ArmDot Changelog

10/18/2024 October 2024

Version 2024.9

FIX: Resolved an issue where the hardware ID could unexpectedly change, even though the hardware itself had not been altered.

10/2/2024 October 2024

Version 2024.8

FIX: In some cases, after applying control flow obfuscation or virtualization, the finally block was not executed when an exception was thrown from the corresponding try block.

8/13/2024 August 2024

Version 2024.7

FIX: If the license key was not entered, the standalone ArmDot and ArmDotConsole unexpectedly stopped with the error "The ArmDot license is invalid".

6/26/2024 June 2024

Version 2024.6

FIX: The types, methods, and fields generated by ArmDot are now set as non-public.

6/24/2024 June 2024

Version 2024.5

ADD: ArmDot stops obfuscation if the license has expired.

6/17/2024 June 2024

Version 2024.4

ADD: ArmDot supports .NET 9.0.

5/31/2024 May 2024

Version 2024.3

FIX: Fixed errors in exception handling within obfuscated methods.

FIX: In some instances, ArmDot was unable to implement the feature integrity check for assemblies.

5/29/2024 May 2024

Version 2024.2

ADD: Added an experimental feature for integrity checking.

4/8/2024 April 2024

Version 2024.1

FIX: Resolved an issue where ArmDot was incorrectly virtualizing arrays of enums.

10/3/2023 October 2023

Version 2023.12

FIX: The XamlC task encountered an error while attempting to process assemblies that were obfuscated by ArmDot.

7/19/2023 July 2023

Version 2023.11

ADD: ArmDot supports .NET 8.0.

5/10/2023 May 2023

Version 2023.10

FIX: ArmDot stopped working unexpectedly.

4/29/2023 April 2023

Version 2023.9

ADD: Improved the string hiding algorithm.

4/25/2023 April 2023

Version 2023.8

FIX: In some cases, ArmDot incorrectly obfuscated the names of generic methods.

2/24/2023 February 2023

Version 2023.7

FIX: If a type had both ObfuscateNames and ObfuscationAttribute, ArmDot ignored the ObfuscationAttribute. For example, if the ObfuscationAttribute had settings such as Exclude = true and ApplyToMembers = false, and ArmDot.Client.ObfuscateNames(Enable = true, Inherit = true) was applied, the type would still be obfuscated.

2/21/2023 February 2023

Version 2023.6

FIX: ArmDot obfuscated the names of fields that were marked with the System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute.

2/9/2023 February 2023

Version 2023.5

FIX: If virtualization was not supported for a method, the remaining obfuscation options were not applied.

2/1/2023 February 2023

Version 2023.4

FIX: If an assembly's PDB was invalid, ArmDot would not obfuscate the assembly.

1/10/2023 January 2023

Version 2023.3

FIX: If a project that utilized the license API was targeting .NET 6.0, the project could not be built.

1/9/2023 January 2023

Version 2023.2

FIX: Some virtualized methods may unexpectedly throw System.IndexOutOfRangeException.

1/5/2023 January 2023

Version 2023.1

FIX: Sometimes ArmDot failed to virtualize a method when name obfuscation was enabled.

12/28/2022 December 2022

Version 2022.21

ADD: Sometimes ArmDot failed to obfuscate an application with a target framework of .NET 4.8.1.

12/28/2022 December 2022

Version 2022.20

ADD: ArmDot now supports .NET 4.8.1.

12/16/2022 December 2022

Version 2022.19

ADD: Sometimes ArmDot would fail to virtualize methods.

12/2/2022 December 2022

Version 2022.18

ADD: ArmDot would fail when attempting to virtualize a method without a body.

11/29/2022 November 2022

Version 2022.17

ADD: ArmDot now supports .NET 7.0.

11/28/2022 November 2022

Version 2022.16

FIX: ArmDot now displays a clear error message if the file to be embedded does not exist.

11/18/2022 November 2022

Version 2022.15

FIX: Exception handlers were being called in the wrong order after virtualization or control flow obfuscation.

10/24/2022 October 2022

Version 2022.14

FIX: Visual Studio might hang when loading a project with the ArmDot obfuscator task.

9/20/2022 September 2022

Version 2022.13

FIX: ArmDot may fail to virtualize .NET 6 WPF applications

9/20/2022 September 2022

Version 2022.12

FIX: Improved compatibility with Mono.

