bochs CPU oversights evasion

bochs has multiple oversights in its CPU emulation, which allows us to detect if we're running in a bochs emulator:

bochs may have invalid CPU brands that don't exist.

  • For AMD CPUs, the "p" in "processor" should be in capital, which bochs doesn't implement.
  • AMD CPUs have easter eggs for their K7 and K8 CPUs ("IT'S HAMMER TIME"), but bochs does not * implement this.


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U1349

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Created

August 30, 2024

Last Revised

March 24, 2026