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API Hooking with MS Detours

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14 Oct 2008Ms-PL16 min read 515.6K   25.3K   254  
In this article, I will talk about the theories and implementations of API hooking. API hooking is a powerful technique that allows someone to hijack a function and redirect it to a custom one. Anything can be done in these functions before passing control back to the original API.

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