Is it possible to crack a DX plugin with SoftIce? I'm just a humble newbie and am just starting out and am trying to crack some DX plugins made for Cakewalk. The fact that the plugins run UNDER Cake makes me wonder if SI is gonna work....I have W32Dasm as well and am diligently learning but most of the tutorials I've seen are vague to say the least. Like they're written in French and then translated to English later or something. One thing's for certain: I've never seen a tutorial that didn't get me lost. Thanx for any help!

try tutorials at h**p://www.hackersclub.com ..they are really easy for a newbie...

Ahhh HAAAAAAA!!!!! I just cracked my 1st program!!!! It was one of those DX Plugins I was talking about. Actually, it's the newest one of the company's that I cracked. I used W32Dasm and got it just fine. Now I'm trying their other plugs. Their Mastering Compressor, Mastering EQ and CompressorX give me a crash when trying to disassemble the .ax file. Crashguard gives me the details (CompressorX) as such:
Windows 98 Version 4.10.1998
W32DSM89.EXE caused fault #c0000005 in W32DSM89.EXE at address 0177:004a5a73

Registers:
EAX=05214fc6 CS=0177 EIP=004a5a73 EFLGS=00010203
EBX=0078c58c SS=017f ESP=0078bce8 EBP=0078bcf0
ECX=00000007 DS=017f ESI=00dccfef FS=5da7
EDX=00000056 ES=017f EDI=05214ffe GS=0000

Bytes at CS:EIP:
f3 a5 8b ca 83 e1 03 f3 a4 5f 5e 5d c3 55 8b ec

Stack dump:
00000000 00000056 0078bd14 0045ecd9 05214fc6 00dccfb7 00000056 00000001 0000de7a 0078c58c 0078bed8 0078bfa8 004587c8 0078c58c 00dccfb7 00000030

Anyone know why W32Dasm fails on these files? If not, does anyone know how in hell's half acre to use SoftIce on these?

it may be packed..learn about unpacking.. http://www.discompress.com is good start

Thanx 4 the info, mahn....

Those .ax files that crash open fine in HIEW and look normal. It's just WinDasm that's freakin'....

thats a usual packed proggie..u cant disassemble it before u unpack it...have phun