Are any methods known ( for ex. Brute force ) to defeat armadillo protection
for programs that do not have trial mode ? It wants password before unpacking application.

i think it was risc who did it last. Not really
interested in the protection at the moment,
but i have had a weird incident with it last time
i had it.

The moment the download was over, the entire
PC slowed down. I couldn't do anything, not
even run it OR other apps.

I checked the web for info, and i found an assembly
snippet that does just this, it was called "turtle".
It was in one of those FidoNet packages from
simtel.

Just wondering if anyone else has come across
other protschemes that do this.

sorry i wasn't of help above

Look for a tool called unarmadillo at protools.
there was also another one called de-armadillo.

this not help cause proggy has no trial mode as mentioned above

my my my my,

armadillo was done black and blue.

search for the following files:
armd184.zip (the commercial packer)
armdep.zip (unpacker)
armkiller.zip "
armkiller.zip11 "
armkiller12.zip "
unarm.zip "