ArmDot Changelog

ArmDot 2026.5

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - FIX: Fixed incorrect URLs in the metadata of ArmDot NuGet packages.

ArmDot 2026.4

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot could fail to decode keys containing HWID on .NET Core.

ArmDot 2026.3

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Debug information could contain invalid data after obfuscation, which in some cases caused issues with tools that analyze assemblies (e.g., IL trimming / AOT).

ArmDot 2026.2

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Debug information could contain invalid data after obfuscation, which in some cases caused issues with tools that analyze assemblies (e.g., IL trimming / AOT).

ArmDot 2026.1

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where some recent Windows builds falsely reported signed ArmDot binaries as unsigned.

ArmDot 2025.9

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot supports .NET 10.0.

ArmDot 2025.8

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - A method with a localloc instruction might crash after applying control flow obfuscation.

ArmDot 2025.7

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - If ArmDot.Client.Api.PutKey was used in a .NET 9 project, the obfuscation task failed with an error indicating that an assembly reference for the type System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection could not be found.

ArmDot 2025.6

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - By mistake, ArmDot obfuscated the name of the compiler-generated Settings class, which is used to store user settings in WinForms applications.

ArmDot 2025.5

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot.exe crashed on startup.

ArmDot 2025.4

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Obfuscation of types derived from System.Windows.Forms.Form now correctly applies when marked with the ObfuscateNames attribute.

ArmDot 2025.3

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot generated invalid IL code during virtualization when the original method contained calls to methods with a return type of ref struct.

ArmDot 2025.2

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot crashed when running on .NET 9.0.1.

ArmDot 2025.1

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Addressed an issue where enabling hotpatching on Windows 11 caused DLLs loaded from embedded files to fail after installing the 2024-11 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11, Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5046740).

ArmDot 2024.9

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Resolved an issue where the hardware ID could unexpectedly change, even though the hardware itself had not been altered.

ArmDot 2024.8

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - In some cases, after applying control flow obfuscation or virtualization, the finally block was not executed when an exception was thrown from the corresponding try block.

ArmDot 2024.7

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - If the license key was not entered, the standalone ArmDot and ArmDotConsole unexpectedly stopped with the error "The ArmDot license is invalid".

ArmDot 2024.6

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - The types, methods, and fields generated by ArmDot are now set as non-public.

ArmDot 2024.5

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot stops obfuscation if the license has expired.

ArmDot 2024.4

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot supports .NET 9.0.

ArmDot 2024.3

Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed errors in exception handling within obfuscated methods.
Fixed - In some instances, ArmDot was unable to implement the feature integrity check for assemblies.

ArmDot 2024.2

Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added an experimental feature for integrity checking.

ArmDot 2024.1

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Resolved an issue where ArmDot was incorrectly virtualizing arrays of enums.

ArmDot 2023.12

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - The XamlC task encountered an error while attempting to process assemblies that were obfuscated by ArmDot.

ArmDot 2023.11

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot supports .NET 8.0.

ArmDot 2023.10

Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot stopped working unexpectedly.

ArmDot 2023.9

Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved the string hiding algorithm.

ArmDot 2023.8

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - In some cases, ArmDot incorrectly obfuscated the names of generic methods.

ArmDot 2023.7

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - If a type had both ObfuscateNames and ObfuscationAttribute, ArmDot ignored the ObfuscationAttribute. For example, if the ObfuscationAttribute had settings such as Exclude = true and ApplyToMembers = false, and ArmDot.Client.ObfuscateNames(Enable = true, Inherit = true) was applied, the type would still be obfuscated.

ArmDot 2023.6

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot obfuscated the names of fields that were marked with the System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute.

ArmDot 2023.5

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - If virtualization was not supported for a method, the remaining obfuscation options were not applied.

ArmDot 2023.4

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - If an assembly's PDB was invalid, ArmDot would not obfuscate the assembly.

ArmDot 2023.3

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - If a project that utilized the license API was targeting .NET 6.0, the project could not be built.

ArmDot 2023.2

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Some virtualized methods may unexpectedly throw System.IndexOutOfRangeException.

ArmDot 2023.1

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Sometimes ArmDot failed to virtualize a method when name obfuscation was enabled.

ArmDot 2022.21

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Sometimes ArmDot failed to obfuscate an application with a target framework of .NET 4.8.1.

ArmDot 2022.20

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot now supports .NET 4.8.1.

ArmDot 2022.19

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Sometimes ArmDot would fail to virtualize methods.

ArmDot 2022.18

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot would fail when attempting to virtualize a method without a body.

ArmDot 2022.17

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot now supports .NET 7.0.

ArmDot 2022.16

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot now displays a clear error message if the file to be embedded does not exist.

ArmDot 2022.15

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Exception handlers were being called in the wrong order after virtualization or control flow obfuscation.

ArmDot 2022.14

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Visual Studio might hang when loading a project with the ArmDot obfuscator task.

ArmDot 2022.13

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot may fail to virtualize .NET 6 WPF applications.

ArmDot 2022.12

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Improved compatibility with Mono.

