Daemon Tools

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Daemon Tools

Daemon Tools Pro running under Windows XP
Developed by DT Soft Ltd
Latest release 4.12.3 / April 2, 2008 (2008-04-02); 69 days ago
OS Microsoft Windows
Available in Multilingual
Genre Disc image emulator
License Proprietary
(various licenses)
Website daemon-tools.cc

Daemon Tools (styled DAEMON Tools by its creators) is a disk image emulator and optical disc authoring program for Microsoft Windows. Daemon Tools was originally a furtherance in the development of another program, Generic SafeDisc emulator, and incorporated all of its features. The program is able to defeat most copy protection schemes such as SafeDisc and SecuROM.[citation needed]

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[edit] Editions

Four editions of the product exist: Lite, Pro Basic, Pro Standard, and Pro Advanced. A feature comparison is given below:[1]

Feature Lite Pro Basic Pro Standard Pro Advanced
Graphical user interface Yes (Mount'n'Drive manager) Yes Yes Yes
Shell extensions No Yes Yes Yes
Image creation No Yes Yes Yes
Command-line interface Yes No Yes Yes
Maximum number of virtual SCSI CD/DVD devices 4 4 16 32
Maximum number of virtual IDE CD/DVD devices 0 0 0 2
Image compression/encryption No Yes Yes Yes
Image converter No No No Yes
Included advertising software Optional Required None None
Cost-free? Yes (non-commercial use) Yes No No

Daemon Tools version 3.47 is the last free version that did not include optional or required advertisement software.[2]

[edit] Supported file types

As of January 2008, the following image formats are supported:[3]

[edit] Blacklisting

Some software publishers go to great lengths to try to disable or frustrate Daemon Tools. For example, some games will check to see if the driver for Daemon Tools is loaded, and if so will take some action, such as uninstalling the toolset altogether. New releases of Daemon Tools take various measures to ensure the functionality of the application. For example, revision 4.06 randomizes the name of the virtual driver installed by the software.[citation needed]

Daemon Tools currently uses rootkit technology to hide from other applications and the operating system itself. This often leads to false reports by antivirus and anti-rootkit software (such as RootkitRevealer).[4]

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