ThreadID);
                if (hThread)
                    SuspendThread(hThread);
                break;
            }
        } while(Thread32Next(hSnapshot, &ThreadEntry));
    }

    if (hSnapshot)
        CloseHandle(hSnapshot);

    return false;
}

Created

June 22, 2022

Last Revised

April 22, 2024