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How to find a serial in Compress & Expand
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Cracker: stealthFIGHTER

Target: Compress & Expand v1.0

Tools: Hiew
	Brain

Where: try http://www.download.com

Sorry for my english, its not my mother language.


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Step 1:
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Run program, push REGISTER enter some reg. # ... boom.
Wrong registratin number! I can say to you I tried a lot of
breakpoints but I only got bullshit. I decided to view it in
Hiew (Hackers Viewer).
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Run Hiew and open the COMDECOM.EXE and select HEX mode.
Ready? Good.
Do you remember what we got when we entered a fake s/n? 
Yes, Wrong reg........ So search for word "WRONG" (without quotations).
You land here:
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.000119D0	some ...   details)  5341 co 	<--- the number! What?
.000119E0	numbers ...decom.ini Regist
.000119F0	here ...   tr number > Thank
.00011900	and ...    you for your regis
.00011910	here...    tration!  Wrong r	<--- we landed here


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Do you see the number? ... 5341 ...  is this the real s/n?
Run C&E again and as a serial enter 5341. ooo000ooo
Have you ever seen something like this?
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If i make a mistake, please e-mail me 
to: stealthfighter@another.com
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