Added new function to detect the current date. Slightly more robust against manipulations.

LameXP_VS2012.vcxproj

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ copy /Y "$(SolutionDir)\etc\Prerequisites\VisualLeakDetector\bin\Win32\*.manifes
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalOptions>"/MANIFESTDEPENDENCY:type=%27win32%27 name=%27Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls%27 version=%276.0.0.0%27 publicKeyToken=%276595b64144ccf1df%27 language=%27*%27 processorArchitecture=%27*%27" %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>QtCore4.lib;QtGui4.lib;Winmm.lib;Shlwapi.lib;Wininet.lib;PowrProf.lib;QKeccakHash_VS2012.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>QtCore4.lib;QtGui4.lib;Winmm.lib;Shlwapi.lib;Wininet.lib;PowrProf.lib;psapi.lib;QKeccakHash_VS2012.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <ShowProgress>LinkVerboseLib</ShowProgress>
       <Version>
       </Version>
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ del "$(TargetDir)imageformats\q???d4.dll"
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalOptions>"/MANIFESTDEPENDENCY:type=%27win32%27 name=%27Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls%27 version=%276.0.0.0%27 publicKeyToken=%276595b64144ccf1df%27 language=%27*%27 processorArchitecture=%27*%27" %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>QtCore.lib;QtGui.lib;QtSvg.lib;qtmain.lib;qsvg.lib;qico.lib;qtga.lib;Winmm.lib;imm32.lib;ws2_32.lib;Shlwapi.lib;Wininet.lib;PowrProf.lib;QKeccakHash_VS2012.lib;EncodePointer.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>QtCore.lib;QtGui.lib;QtSvg.lib;qtmain.lib;qsvg.lib;qico.lib;qtga.lib;Winmm.lib;imm32.lib;ws2_32.lib;Shlwapi.lib;Wininet.lib;PowrProf.lib;psapi.lib;QKeccakHash_VS2012.lib;EncodePointer.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <ShowProgress>LinkVerboseLib</ShowProgress>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\etc\Prerequisites\qt4_static\lib;$(SolutionDir)\etc\Prerequisites\qt4_static\plugins\imageformats;$(SolutionDir)\etc\Prerequisites\EncodePointer\lib;$(SolutionDir)\etc\Prerequisites\VisualLeakDetector\lib\Win32;$(SolutionDir)\etc\Prerequisites\keccak\lib\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries)</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>

src/Config.h

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #define VER_LAMEXP_MINOR_LO					7
 #define VER_LAMEXP_TYPE						Alpha
 #define VER_LAMEXP_PATCH					7
-#define VER_LAMEXP_BUILD					1221
+#define VER_LAMEXP_BUILD					1223
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Tool versions (minimum expected versions!)

src/Dialog_About.cpp

@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ void AboutDialog::initInformationTab(void)
 	const QString copyrightStr = QString().sprintf
 	(
 		"Copyright (C) 2004-%04d LoRd_MuldeR <MuldeR2@GMX.de>. Some rights reserved.",
-		qMax(lamexp_version_date().year(), QDate::currentDate().year())
+		qMax(lamexp_version_date().year(), lamexp_current_date_safe().year())
 	);
 
 	QString aboutText;
@@ -484,25 +484,27 @@ void AboutDialog::initInformationTab(void)
 	aboutText += QString("%1<br>").arg(NOBR(tr("Please visit %1 for news and updates!").arg(LINK(lamexp_website_url()))));
 
 #if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5,0,0)
+	const QDate currentDate = lamexp_current_date_safe();
 	if(LAMEXP_DEBUG)
 	{
-		int daysLeft = qMax(QDate::currentDate().daysTo(lamexp_version_expires()), 0);
+		int daysLeft = qMax(currentDate.daysTo(lamexp_version_expires()), 0);
 		aboutText += QString("<hr><font color=\"crimson\">%1</font>").arg(NOBR(QString("!!! --- DEBUG BUILD --- Expires at: %1 &middot; Days left: %2 --- DEBUG BUILD --- !!!").arg(lamexp_version_expires().toString(Qt::ISODate), QString::number(daysLeft))));
 	}
 	else if(lamexp_version_demo())
 	{
-		int daysLeft = qMax(QDate::currentDate().daysTo(lamexp_version_expires()), 0);
+		int daysLeft = qMax(currentDate.daysTo(lamexp_version_expires()), 0);
 		aboutText += QString("<hr><font color=\"crimson\">%1</font>").arg(NOBR(tr("Note: This demo (pre-release) version of LameXP will expire at %1. Still %2 days left.").arg(lamexp_version_expires().toString(Qt::ISODate), QString::number(daysLeft))));
 	}
 #else
+	const QDate currentDate = lamexp_current_date_safe();
 	if(LAMEXP_DEBUG)
 	{
-		int daysLeft = qMax(QDate::currentDate().daysTo(lamexp_version_expires()), 0i64);
+		int daysLeft = qMax(currentDate.daysTo(lamexp_version_expires()), 0i64);
 		aboutText += QString("<hr><font color=\"crimson\">%1</font>").arg(NOBR(QString("!!! --- DEBUG BUILD --- Expires at: %1 &middot; Days left: %2 --- DEBUG BUILD --- !!!").arg(lamexp_version_expires().toString(Qt::ISODate), QString::number(daysLeft))));
 	}
 	else if(lamexp_version_demo())
 	{
-		int daysLeft = qMax(QDate::currentDate().daysTo(lamexp_version_expires()), 0i64);
+		int daysLeft = qMax(currentDate.daysTo(lamexp_version_expires()), 0i64);
 		aboutText += QString("<hr><font color=\"crimson\">%1</font>").arg(NOBR(tr("Note: This demo (pre-release) version of LameXP will expire at %1. Still %2 days left.").arg(lamexp_version_expires().toString(Qt::ISODate), QString::number(daysLeft))));
 	}
 #endif

