Definition of "antidebugger"

To understand how, and why, such antidebugger techniques work, it is necessary to have a closer look at how debuggers function.

1996, Rune Skardhamar, Virus: Detection and Elimination, page 178

Antidebugger techniques are particularly effective when combined with code encryption because encrypting the program forces reversers to run it inside a debugger in order to allow the program to decrypt itself.

2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering