How to change a value in memory space of another process

Question

If you could help me with this dilemma I have. Now, I know C \\ C++, I know asm, I know about dll injection, I know about virtual memory addressing, but I just can\'t figure out

Answer 1

On unix: ptrace()

Answer 2

You can't do this with Standard C or C++ - you have to use operating system specific features. So you need to tell us which OS you are interested in.

Answer 3

I'm fairly certain those programs are pretending to be debuggers. On Windows, I would start with DebugActiveProcess() and go from there.

Oh, and the very useful looking ReadProcessMemory() function (and WriteProcessMemory()).

Answer 4

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