Tutorials

 

 

Probably the most important section of my site: the tutorials. Here you can extend your cracking knowledge by applying these essays on live targets! This section will also get updated most of all.
I know that there are new versions of almost all programs discussed here, but you can still learn from them as their protection will be similar.

My tutorials

Program Name Date written Cracking approach Comment
1001 Killer Internet Marketing Tactics 2000-07-25 Keygen Very easy to find a serial, somewhat more complicated to write keygen.
ACDSee v3.0 trial build 1209 2000-03-06 Patching packed file Advanced
Dropit Pro 4.5 1999-03-04 Patch  
F-Secure v4.06 1999-11-23 Patch Also valid for v4.07, only different offsets!
Fruity Loops v2.5 2000-04-24 Serial fishing Not so easy
Guitar Pro v2.2 Demo 2000-06-05 Patch Advanced
Hex Workshop 2.54 1999-04-08 Patch  
Iris v2.00 build 14 New! 2001-03-17 Unwrapping/Patching Some more advanced unpacking!
JPEG Optimizer 3.03 1999-03-03 Patch Valid for newer versions too.
Lockdown 2000 1999-08-15 Serial fishing Most stupid protection!
Paint Shop Pro 6.01 Eval 2000-03-08 Patch Trial / Nagsreen removing
Partit 2.1 1999-08-05 Patch  
AD PicView v1.32 2000-07-23 Unpacking Manually unpacking ASProtected program
Planet Zip 1999-03-04 Patch  
Qoole 2.50 1999-02-14 Patch  
Regview 1.21a 1999-04-05 Patch  
SoftWrap v1.x 2001-02-18 Patch/Unwrapping  
Spamkiller v2.76 2000-02-28 Serial fishing How to find a hardcoded serial!
Speedtec v2.0 2000-02-19 Bug patch This program has an overflow bug!
Teleport Pro v1.29 2000-05-10 Patch Regular memory-flag patching
The Bat! v1.44 2000-05-30 Patch Beautiful program!
UltraEdit 32 v6.20b 1999-10-03 Patch  
Windows Commander v4.51 2000-07-26 Manually unpacking / Code insertion More advanced.
Winrar 2.70 bèta 2 1999-11-12 Patch Easy, newbie tutorial.
Winsplit 3.03 1999-03-06 Patch  
WS_FTP Pro 6.02 EVAL 1999-11-02 Patch General cracking approach on nags included!!
XFerPro 32 2.00 1999-04-08 Patch  

 
   

Cracking 4 Newbies (r) by The Blackbird aka BlackB
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