After installing KB5004237, WINDOWS internally blacklisted "HT SRL" certificate. If you want to use the program, you have to sign the driver with your own certificate. When I release next version, I will use a new certificate from an enthusiastic fan. As to why I did not update the program as soon as possible: I am following 2021 German federal election and international news recently, I am excited about the Afghan people successfully drove out of the American invaders and I am also saddened by the fact that American troops are still stationed on German territory. The United States is not an ally of the German people, it is just an ally of corrupt German politicians. Therefore, I need some time to better my mood. I will update the program after the official version of Windows 11 is released.
Windows Kernel Explorer (you can simply call it as "WKE") is a free but powerful kernel research tool. It supports from Windows XP to Windows 10 (32-bit and 64-bit). Compared with WIN64AST and PCHunter, WKE can run on the latest Windows 10 without updating binary files.
WKE will automatically download required symbol files if the current system is not supported natively, 90% of the features will work after this step. For some needed data that doesn't exist in symbol files, WKE will try to retrieve them from the DAT file (when new Windows 10 releases, I will upload a new DAT file to GitHub). If WKE cannot access the internet, 50% of the features will still work. Currently, native support is available from Windows XP to Windows 10 RS3; Windows 10 from RS4 to the lastest version are fully supported by parsing symbol files and DAT file.
You can customize WKE by editing the configuration file. Currently, you can specify the device name and symbolic link name of driver, and altitude of filter. You can also enable kernel-mode and user-mode characteristics randomization to avoid being detected by malware. If you rename the EXE file of WKE, you must synchronously rename SYS/DAT/INI files with the same name as the EXE file.
Because I don't have a digital certificate, I have to use the leaked digital certificate from HT SRL to sign drivers of WKE. Signing files with the HT SRL digital certificate has a side effect: almost all Anti-Virus software infer files with HT SRL digital signature are malware, because many hackers use it to sign malwares since 2015. Only idiots implant malicious code into a tool for experienced programmers and reverse engineers, because most users only use WKE in test environments, this kind of behavior is meaningless.
- HVCI is enabled.
- Anti-Virus software prevents the driver from loading.
- Disable HVCI or Secure Boot.
- Add the files of WKE to the white list of Anti-Virus software.
It is a bit awkward, so I say straightforwardly: I don't plan to share the source code of this tool, but I may share some source code of test programs that associated with this tool.
I received too many SPAM of this issue. I must declare: WKE is not designed to bypass any Anti-Cheat solution. If you need to use WKE in a specfic environment, please order "binary customization" service.
- Process management (Module, Thread, Handle, Memory, Window, Windows Hook, etc.)
- File management (NTFS partition analysis, low-level disk access, etc.)
- Registry management and HIVE file operation
- Kernel-mode callback, filter, timer, NDIS blocks and WFP callout functions management
- Kernel-mode hook scanning (MSR, EAT, IAT, CODE PATCH, SSDT, SSSDT, IDT, IRP, OBJECT)
- User-mode hook scanning (Kernel Callback Table, EAT, IAT, CODE PATCH)
- Memory editor and symbol parser (it looks like a simplified version of WINDBG)
- Hide driver, hide/protect process, hide/protect/redirect file or directory, protect registry and falsify registry data
- Path modification for driver, process and process module
- Enable/disable some obnoxious Windows components
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- Team of WIN64AST: I referenced the UI design and many features of this software.
- Team of PCHunter: I referenced some features of this software.
- Team of ProcessHacker: I studied the source code of this software, but I didn't use it in my project.
- Donald John Trump: Ich hoffe sehr, dass er noch vier Jahre Präsident sein kann.
- If you find bugs, have constructive suggestions or would like to purchase a paid service, please let me know.
- You'd better write E-MAIL in English or German, I only reply to E-MAILs that I am interested in.
- In order to disclose as little personal information as possible (IP address, online time, etc.), I do not use instant messaging. Just write what you want in the E-MAIL.
- In order to reduce the impact of the Internet on real life, I also do not use Facebook, Twitter, etc. Please don't ask me for such information via E-MAIL.
- Binary customization: Modify obvious characteristics and remove copyright information, this will prevent some softwares from detecting WKE based on the program characteristics. The customized version of WKE can be run on 64-bit Windows with HVCI enabled.
- Implant link: Implant link on "About" page, all users will see it when main dialog appears.
- Specific feature separation: Copy source code of specific feature to a separate project.
- Driver static library: It contains most of main features. WBD is using this static library.
- Driver source code: Entire driver source code.
- Software customization: Write the user-mode program or kernel-mode driver according to your needs. This service is only available to customers who have purchased any of the above services.
Bug fix: Enhanced stability.
Bug fix: UI fine-tuning.
New feature: Prohibit process from running again after termination.
New feature: Get the window information at the cursor.
These versions have serious security issues and should not be used anymore.