Shims Provided with the Application Verifier Tool
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8/27/2008
The following table shows shims that are provided with Application Verifier.
| Shim | File name | Shim extension command | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Heap Verifier |
Shim_heap.dll |
HeapVerif |
Designed to find memory leaks and heap corruption. This shim can expose bugs such as the use of a memory location after freeing the memory location, the freeing of the same memory location twice, buffer overflow, buffer underflow, and bugs associated with moveable memory blocks. This shim can also inject faults into the application. |
Handle Leak Tracker |
Shim_hleak.dll |
HLeak |
Designed to find leaks of handle types such as registry, file, event, critical section, mutex, and semaphore handle types. |
Shell Verifier |
Shim_usergdi.dll |
Not applicable |
Designed to find leaked Graphics Device Interface (GDI) objects and user-defined objects. |