antidebugger

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adjective

Preventing or inhibiting the use of a debugger.

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Meanings

adjectiveantidebugger (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingPreventing or inhibiting the use of a debugger.

    To understand how, and why, such antidebugger techniques work, it is necessary to have a closer look at how debuggers function.

    1996, Rune Skardhamar, Virus: Detection and Elimination, page 178
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    Antidebugger techniques are particularly effective when combined with code encryption because encrypting the program forces reversers to run it inside a debugger in order to allow the program to decrypt itself.

    2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering

Origin

From anti- + debugger.

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APA

antidebugger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidebugger

MLA

“antidebugger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidebugger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antidebugger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidebugger.

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