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+  AAAAA  AAAAA  AAAAA  AAAAA  A      AAAAA  A   A  A  AAAAA  AAAAA  AAAAA  +
+  A   A  A        A    A   A  A      A   A  A   A  A  A        A    A   A  +
+  AAAAA  AAAAA    A    AAAAA  A      AAAAA  A   A  A  AAAAA    A    AAAAA  +
+  A   A      A    A    A   A  A      A   A   A A   A      A    A    A   A  +
+  A   A  AAAAA    A    A   A  AAAAA  A   A    A    A  AAAAA    A    A   A  +
+                                                                           +
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= Informative Crack for NetZero (latest version May/June 2000)  =
= by: GreenCh0ice(6)
= June 2000
=================================================================

DISCLAIMER : Blah blah the usual. This file is for INFORMATION purposes
only and should be used for security educational purposes, not hacking!
I am not responsible for any misuse of this information for illegal
actions taken by readers. This document is only to better protect software 
for future programmers. If you use NetZero, click on their
banner ads to support them. Free Internet access is great, don't abuse
it. Get their stuff at http://www.netzero.com

WHY ANOTHER NETZERO CRACK?
==========================
There are already many documents on how to crack NetZero out there. However, 
the latest version of NetZero manages to fool these cracks
and stop hackers. This document, shows a way to crack the software
even with the most recent version released in May/June 2000.

INTRODUCTION:
=============
What up. So you like free PPP access? Well, there are some great
programs out there that offer free dialup access at the expense of
showing you annoying banner ads on your screen that may even
remain visible during graphics such as playign a nice game of
StarCraft - which you can not do while using NetZero (one of these
dialup services) since their banner interferes with the game. The
banner doesn't only take up space on your screen, but also takes up
bandwidth and can lag you.

THE CRACK:
==========

Very simple.
1) GO INTO MS-DOS
2) GO INTO THE DIRECTORY NETZERO
   CD C:\PROGRA~1\NETZERO
3) GO INTO THE SUB DIRECTORY BIN
   CD C:\PROGRA~1\NETZERO\BIN
4) EDIT JPEG.DLL
5) HIGHLIGHT ALL THE FUNNY TEXT SYMBOLS IN THE FILE - THAT IS, IF
   THE DOS EDITOR HAD A SELECT ALL FEATURE, YOU WOULD DO THAT. BUT IT
   DOES NOT SO JUST SELECT ALL THE TEXT WITH YOUR MOUSE.
6) HIT DELETE TO ERASE ALL THE TEXT IN THE FILE
7) SAVE THE FILE HIT ALT-S
8) EXIT AND TYPE DIR
   THE FILE'S SIZE SHOULD NOW BE 0

Thats it. Exit the MS-DOS screen and run NetZero. Connect like normal and 
when the connection is completed, the dial-up screen will go away
and no banner will pop up. Instead you have 100% free dial-up and
no annoying banner ads or banner lag. Have fun kiddees!

GreenCh0ice(6) ..... zzzz
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