Hey i need some help for one application i have
It's a simple executable that only appear 2 message boxes, one to warning about key other to put the key and register on regedit. I was trying to use w32dasm but i don't understand it.

Me as a noob know that's easy but i never get it working |:

If anyone could help me 'cracking' this application it will be nice, thanks in advance.

Sure, post what you don't understand and we'll help.

And actually READ THE FAQ before you post again!

It will tell you not to post the name of your target and that we expect you to do most of your own homework by searching on the web.

This is not the place to come if you just want help "cracking" your target. It is the place to come IF you want some help so YOU can learn how to "crack" your target.

NO ONE is going to give you a "step by step" guide to "cracking", but you can expect some "help along the way" AS LONG as you show that YOU are making a personal effort to both LEARN and DO MOST OF THE WORK on your own.



Regards,

JMI, i didn't posted the name of the programm i want to pass |:
And i searched and i don't want a step by step, i just trying to understand better how to work with w32dasm and their way to 'crack', thanks for the warning anyway

Well squidge thanks for being dispose to help. For example i disassembly the exe with w32 and tried to run the program to see where it goes, but when he reaches one part (i think it's a jump for a dll) it just stop and don't go further i need to terminate it. How can i know if the message box that asks for a serial is inside the .exe or inside the dll that the exe calls? And how can i work with both disassembler at same time.

Hope you understand and can help

Recycle w32dasm, get OllyDbg and some tuts, set some breakpoints and see what happens Olly has powerful breakpoint and tracing functions if you can learn how to use them, and since Olly is mature, there are plenty of tuts and articles to help you along the way.

(Typing something like "messagebox" into msdn.microsoft.com might do something useful too)

Hmm thanks i will take a look at it and i will report if i'm going better than with w32dasm if not this isn't really my school lol but for sure i hope i go better

EDIT: i found the security that program is using....it's a progress |:

First of all sorry double post, but since my last post was other day the topic will not refresh |:

Well i'm not feeling lucky trying to pass the problem of exe.....i feel i'm near to reach the success
Few more tries to learn more about the protection and others stuffs to see if i can get my objective.

A quick note: Sending people PMs will not get them to help you any more than they will on these forums. In fact, with some people, it will cause them to help you LESS. So don't do it, K?

Hmm ok

EDIT: How difficult is 'cracking' Armadillo 3.78 - 4x? 1 to 10?

Depends on the protection used (read the Armadillo docs) and the tools used. I wrote my own Armadillo unpacker which I uploaded to this forum in source code format for anyone wishing to see how it worked, but there are others (mostly without source code though I think).

So it can be anything from 1 upwards. Analyse your target first.

Some applications my unpacker literally stripped the protection straight off and left you with a working executable, others required some additional effort.

I was using Arm Intruder to see which version it is but it just says that "This is not a PE file protected by Armadillo"
But when i use PEiD it says it's that version i told above....
Who i should give the reason?


EDIT: After thousands break points and step in and over i give up, assembly and armadillo beat me I tried to reach the end and i feel i was near but this isn't my school
Thanks for trying to help me squidge