ArmDot 2022.11

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Sometimes ArmDot UI failed to load obfuscation options for methods and types.

ArmDot 2022.10

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot encrypts global string literals when the 'hide string' option is enabled.

ArmDot 2022.9

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask supports generating map files for deobfuscating stack traces.

ArmDot 2022.8

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot generates map files for deobfuscating stack traces.

ArmDot 2022.7

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot failed to run on Linux when a .NET version newer than 3.0 was installed.

ArmDot 2022.6

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Blazor assemblies may fail to run after obfuscation in .NET 6.

ArmDot 2022.5

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot may fail to virtualize certain methods with generics.

ArmDot 2022.4

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Added - New parameter, SkipAlreadyObfuscatedAssemblies, added to ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

ArmDot 2022.3

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Applications targeting .NET Framework 4.8 may crash upon startup.

ArmDot 2022.2

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - In certain cases, ArmDot failed to virtualize a method when it had an exception filter.

ArmDot 2022.1

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Executables obfuscated by ArmDot no longer display a nag screen.

ArmDot 2021.22

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - The ArmDot UI allows you to set any obfuscation options for items.

ArmDot 2021.21

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot incorrectly processed assembly names specified in the InternalsVisibleToAttribute if they contained a dot.
Fixed - ArmDotConsole only obfuscated the first assembly, despite multiple assemblies being specified.

ArmDot 2021.20

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot didn't utilize the type obfuscation options stored in a project.

ArmDot 2021.19

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot UI did not display obfuscation options for types.

ArmDot 2021.18

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - New parameter, TreatAllWarningsAsErrors, added to ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

ArmDot 2021.17

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - If embedded resource protection was enabled, some assemblies failed to run.

ArmDot 2021.16

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot supports .NET 6.0.

ArmDot 2021.15

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot obfuscates namespaces.

ArmDot 2021.14

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - New parameter, LicenseFile, added to ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

ArmDot 2021.13

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot mistakenly renamed the protected methods.

ArmDot 2021.12

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot now provides support for assembly signing.

ArmDot 2021.11

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot may encounter difficulties in virtualizing certain methods within a UWP application.

ArmDot 2021.10

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot now offers support for obfuscating UWP applications.

ArmDot 2021.9

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - The tasks from the NuGet package ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks cannot be used when the project is built using 'dotnet build'.

ArmDot 2021.8

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Mono might fail to execute virtualized code when the original code used a value type from another assembly.
Fixed - ArmDot virtualized a method that called an open generic method.

ArmDot 2021.7

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed warnings related to the ArmDot NuGet packages by embedding the icon and license into the packages.

ArmDot 2021.6

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where the virtualized code of a method was incorrect when its declaring type was an open generic type.

ArmDot 2021.5

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot will no longer virtualize a method if it uses a field with an open generic type.

ArmDot 2021.4

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot now excludes the virtualization of a method if it contains an unused variable of an open generic type.
Fixed - ArmDot previously did not virtualize a method if it contained an unused parameter of an open generic type.

ArmDot 2021.3

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot mistakenly virtualized a method containing a variable of an open generic type, despite virtualization not being supported in such cases.

ArmDot 2021.2

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot incorrectly virtualized a method when it included a parameter of an open generic type, even though virtualization is not supported in such cases.
Fixed - ArmDotConsole encountered an issue where it would not correctly write the obfuscated assembly if a relative path was specified using the --output-assembly option.

ArmDot 2021.1

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - The virtualized code produced an incorrect result when the original code used brtrue/brfalse with an object reference.

ArmDot 2020.38

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - The ArmDot licensing API failed to verify a license key if an empty hardware ID was provided.

ArmDot 2020.37

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - The virtualized code was behaving incorrectly when the original code contained constrained/callvirt operations.

ArmDot 2020.36

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - If a Xamarin application is virtualized by ArmDot, Visual Studio might encounter deployment issues when trying to deploy the application to an Android device.

ArmDot 2020.35

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - When archiving a Xamarin project in Visual Studio, there is a possibility that ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask might crash.

ArmDot 2020.34

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - In certain scenarios, ArmDot failed to virtualize a method.

ArmDot 2020.33

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Increased speed of method virtualization.

ArmDot 2020.32

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDotConsole and ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask now support reference paths.

ArmDot 2020.31

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - In certain cases, ArmDot was unable to obfuscate the control flow of a method.
Added - The ArmDot.Client.Dll assembly is now strong-named.

ArmDot 2020.30

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot removed an ObfuscationAttribute, even if it was unknown to ArmDot.

ArmDot 2020.29

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added a new property NoWarn to ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

ArmDot 2020.28

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added support for .NET 5.

ArmDot 2020.27

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Failed to add ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask to the project.

ArmDot 2020.26

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Introduced a new property, EmbeddedFiles, in ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

ArmDot 2020.25

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot now logs information about embedded files in the build log.

ArmDot 2020.24

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - The EmbedFileAttribute can now be applied multiple times.

