Problems with Strip Debug Information and Strip Relocations

VMProtect
1

VMProtect Professional v3.1.0 Build 770
These seems to intermittently cause a problem where the protected program can not start at all (If I keep compiling via VMProtect, the output file will work sometimes). More interesting, even if the output file works on this machine, it may fail on another machine.

Simple program on C++ Builder XE8: https://puu.sh/vtVMO.rar
Included:

  1. Project files and source code files.
  2. VMP project file.
  3. Original compiled exe file TestProject.exe
  4. Failing VMP output file with both option enabled TestProject.vmp.both_Strip_Debug_Information_and_Strip_Relocations.exe
  5. Failing VMP output file with Strip Debug Information option enabled TestProject.vmp.Strip_Debug_Information.exe
  6. Failing VMP output file with Strip Relocations option enabled TestProject.vmp.Strip_Relocations.exe

Below is the error log on Windows 7 (no visible error on Windows 10, there are reports in Event Viewer though) of the included program:

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:	APPCRASH
  Application Name:	TestProject.vmp.exe
  Application Version:	1.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:	58fd0e2f
  Fault Module Name:	StackHash_e8ad
  Fault Module Version:	0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:	00000000
  Exception Code:	c0000005
  Exception Offset:	778ab632
  OS Version:	6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
  Locale ID:	1033
  Additional Information 1:	e8ad
  Additional Information 2:	e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863
  Additional Information 3:	e8ad
  Additional Information 4:	e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863

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Below is the report in Event Viewer (Windows 10):

Faulting application name: TestProject.vmp.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x58fd0e2f
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x23af95cd
Faulting process id: 0xc1c
Faulting application start time: 0x01d2bc707c625c22
Faulting application path: C:\Users\<user>\Desktop\TestProject.vmp.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: db3be48e-35be-45ce-a245-94d605e2b204
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID:
2

New v3.1.1.776 seems to fix this problem.

3

Nice.

4

Actually it’s still there, intermittently.
This is a failed output of the same program on post #1: https://puu.sh/vunpn.rar
TestProject.vmp.3.1.1.both_Strip_Debug_Information_and_Strip_Relocations.exe

I also tried to generate the output file via the VMProtect GUI. Still can be failed: https://puu.sh/vunyC.rar
TestProject.vmp.3.1.1.GUI.both_Strip_Debug_Information_and_Strip_Relocations.exe

5

Please check the fixed version (build 777)

6

It seems to be stable with build 777. I tried to generate 100 outputs and none was failed.