WHY PATCHING WHILE SERIAL NUMBER IS FISHY CoolZip v2.0 A Cracking Tutorial by ASTAGA [D4C/C4A] DISCLAIMER This reading material is not intended to violate Copyrights and/or it is law, but educational purposes only. I hold no responsibility ( by all means and in any shape whatsoever ) of the mis-used of this material. ABOUT THE PROGRAM CoolZip is a file compression/decompression utility. It's purpose is to create/extract archives. If you ever downloaded files from the internet, you know the most common used compression format is zip. CoolZip can create and extract zip files (among many others) in a very easy to use intuitive interface. What's so cool about it ? · Coolzip supports many compression and encoding formats like zip, cab, rar, lha, ace, jar, uue, xxe and many more. · Password support · Office2000 interface · Full intelligent drag and drop support · Can read and write self-extracting zip files (compressed .exe files) · Integrates with Windows 95/98/NT/2000 shell (context menu) · Has an advanced drag and drop interface · Can use different icons for each associated file type. You can even use your own icons. · supports disk spanning · Is extremely easy to use · Runs without the need for external programs WHERE TO DOWNLOAD Author : Innersky Software Homepage : http://www.innersky.com/coolzip URL : http://www.innersky.com/download.php?file=coolzip Size : KB as of ,2000 HOW TO GET VALID SERIAL NUMBER by using SoftIce 1. Run CLEANREG.EXE, click OPTIONS/ENTER REG CODE submenu, in the registration dialog box type these below informations : Name : Chavit 'Jueteng' Singson Code : 73881050 Do not click OK button yet 2. Fire up SoftIce by pressing [ CTRL + D ], set a breakpoint as follow : BPX hmemcpy [enter] and F5 to return to the main program 3. Now it's time to click OK button... you'll return back into SoftIce! In within SoftIce press F11, F5, F11, then F12 11 times until you see and break at : ______________________________________________________________ 015F:004E98B1 E83E90F4FF CALL 004328F4 <=== break here 015F:004E98B6 8B55F4 MOV EDX,[EBP-0C] 015F:004E98B9 58 POP EAX <=== D EDX here 015F:004E98BA E8BDA7F1FF CALL 0040407C <=== D EAX here 015F:004E98BF 740F JZ 004E98D0 ___________________COOLZIP!CODE+000E88B1______________________ Now, clear/disable previous breakpoint by typing : bc 00 [enter] Create a new breakpoint by typing : bpx 015F:004E98B1 [enter] 5. Press F10 2 times and display EDX register : d edx [enter] ==> your fake code appear in the Data Window Press F10 once and display EAX register : d eax [enter] look at the Data Window, did you see unique numeric character 58F80E001AF905401E0BEF3AC252AB76E466D62FF123FD080F at the vir tual address 0167:00D0F258 ?? aren't they look like a registration code ? just write down ! 6. Disable all breakpoints by typing BC * [enter] Press F5 or X to return to the main program 8. Repeat registration procedure and keyed-in the above posible registration code followed with clicking OK button. The classic message " CoolZip was registered correctly ...." pops up on your screen, click OK to restart the application. Simply, YOU'RE REGISTERED now... as a matter of fact it's ILLEGAL REGISTRATION!!!!! END NOTES This program is sold as shareware, so you can try before you buy. This is convenient for you, saves expenses by dispensing with all that packaging, and cuts out the middle person. So it is cheap, but it is not free. If you like the program, and you will, be sure to register and pay. To keep shareware prices low, users must do the right thing: Register, pay up, and smile/grin at yourself in the mirror. Do not distribute your crack release based on this tutorial, because you become a LAMER(s)!!!!!!!! ( tHATDUDE (PC97) defined LAMER(s) is the guy who sits in front of personal computer, using Hex Editor, ripping off other group(s) crack release, repacking (distro) them under his name. Adopted from newsgroup alt.cracks, alt.crackers - February 1997 ) More about LAMER(s): lamer /n./ [prob. originated in skateboarder slang] Synonym for luser, not used much by hackers but common among warez d00dz, crackers, and phreakers. Oppose elite. Has the same connota tions of self-conscious elitism that use of luser does among hackers. < SOURCE: http://sagan.earthspace.net/jargon/jargon_27.html > _ Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity _ ASTAGA [D4C/C4A] tute-CoolZip20.zip [EOF] 10/29/00 5:49:01 PM