ArmDot 2020.23

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot now supports virtualization of methods that return instantiated generic types.

ArmDot 2020.22

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDotConsole now supports obfuscation without requiring a project file.

ArmDot 2020.21

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - By default, ArmDot now writes the obfuscated assembly to the same file.

ArmDot 2020.20

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where name obfuscation would sometimes fail.

ArmDot 2020.19

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added support for Xamarin.

ArmDot 2020.18

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Improved obfuscation speed.

ArmDot 2020.17

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Resolved issue where a virtualized method would occasionally crash when attempting to execute a 'switch' instruction.

ArmDot 2020.16

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Addressed an issue where ArmDot occasionally failed to virtualize a method that included the 'starg' instruction.

ArmDot 2020.15

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Resolved a crash issue in virtualized code occurring when calling generic methods.
Fixed - When name obfuscation was enabled, the build log displayed new names instead of the original ones.

ArmDot 2020.14

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDotConsole now displays an error message if either the user data or hardware ID is incorrect.
Fixed - Resolved a crash issue in ArmDotConsole that occurred when the hardware ID was not passed.

ArmDot 2020.13

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Introduced a new property, ProjectPath, to the ArmDot.Engine.MSBuildTasks.ObfuscateTask.

ArmDot 2020.12

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Resolved an issue where embedded files failed to run on .NET 4.7.2.

ArmDot 2020.11

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added a NuGet package for ArmDot.Client.

ArmDot 2020.10

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added a .NET Core version of ArmDot that is compatible with Linux and macOS operating systems.
Fixed - Resolved the issue where ArmDot was unable to locate certain types from the installed .NET Core runtimes.

ArmDot 2020.9

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed the issue where if certain obfuscation options could not be applied to a method, the method was skipped and obfuscation continued.

ArmDot 2020.8

Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Resolved an issue where the ArmDot UI occasionally failed to display protection options for items.

ArmDot 2020.7

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Addressed an issue where ArmDot would occasionally generate incorrect code for a virtualized method that contained "endfinally".

ArmDot 2020.6

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Introduced new attributes: EmbedFileAttribute, HideStringsAttribute, ObfuscateControlFlowAttribute, ObfuscateNamesAttribute, and ProtectEmbeddedResourcesAttribute.
Fixed - Corrected issue where ObfuscationAttribute was not removed even when StripAfterObfuscation was set to true.
Fixed - Addressed problem where a virtualized method would pass an incorrect value when calling a method with a System.Single parameter.

ArmDot 2020.5

Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - The UI now supports nested types display.
Fixed - Addressed an issue where ArmDot failed to remove the VirtualizeCodeAttribute attribute from certain methods.
Fixed - Resolved the problem of incorrect saving and loading of paths for embedded files (using full paths instead of relative paths to the project root).

ArmDot 2020.4

Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added support for .NET Core and .NET Standard.

ArmDot 2020.3

Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Enhanced the speed of virtualized methods.

ArmDot 2020.2

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - An issue where an application with protected resources could crash under .NET 2.0.

ArmDot 2020.1

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Implemented a control flow obfuscation feature.

ArmDot 2019.12

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Implemented name obfuscation feature.

ArmDot 2019.11

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - When a method threw an exception during virtualization, an exception of incorrect type was thrown.

ArmDot 2019.10

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Protected WPF applications might fail to locate resources if they were protected by ArmDot.

ArmDot 2019.9

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Protected code execution might have caused an InvalidProgramException.

ArmDot 2019.8

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot now supports embedded resource protection.

ArmDot 2019.7

Tue, 28 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot might fail to protect an assembly if it references old versions of ArmDot.Client.dll.

ArmDot 2019.6

Sun, 26 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot threw an exception when the user switched to Files.

ArmDot 2019.5

Thu, 09 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot now utilizes the source assembly directory for resolving dependencies.

ArmDot 2019.4

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Added - ArmDot now supports locking the license key to the hardware.

ArmDot 2019.3

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot would sometimes encounter processing errors when "Encrypt strings in all methods" was enabled for the entire assembly and the assembly included a PInvoke method.

ArmDot 2019.2

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot previously had a potential issue where it might fail to generate a PDB file for a protected assembly. This issue has been resolved.

ArmDot 2019.1

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - ArmDot now correctly shows assemblies when a project is loaded from the Windows Explorer.
Added - Improved protection capabilities.

ArmDot 2018.10

Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added the option for string encryption.

ArmDot 2018.9

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Resolved an issue where ArmDot failed to process an assembly if its corresponding PDB file was not found.

ArmDot 2018.8

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Updated the documentation.

ArmDot 2018.7

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Embedded file content is now hidden.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where ArmDot would crash if a user selected two licenses and then deleted them.

ArmDot 2018.6

Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Fixed a potential crash issue in the protected executable.

ArmDot 2018.5

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added support for embedded files.

ArmDot 2018.4

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added expiration date, maximum build date, and user data to license information.

ArmDot 2018.3

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved string encryption.

ArmDot 2018.2

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added keygens for C/C++ and PHP.

ArmDot 2018.1

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Initial release.