There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets
in.
Win Patch
V1.1.01
( New
update, new hidden routines'
)
Written by The
Sandman
Introduction
This essay is in addition to my previous one
on [ Winpatch V1.0 - Essay No 20 ] because of
the following reasons:-
1. If you
registered the previous version of WinPatch V1.01 using the in-built 'hidden
routines' as described in my previous essay then installing this newer version
will result in the old serial now being rejected! Perhaps the authors had
read my essay..:)
2. If you've downloaded
this newer version because you could'nt find the older version that I had used
for my previous essay then some of the things I described in my previous essay
will now be slightly different for this newer release of WinPatch.
About this protection
system
Registration
is via the initial nag screen then into the 'About Screen' and finally
into the Registration Screen by pressing the 'Register'
button. Here you will be asked to enter:-
Name
: Registration ID
: Company
:
Successful registration will result in your registration
details being stored in your System Registry File at:-
This is in fact, the same place where any previous versions
of Winpatch store it's User Registration info..
The
Essay
Your first task before anything else it so create a 'Dead
Listing' of Win Patch using W32Dasm. If you've read my other essay's then you
should know how to do this by now.
Accessing the 'hidden'
routines to get the program to register itself.
While still in W32Dasm take a look at the String Data Resources
used within this program.. See anything that looks familiar?.
Yep, our old string
"Art+Debby!@" is still with us so at
least something's haven't changed..:)
I won't bore you all again with the code to this
protection system since it's almost the same as in previous versions. Always
learn from your *cracks*, it really does save you time and having to re-invent
the wheel each time you come across an upgrade for your target program..
OK, here's what you''ve been waiting for...
Go into the registration screen, then type
this:
Name
: Art+Debby!@ Registration ID: Art+Debby!@ Organization: Type in anything you want for this
Now press the 'OK' button, a message box will now show, telling you that:
"The Pin Is L&D-0626-77583914"
If you now press the 'OK' button to close this messagebox you will see
that the program has already typed this serial number into the registration ID
box!!!. So all you now need to do is press the 'OK' button again to
have a fully registered WinPatch program!.
For those of you who haven't read my previous essay on this target program
the old serial number was: 'The Pin Is
D&L-1121-73823587'
Notice the difference?
Job Done.....
The
'Crack'
None
required.
Final
Notes
There are of course, many other ways to *crack* this
program, I've only mentioned one of them, perhaps you can come up with a few
more?.
My thanks and gratitude goes to:
Fravia+ for providing possibly the greatest source
of Reverse Engineering knowledge on the
Web.
+ORC for showing me the light at the end of the
tunnel.
Ob
Duh
Do I
really have to remind you all that by buying and NOT stealing the software you
use will ensure that these software houses will continue to produce even
*better* software for us to use and more importantly, to continue offering even
more challenges to breaking their often weak protection systems.
If your looking for cracks or serial numbers from these
pages then your wasting your time, try searching elsewhere on the Web under
Warze, Cracks etc.
