--Softice Tutorial--- Date written: 25.4.2001 Program Details: Name: Lake Clear Animato v1.0C Author: Bengaly Tools Used: Softice Rank: easy[X+] medium[ ] hard[ ] x+ = easy but require some tracing ;) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ -About this protection system- Protection which based on name/serial protection. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ The Essay As this is a tutorial for newbies, I'll go into details about how I go about cracking the program. I suggest that you read this tutorial first. When you have completed the tutorial, leave this tutorial open and follow the instructions. Re-do it once more after you have completed the step by step guide... In this essay, when I write type "d EAX" or similar commands in Softice, I mean it without the quotes. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Lets Crack The Bitch ;) ok, open up the program and u will see a nag screen telling you, that u need to enter serial or it will take affects after xxx days/times, click the Register button, u will see name/serial text boxes. enter the name u want to: in my case name: bengaly serial: ANM-1234567890 *also see that the program inform u thatu must add ANM- <= so dont forget to write it and then every number u want ;) Now open-up SoftIce (ctrl+d), set up bpx Hmemcpy (press enter)..now press f5 press OK button and we will back at sOftIce..press again f5 (to read the serial text-box..err registration). now press f12 (12 times)..to be in the code section...now we will need to trace (some while)...cuz there is non-neccery code there..so just clear all breakpoints (bc*) and start tracing with f10 (if we didn't cleared he bpx then we probly will be kicked out of sice out to the error massage box). ok now trace untill here: xxxx:yyy(for me it's xxx:4933E6) MOV EDX,[EBP-08] <= this is where the real serial is generated. now press: d eax , and u will see the serial infont of your face in the code data window. for me it's: name: bengaly serial: ANM-4191976 Have fun ;D CrackMe cracked ;) ________________________________________________________________________________________________ My thanks and gratitudes goes to: ----CODE_INSIDE----- ;for helping in cracking -----BLAcKgH0sT------ ;for being good friend :) -------FusS------ ;asm / keygenning helper All the writers of Cracks tutorials and CrackMes