Name : Q-Crackme Version : 1.0 Editor : Q Target : Q-Crackme.exe Tools : Hiew Brain Cracker : LW2000 Tutorial : No.23 --- DISCLAIMER For educational purposes only! I hold no responsibility of the mis-used of this material! --- 1. Ok, take a look at the crackme. *BOOM* Please wait 5 sec or kill the nag ... Mhmm, a bug ;) Let's fix it. Start Hiew and search for the string. Please remember that the string is saved in Wide-Char-Format! This means, instead of "Please" you must search for "P l e a s e" and between the chars must be 00 (in Hex) not(!) 20 (Space). Ok, found it? 2. Let's take a look. FF FF FF FF 82 00 50 00 6C 00 65 00 61 00 73 00 ......P.l.e.a.s. 65 00 20 00 77 00 61 00 69 00 74 00 20 00 35 00 e. .w.a.i.t. .5. 20 00 73 00 65 00 63 00 20 00 6F 00 72 00 20 00 .s.e.c. .o.r. . Do you see "FF FF FF FF 82" ? This is a typical call for a dialog box. Mhmm, but how to tell the proggy NOT to call this message box? NOPE IT! Replace the 82 with 90 and all is fine *g*. Let's try it. Press F3 for edit and replace the 82 with 90. F9 to update and F10 to quit. 3. Restart Q-Crackme.exe Congratulation! All done - no Nag! FINISH! Easy, or? cu LW2000 Any comments? Mail me LW2000@gmx.net !!! ---- tKC, thx for your tutors! I started with tutor 1 and i still read them... they are the best!