9/13/2022 September 2022

Version 2022.11

FIX: Sometimes ArmDot UI failed to load obfuscation options for methods and types.

9/12/2022 September 2022

Version 2022.10

ADD: ArmDot encrypts global string literals when the 'hide string' option is enabled.

9/5/2022 September 2022

Version 2022.9

ADD: ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask supports generating map files for deobfuscating stack traces.

9/5/2022 September 2022

Version 2022.8

ADD: ArmDot generates map files for deobfuscating stack traces.

6/6/2022 June 2022

Version 2022.7

FIX: ArmDot failed to run on Linux when a .NET version newer than 3.0 was installed.

4/28/2022 April 2022

Version 2022.6

FIX: Blazor assemblies may fail to run after obfuscation in .NET 6.

4/7/2022 April 2022

Version 2022.5

FIX: ArmDot may fail to virtualize certain methods with generics.

4/6/2022 April 2022

Version 2022.4

ADD: New parameter, SkipAlreadyObfuscatedAssemblies, added to ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

4/3/2022 April 2022

Version 2022.3

FIX: Applications targeting .NET Framework 4.8 may crash upon startup.

3/11/2022 March 2022

Version 2022.2

FIX: In certain cases, ArmDot failed to virtualize a method when it had an exception filter.

1/10/2022 January 2022

Version 2022.1

ADD: Executables obfuscated by ArmDot no longer display a nag screen.

12/14/2021 December 2021

Version 2021.22

ADD: The ArmDot UI allows you to set any obfuscation options for items.

12/2/2021 December 2021

Version 2021.21

FIX: ArmDot incorrectly processed assembly names specified in the InternalsVisibleToAttribute if they contained a dot.

FIX: ArmDotConsole only obfuscated the first assembly, despite multiple assemblies being specified.

12/1/2021 December 2021

Version 2021.20

FIX: ArmDot didn't utilize the type obfuscation options stored in a project.

11/30/2021 November 2021

Version 2021.19

ADD: ArmDot UI did not display obfuscation options for types.

11/26/2021 November 2021

Version 2021.18

ADD: New parameter, TreatAllWarningsAsErrors, added to ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

10/4/2021 October 2021

Version 2021.17

FIX: If embedded resource protection was enabled, some assemblies failed to run.

6/28/2021 June 2021

Version 2021.16

ADD: ArmDot supports .NET 6.0.

6/14/2021 June 2021

Version 2021.15

ADD: ArmDot obfuscates namespaces.

6/13/2021 June 2021

Version 2021.14

ADD: New parameter, LicenseFile, added to ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

6/7/2021 June 2021

Version 2021.13

FIX: ArmDot mistakenly renamed the protected methods.

4/9/2021 April 2021

Version 2021.12

ADD: ArmDot now provides support for assembly signing.

4/4/2021 April 2021

Version 2021.11

ADD: ArmDot may encounter difficulties in virtualizing certain methods within a UWP application.

3/29/2021 March 2021

Version 2021.10

ADD: ArmDot now offers support for obfuscating UWP applications.

3/22/2021 March 2021

Version 2021.9

FIX: The tasks from the NuGet package ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks cannot be used when the project is built using 'dotnet build'.

3/19/2021 March 2021

Version 2021.8

FIX: Mono might fail to execute virtualized code when the original code used a value type from another assembly.

FIX: ArmDot virtualized a method that called an open generic method.

3/2/2021 March 2021

Version 2021.7

FIX: Fixed warnings related to the ArmDot NuGet packages by embedding the icon and license into the packages.

2/1/2021 February 2021

Version 2021.6

FIX: Fixed an issue where the virtualized code of a method was incorrect when its declaring type was an open generic type.

1/29/2021 January 2021

Version 2021.5

FIX: ArmDot will no longer virtualize a method if it uses a field with an open generic type.

1/22/2021 January 2021

Version 2021.4

FIX: ArmDot now excludes the virtualization of a method if it contains an unused variable of an open generic type.

FIX: ArmDot previously did not virtualize a method if it contained an unused parameter of an open generic type.

1/15/2021 January 2021

Version 2021.3

FIX: ArmDot mistakenly virtualized a method containing a variable of an open generic type, despite virtualization not being supported in such cases.

1/12/2021 January 2021

Version 2021.2

FIX: ArmDot incorrectly virtualized a method when it included a parameter of an open generic type, even though virtualization is not supported in such cases.

