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Re: Is it possible to detect a virtual machine
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Re: Is it possible to detect a virtual machine


  • Subject: Re: Is it possible to detect a virtual machine
  • From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:41:24 -0800

On Mar 2, 2013, at 8:17 AM, Kjell Nilsson <email@hidden> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am wondering if it is possible to detect if my Cocoa Application is running in a virtual machine like VMWare, VirtualBox or Parallells Desktop from inside my app.

May I ask what your ultimate goal is? If it's anti-piracy, I would not bother. Anyone who has gotten to the point of loading your app up in a VM is going to have the wherewithal to defeat its VM checks.

--Kyle Sluder
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