src/Dialog_MainWindow.cpp

@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ void MainWindow::windowShown(void)
 	//Check for expiration
 	if(lamexp_version_demo())
 	{
-		if(QDate::currentDate() >= lamexp_version_expires())
+		if(lamexp_current_date_safe() >= lamexp_version_expires())
 		{
 			qWarning("Binary has expired !!!");
 			PlaySound(MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_WAVE_WHAMMY), GetModuleHandle(NULL), SND_RESOURCE | SND_SYNC);
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ void MainWindow::windowShown(void)
 	}
 
 	//Update reminder
-	if(QDate::currentDate() >= lamexp_version_date().addYears(1))
+	if(lamexp_current_date_safe() >= lamexp_version_date().addYears(1))
 	{
 		qWarning("Binary is more than a year old, time to update!");
 		int ret = QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Urgent Update"), NOBR(tr("Your version of LameXP is more than a year old. Time for an update!")), tr("Check for Updates"), tr("Exit Program"), tr("Ignore"));
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ void MainWindow::windowShown(void)
 	else if(m_settings->autoUpdateEnabled())
 	{
 		QDate lastUpdateCheck = QDate::fromString(m_settings->autoUpdateLastCheck(), Qt::ISODate);
-		if(!firstRun && (!lastUpdateCheck.isValid() || QDate::currentDate() >= lastUpdateCheck.addDays(14)))
+		if(!firstRun && (!lastUpdateCheck.isValid() || lamexp_current_date_safe() >= lastUpdateCheck.addDays(14)))
 		{
 			if(QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Update Reminder"), NOBR(lastUpdateCheck.isValid() ? tr("Your last update check was more than 14 days ago. Check for updates now?") : tr("Your did not check for LameXP updates yet. Check for updates now?")), tr("Check for Updates"), tr("Postpone")) == 0)
 			{

src/Dialog_Update.cpp

@@ -840,13 +840,13 @@ bool UpdateDialog::parseVersionInfo(const QString &file, UpdateInfo *updateInfo)
 		m_logFile->append("WARNING: Version info timestamp is missing!");
 		return false;
 	}
-	else if(updateInfoDate.addMonths(VERSION_INFO_EXPIRES_MONTHS) < QDate::currentDate())
+	else if(updateInfoDate.addMonths(VERSION_INFO_EXPIRES_MONTHS) < lamexp_current_date_safe())
 	{
 		updateInfo->resetInfo();
 		m_logFile->append(QString::fromLatin1("WARNING: This version info has expired at %1!").arg(updateInfoDate.addMonths(VERSION_INFO_EXPIRES_MONTHS).toString(Qt::ISODate)));
 		return false;
 	}
-	else if(QDate::currentDate() < updateInfoDate)
+	else if(lamexp_current_date_safe() < updateInfoDate)
 	{
 		m_logFile->append("Version info is from the future, take care!");
 		qWarning("Version info is from the future, take care!");

src/Global.cpp

@@ -71,10 +71,8 @@
 #include <Objbase.h>
 #include <PowrProf.h>
 
-//Debug only includes
+//Process API
-#if LAMEXP_DEBUG
 #include <Psapi.h>
-#endif
 