FIX: ArmDotConsole encountered an issue where it would not correctly write the obfuscated assembly if a relative path was specified using the --output-assembly option.

1/6/2021 January 2021

Version 2021.1

FIX: The virtualized code produced an incorrect result when the original code used brtrue/brfalse with an object reference.

12/24/2020 December 2020

Version 2020.38

FIX: The ArmDot licensing API failed to verify a license key if an empty hardware ID was provided.

12/23/2020 December 2020

Version 2020.37

FIX: The virtualized code was behaving incorrectly when the original code contained constrained/callvirt operations.

12/21/2020 December 2020

Version 2020.36

FIX: If a Xamarin application is virtualized by ArmDot, Visual Studio might encounter deployment issues when trying to deploy the application to an Android device.

12/17/2020 December 2020

Version 2020.35

FIX: When archiving a Xamarin project in Visual Studio, there is a possibility that ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask might crash.

12/15/2020 December 2020

Version 2020.34

FIX: In certain scenarios, ArmDot failed to virtualize a method.

12/14/2020 December 2020

Version 2020.33

FIX: Increased speed of method virtualization.

12/9/2020 December 2020

Version 2020.32

ADD: ArmDotConsole and ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask now support reference paths.

12/4/2020 December 2020

Version 2020.31

FIX: In certain cases, ArmDot was unable to obfuscate the control flow of a method.

ADD: The ArmDot.Client.Dll assembly is now strong-named.

11/20/2020 November 2020

Version 2020.30

FIX: ArmDot removed an ObfuscationAttribute, even if it was unknown to ArmDot.

11/16/2020 November 2020

Version 2020.29

ADD: Added a new property NoWarn to ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

11/13/2020 November 2020

Version 2020.28

ADD: Added support for .NET 5.

11/3/2020 November 2020

Version 2020.27

FIX: Failed to add ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask to the project.

11/3/2020 November 2020

Version 2020.26

ADD: Introduced a new property, EmbeddedFiles, in ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

10/27/2020 October 2020

Version 2020.25

ADD: ArmDot now logs information about embedded files in the build log

10/26/2020 October 2020

Version 2020.24

FIX: The EmbedFileAttribute can now be applied multiple times.

10/19/2020 October 2020

Version 2020.23

ArmDot now supports virtualization of methods that return instantiated generic types.

10/2/2020 October 2020

Version 2020.22

ADD: ArmDotConsole now supports obfuscation without requiring a project file.

9/20/2020 September 2020

Version 2020.21

ADD: By default, ArmDot now writes the obfuscated assembly to the same file.

9/17/2020 September 2020

Version 2020.20

FIX: Fixed an issue where name obfuscation would sometimes fail.

9/1/2020 September 2020

Version 2020.19

ADD: Added support for Xamarin.

8/7/2020 August 2020

Version 2020.18

FIX: Improved obfuscation speed.

7/31/2020 July 2020

Version 2020.17

FIX: Resolved issue where a virtualized method would occasionally crash when attempting to execute a 'switch' instruction.

7/27/2020 July 2020

Version 2020.16

FIX: Addressed an issue where ArmDot occasionally failed to virtualize a method that included the 'starg' instruction.

7/21/2020 July 2020

Version 2020.15

FIX: Resolved a crash issue in virtualized code occurring when calling generic methods.

FIX: When names obfuscation was enabled, the build log displayed new names instead of the original ones. This has been fixed.

7/16/2020 July 2020

Version 2020.14

ADD: ArmDotConsole now displays an error message if either the user data or hardware ID is incorrect.

FIX: Resolved a crash issue in ArmDotConsole that occurred when the hardware ID was not passed.

7/16/2020 July 2020

Version 2020.13

Introduced a new property, ProjectPath, to the ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

7/10/2020 July 2020

Version 2020.12

FIX: Resolved an issue where embedded files failed to run on .NET 4.7.2.

7/7/2020 July 2020

Version 2020.11

ADD: Added a NuGet package for ArmDot.Client.

7/6/2020 July 2020

Version 2020.10

ADD: Added a .NET Core version of ArmDot that is compatible with Linux and macOS operating systems.

FIX: Resolved the issue where ArmDot was unable to locate certain types from the installed .NET Core runtimes.

