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ScoopyNG

The VMware detection tool.

Latest Version: v1.0 from 2008

This tool combines various tricks to determine if an operating system is running inside a VMware Virtual Machine (VM) or on a native system.

ⓘ Note

ScoopyNG can detect VMware even if anti-detection configurations are applied. 🧐

Sample Results.

ScoopyNG displays the following output if run on a native system.*

* Windows Vista SP1 32bit, Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU


ScoopyNG displays the following output if run on a virtualized system.*

ScoopyNG displays the following output if run on a virtualized system* with anti-detection VM configuration.

* VMware VM (Workstation 6.0.4 build-93057)

Download.

You can download the latest version 1.0 of ScoopyNG here.

SHA-256:

ab68e945bceab536f637b0a3ccaae7a9eb831a07da89eb3abb46728bcdf286e3

Frequently Asked Questions.

If one or more of the test results state that VMware is detected.

No, it is sufficient that one test result says that VMware is detected.

Citations.

The tool is cited in various academic journals (e.g. here or here) and books.