 //Initialize static Qt plugins
 #ifdef QT_NODLL
@@ -2251,6 +2249,69 @@ unsigned int lamexp_rand(void)
 	return rnd;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Determines the current date, resistant against certain manipulations
+ */
+QDate lamexp_current_date_safe(void)
+{
+	const DWORD MAX_PROC = 1024;
+	DWORD *processes = new DWORD[MAX_PROC];
+	DWORD bytesReturned = 0;
+	
+	if(!EnumProcesses(processes, sizeof(DWORD) * MAX_PROC, &bytesReturned))
+	{
+		LAMEXP_DELETE_ARRAY(processes);
+		return QDate::currentDate();
+	}
+
+	const DWORD procCount = bytesReturned / sizeof(DWORD);
+	ULARGE_INTEGER lastStartTime;
+	memset(&lastStartTime, 0, sizeof(ULARGE_INTEGER));
+
+	for(DWORD i = 0; i < procCount; i++)
+	{
+		HANDLE hProc = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION, FALSE, processes[i]);
+		if(hProc)
+		{
+			FILETIME processTime[4];
+			if(GetProcessTimes(hProc, &processTime[0], &processTime[1], &processTime[2], &processTime[3]))
+			{
+				ULARGE_INTEGER timeCreation;
+				timeCreation.LowPart = processTime[0].dwLowDateTime;
+				timeCreation.HighPart = processTime[0].dwHighDateTime;
+				if(timeCreation.QuadPart > lastStartTime.QuadPart)
+				{
+					lastStartTime.QuadPart = timeCreation.QuadPart;
+				}
+			}
+			CloseHandle(hProc);
+		}
+	}
+
+	LAMEXP_DELETE_ARRAY(processes);
+	
+	FILETIME lastStartTime_fileTime;
+	lastStartTime_fileTime.dwHighDateTime = lastStartTime.HighPart;
+	lastStartTime_fileTime.dwLowDateTime = lastStartTime.LowPart;
+
+	FILETIME lastStartTime_localTime;
+	if(!FileTimeToLocalFileTime(&lastStartTime_fileTime, &lastStartTime_localTime))
+	{
+		memcpy(&lastStartTime_localTime, &lastStartTime_fileTime, sizeof(FILETIME));
+	}
+	
+	SYSTEMTIME lastStartTime_system;
+	if(!FileTimeToSystemTime(&lastStartTime_localTime, &lastStartTime_system))
+	{
+		memset(&lastStartTime_system, 0, sizeof(SYSTEMTIME));
+		lastStartTime_system.wYear = 1970; lastStartTime_system.wMonth = lastStartTime_system.wDay = 1;
+	}
+
+	const QDate currentDate = QDate::currentDate();
+	const QDate processDate = QDate(lastStartTime_system.wYear, lastStartTime_system.wMonth, lastStartTime_system.wDay);
+	return (currentDate >= processDate) ? currentDate : processDate;
+}
+
 /*
  * Entry point checks
  */
@@ -2329,6 +2390,9 @@ void lamexp_fatal_exit(const wchar_t* exitMessage, const wchar_t* errorBoxMessag
 			TerminateProcess(GetCurrentProcess(), -1);
 		}
 	}
+
+	Sleep(30000);
+	TerminateProcess(GetCurrentProcess(), -1);
 }
 
 /*

src/Global.h

@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ const QString lamexp_clean_filename(const QString &str);
 const QString lamexp_clean_filepath(const QString &str);
 void lamexp_seed_rand(void);
 unsigned int lamexp_rand(void);
+QDate lamexp_current_date_safe(void);
 void lamexp_fatal_exit(const wchar_t* exitMessage, const wchar_t* errorBoxMessage = NULL);
 
 //Debug-only functions

src/Main.cpp

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static int lamexp_main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 	//Print version info
 	qDebug("LameXP - Audio Encoder Front-End v%d.%02d %s (Build #%03d)", lamexp_version_major(), lamexp_version_minor(), lamexp_version_release(), lamexp_version_build());
-	qDebug("Copyright (c) 2004-%04d LoRd_MuldeR <mulder2@gmx.de>. Some rights reserved.", qMax(lamexp_version_date().year(),QDate::currentDate().year()));
+	qDebug("Copyright (c) 2004-%04d LoRd_MuldeR <mulder2@gmx.de>. Some rights reserved.", qMax(lamexp_version_date().year(), lamexp_current_date_safe().year()));
 	qDebug("Built on %s at %s with %s for Win-%s.\n", lamexp_version_date().toString(Qt::ISODate).toLatin1().constData(), lamexp_version_time(), lamexp_version_compiler(), lamexp_version_arch());
 	
 	//print license info
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ static int lamexp_main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	//Check for expiration
 	if(lamexp_version_demo())
 	{
-		if(QDate::currentDate().addDays(1) < lamexp_version_date())
+		const QDate currentDate = lamexp_current_date_safe();
+		if(currentDate.addDays(1) < lamexp_version_date())
 		{
-			qFatal("System's date (%s) is before LameXP build date (%s). Huh?", QDate::currentDate().toString(Qt::ISODate).toLatin1().constData(), lamexp_version_date().toString(Qt::ISODate).toLatin1().constData());
+			qFatal("System's date (%s) is before LameXP build date (%s). Huh?", currentDate.toString(Qt::ISODate).toLatin1().constData(), lamexp_version_date().toString(Qt::ISODate).toLatin1().constData());
 		}
 		qWarning(QString("Note: This demo (pre-release) version of LameXP will expire at %1.\n").arg(lamexp_version_expires().toString(Qt::ISODate)).toLatin1().constData());
 	}