6/29/2020 June 2020

Version 2020.9

FIX: Fixed the issue where if certain obfuscation options could not be applied to a method, the method was skipped and obfuscation continued.

6/28/2020 June 2020

Version 2020.8

FIX: Resolved an issue where the ArmDot UI occasionally failed to display protection options for items.

6/26/2020 June 2020

Version 2020.7

Addressed an issue where ArmDot would occasionally generate incorrect code for a virtualized method that contained "endfinally".

6/22/2020 June 2020

Version 2020.6

ADD: Introduced new attributes: EmbedFileAttribute, HideStringsAttribute, ObfuscateControlFlowAttribute, ObfuscateNamesAttribute, and ProtectEmbeddedResourcesAttribute.

FIX: Corrected issue where ObfuscationAttribute was not removed even when StripAfterObfuscation was set to true.

FIX: Addressed problem where a virtualized method would pass an incorrect value when calling a method with a System.Single parameter.

5/30/2020 May 2020

Version 2020.5

ADD: The UI now supports nested types display.

FIX: Addressed an issue where ArmDot failed to remove the VirtualizeCodeAttribute attribute from certain methods.

FIX: Resolved the problem of incorrect saving and loading of paths for embedded files (using full paths instead of relative paths to the project root).

5/25/2020 May 2020

Version 2020.4

ADD: Added support for .NET Core and .NET Standard.

5/11/2020 May 2020

Version 2020.3

ADD: Enhanced the speed of virtualized methods.

2/7/2020 February 2020

Version 2020.2

FIX: An issue where an application with protected resources could crash under .NET 2.0.

2/5/2020 February 2020

Version 2020.1

ADD: Implemented a control flow obfuscation feature.

12/4/2019 December 2019

Version 2019.12

ADD: Implemented name obfuscation feature.

9/27/2019 September 2019

Version 2019.11

FIX: When a method threw an exception during virtualization, an exception of incorrect type was thrown.

8/8/2019 August 2019

Version 2019.10

FIX: Protected WPF applications might fail to locate resources if they were protected by ArmDot.

8/1/2019 August 2019

Version 2019.9

FIX: Protected code execution might have caused an InvalidProgramException.

7/19/2019 July 2019

Version 2019.8

ADD: ArmDot now supports embedded resource protection.

5/28/2019 May 2019

Version 2019.7

FIX: ArmDot might fail to protect an assembly if it references old versions of ArmDot.Client.dll.

5/26/2019 May 2019

Version 2019.6

ArmDot threw an exception when the user switched to Files.

5/9/2019 May 2019

Version 2019.5

ADD: ArmDot now utilizes the source assembly directory for resolving dependencies.

4/7/2019 April 2019

Version 2019.4

ADD: ArmDot now supports locking the license key to the hardware.

3/10/2019 March 2019

Version 2019.3

FIX: ArmDot would sometimes encounter processing errors when "Encrypt strings in all methods" was enabled for the entire assembly and the assembly included a PInvoke method.

2/26/2019 February 2019

Version 2019.2

FIX: ArmDot previously had a potential issue where it might fail to generate a PDB file for a protected assembly. This issue has been resolved.

1/28/2019 January 2019

Version 2019.1

FIX: ArmDot now correctly shows assemblies when a project is loaded from the Windows Explorer.

ADD: Improved protection capabilities.

12/26/2018 December 2018

Version 2018.10

ADD: Added the option for string encryption.

12/12/2018 December 2018

Version 2018.9

FIX: Resolved an issue where ArmDot failed to process an assembly if its corresponding PDB file was not found.

11/28/2018 November 2018

Version 2018.8

ADD: Updated the documentation.

11/5/2018 November 2018

Version 2018.7

ADD: Embedded file content is now hidden.

FIX: Fixed an issue where ArmDot would crash if a user selected two licenses and then deleted them.

11/3/2018 November 2018

Version 2018.6

ADD: Fixed a potential crash issue in the protected executable.

10/29/2018 October 2018

Version 2018.5

ADD: Added support for embedded files.

10/23/2018 October 2018

Version 2018.4

ADD: Added expiration date, maximum build date, and user data to license information.

10/14/2018 October 2018

Version 2018.3

ADD: Improved string encryption.

10/14/2018 October 2018

Version 2018.2

ADD: Added keygens for C/C++ and PHP.

9/12/2018 September 2018

Version 2018.1

Initial release.