Add a workaround to Nahimic crapware
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/11850
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#include <werapi.h> // issues on msys2
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#endif
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#ifdef _WIN32
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extern "C"
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{
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// So there exists this malware called Nahimic by A-Volute, which is marketed as an audio enhancement
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// software. In reality it's an aggressive form of malware that injects itself wildly into every process
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// on the system for god knows what reason. It even includes a tracking/analytics package, <insert tinfoil hat>
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// Our problem is this garbage basically bugs out OpenGL (why an audio driver does that, who knows, its made by morons)
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// And then we get issues reported both in our issue tracker and sentry reports as a result
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// At least these malware authors were nice to include a dumb "disable" trick where it checks if the exe is exporting
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// a symbol called NoHotPatch, so here we are.
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// Hopefully this works and stops the bug reports. Apparently the worst part is this malware aggressively gets reinstalled
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// by awful low-tier motherboard vendors like MSI, Alienware and others who bundled it into their driver packages
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// and distributed it over Windows Update
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// Did I mention they clearly had issues with other apps so instead of fixing their malware, they blacklisted a hundred common
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// apps and even some games in their own config? Obviously kicad isn't on that blacklist :(
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// This malware seems to no longer be distributed as Nahimic and replaced with "Sonar" by SteelSeries.
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// Time will tell if it's the same garbage, I'm not volunteering to install it.
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__declspec(dllexport) void NoHotPatch()
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{
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// this is a intentionally empty function
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return;
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}
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}
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#endif
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bool KIPLATFORM::APP::Init()
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{
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