PELock

PELock is a software security solution designed for the protection of any 32 bit Windows applications against cracking, tampering and reverse engineering analysis.

Technique Identifier

U1419

Evasion Categories

Packers

Detection Rules

rule Pelock_10x: PEiD
{
    strings:
        $a = { 4C 6F 61 64 4C 69 62 72 61 72 79 41 00 00 56 69 72 74 75 61 6C 41 6C 6C 6F 63 00 4B 45 }
    condition:
        $a at pe.entry_point

}
rule PELOCKnt_204: PEiD
{
    strings:
        $a = { EB 03 CD 20 C7 1E EB 03 CD 20 EA 9C EB 02 EB 01 EB 01 EB 60 }
    condition:
        $a at pe.entry_point

}
rule PELOCKnt_204_additional: PEiD
{
    strings:
        $a = { EB 03 CD 20 C7 1E EB 03 CD 20 EA 9C EB 02 EB 01 EB 01 EB 60 }
    condition:
        $a at pe.entry_point

}
rule PELOCknt_201: PEiD
{
    strings:
        $a = { EB 03 CD 20 EB EB 01 EB 1E EB 01 EB EB 02 CD 20 9C EB 03 CD 20 EB 60 EB 03 CD 20 03 E8 03 00 00 00 E9 EB 04 58 40 50 C3 EB 04 CD EB 03 CD EB 02 CD 20 EB 03 CD 20 EA FC EB 03 CD 20 69 E8 00 00 00 00 EB 02 EB 01 EB 01 EB 5E EB 03 CD 20 EB EB }
    condition:
        $a at pe.entry_point

}
rule PELOCknt_203: PEiD
{
    strings:
        $a = { EB 02 C7 85 1E EB 03 CD 20 C7 9C EB 02 69 B1 60 EB 02 EB 01 EB 01 EB E8 03 00 00 00 E9 EB 04 58 40 50 C3 EB 01 EB EB 02 CD 20 EB 03 CD 20 EB FC EB 02 C7 85 E8 00 00 00 00 EB 03 CD 20 EA 5E EB 03 CD 20 69 0F 01 4E F4 EB 03 CD 20 EB EB 01 EB }
    condition:
        $a at pe.entry_point

}
rule PELOCknt_202: PEiD
{
    strings:
        $a = { EB 02 C7 85 1E EB 03 CD 20 EB EB 01 EB 9C EB 01 EB EB 02 CD 20 60 EB 03 CD 20 EB E8 03 00 00 00 E9 EB 04 58 40 50 C3 EB 04 CD 20 EB 02 EB 02 CD 20 EB 03 CD 20 EA FC EB 03 CD 20 69 E8 00 00 00 00 EB 02 EB 01 EB 01 EB 5E EB 02 CD 20 0F 01 4E }
    condition:
        $a at pe.entry_point

}

Additional Resources

External Links

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PELock Software Protection & Software License Key System

Created

June 20, 2022

Last Revised

March 24, 2026