//create a stub which emulates the first instruction then jumps passed it so we can avoid
//the breakpoint
byte __cdecl *CreateBreakpointStub( byte *address, uint instruction_size ) {
    byte *pstub = VirtualAlloc( 0, instruction_size+5, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE );

    //copy the original instruction
    memcpy( pstub, address, instruction_size );
   
    *(byte  *)( pstub+instruction_size   ) = 0xE9;
    *(dword *)( pstub+instruction_size+1 ) = ( ( address-pstub )-5 );

    return pstub;
}
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