Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: Notably, IDT was used to pass data to kernel mode in Windows 2000 and earlier before sysenter became the preferred method of doing this.

A block of code is set as follows:

push Arg02
push Arg01
call Func01

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

sc create <service_name> type= own binpath= <path_to_executable>

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: In VirtualBox, open the VM's settings and go to the Serial Ports category.

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