eEye Digital Security

I have been trying to get gametap to cooexist with blink, but have had little success.

I turned on "log denied traffic", gave gametap.exe and the gametap\updater.exe full permission in the application firewall and still the only way I can get gametap to run is to disable blink. 

I dislike having to disable blink but my kids really want to play gametap (which is much more cost effective than buying hundreds of pc games).

Any suggestions on what else to configure? 

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

VW

      Ultimately if you can not get something to work with Blink you may have to exclude it from Blink's protection.  If you want to try to do this refer to this to assist you and see if this helps:

http://forums.eeye.com/forums/p/54/140.aspx#140 

We have reproduced in our lab what you are likely experiencing also; running Blink with default settings and GameTap at the same time generates the following error:

    Protection Error

    Error: 251

We are aware of this shared incompatibility and are looking into a permanent solution.  Specifically, Blink's Application Protection module is not compatible with some uses of the ASPack compression and protection software which is being utilized by GameTap and various other software that licenses it.  Unfortunately, what complicates things is that there isn't any Blink event generated in this specific scenario so the user is left uncertain of the exact steps to take to resolve it.  For now, the work-around is to exclude the process: gametap.exe by adding an entry in the Blink configuration file: apiex.ini as follows:

1)  From Windows Explorer, navigate to the file apiex.ini found within the following folder (default installation path listed; modify as necessary):

    C:\Program Files\eEye Digital Security\Blink\Config\

2) Open the file within Window's Notepad utility (or your preferred text editor) by right-clicking the file and selecting "Open" (or "Open With")

 
 
3) Scroll to the bottom of the file and on a separate line add the following entry:

    *\gametap.exe;;Kevlar;0 

Just a few comments about the syntax (the file is well commented also):

a) Note the use of consecutive semi-colons.  Blink expects the exact number of fields properly delimited; optionally, we could have also included the MD5 hash of the file (will describe later in a FAQ) which would be inserted between the semi-colons.

b) That is a zero at the end which instructs Blink to ignore the process.

c) Alternatively, you can add the absolute path of the process.

4)  Save the file.  Blink will now need to be informed of the manual modifications.  A shortcut (candidate for the "Tips and Tricks" forum) to shutting down Blink entirely and restarting it is to:

a) Open the Options and Setting dialog box (CTRL+O)

b) Simply click "OK"

Please keep us informed of your progress.  It was easily reproducible, and the instructions above should resolve it for you.  Thank you.