Notes on evaluating Stunnix CXX-Obfus

We are glad to provide you with a free Evaluation Edition of Stunnix CXX-Obfus! Here are the notes regarding the installation, use and functional limitations of Stunnix CXX-Obfus Evaluation Edition.

Limitations of Evaluation Edition

• It has no support for md5/combs/shortest manglers for identifiers though it will pretend that it supports them, but actually will use the 'prefix' mangler for identifiers (that prepends constant string to each symbol, suggesting in which places symbols will be mangled). You can safely write your Makefiles and compose projects using Project Manager and writing scripts as if these manglers for identifiers were there - no error messages like "mangler 'md5' is not supported" will be issued, and obfuscation of code will be performed using 'prefix' mangler. This means that a symbol like 'list_products' in original source will be replaced with ReplacementFor_list_products by the Evaluation Edition (instead of being replaced with something like 'za7d92be0' as the Standard Edition wouild do if the 'md5' obfuscator is selected). This is a great advantage - you can prepare your projects for obfuscation and fully test them before purchasing the obfuscator!
• The extraction of symbols from ActiveX and OLE components is disabled in it.
• The Evaluation Edition is clearly labelled as such throughout the application.

These differences won't significantly limit your ability to evaluate Stunnix CXX-Obfus. Please note that since only the 'prefix' mangler for symbols is supported in the Evaluation Edition, the output won't look as cryptic as it would be with Standard Edition of CXX-Obfus but for evaluation purposes it is more than enough to prepare your code for obfuscation and to insure that a desired set of symbols will be mangled. If you wish to see how code protected using different symbol manglers with would look with our Standard Edition, please see the samples page!

Platforms supported by Evaluation Edition

You have the option of using either the Evaluation Edition for Windows (a file with .exe extension) that contains a user-friendly installation program including all dependencies (Perl interpreter included!), or download a .tar.gz file that supports installation on Windows, Unix, Linux and MacOSX. Please refer to the installation instructions for the Standard Edition of the product.

Installing Evaluation Edition for Windows

The Evaluation Edition for Windows has a user-friendly installer familiar to Windows users. It includes the Perl interpreter and all other dependencies. There is no need to be connected to the Internet to run installer as it won't fetch any files from the Internet.

Just execute the downloaded file - it will install the product, create menu entries in the Programs folder, and will ask whether you wish to run it. There is no need to reboot the computer, run additional scripts or install additional software (including Perl interpreter).

Installing Evaluation Edition for Unix and MacOSX

Please use the installation instructions for the Standard Edition of the product for installing the Evaluation Edition. The serial number to use for 'setup.pl' utility is 912yVoMPmF.

Getting started with Evaluation Edition

Please start by reading these documents as a guide on using Stunnix CXX-Obfus: Protecting projects with Stunnix CXX-Obfus using Project Manager and Protecting projects with Stunnix CXX-Obfus (without using Project Manager).

Feel free to ask any questions - we will be glad to answer them to help you evaluate our product!