From: majesty@cobblestonemountain.org   
      
   lol   
   "00420"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2006.06.17.04.14.06.616954@gmail.com...   
   > oh u want to crack a game?   
   > hexeditor should do the trick   
   >   
   > The most common software crack is the modification of an application's   
   > binary to cause or prevent a specific key branch in the program's   
   execution.   
   >  This is   
   > accomplished by reverse engineering the compiled program code using a   
   > debugger such as SoftICE or gdb until the software cracker reaches the   
   > subroutine that contains the primary method of protecting the software (or   
   > by disassembling an executable file with a program such as IDA). The   
   > binary is then modified using the debugger or a hex editor in a manner   
   > that replaces a prior branching opcode with its complement or a NOP opcode   
   > so the key branch will either always execute a specific subroutine or skip   
   > over it. Almost all common software cracks are a variation of this type.   
   > Software developers are constantly developing techniques such as code   
   > obfuscation, encryption, and self-modifying code to make this modification   
   > increasingly difficult.   
   >   
   > Another example is a crack that removes the trial period from shareware or   
   >  trials making the product function as the full unlocked version. These   
   >  cracks are usually programs that patch the program executable and   
   >  sometimes the .dll or .so linked to the application. Similar cracks are   
   >  available for software that requires a hardware dongle. A company can   
   >  also break the copy preventions of programs that they have legally   
   >  purchased but that are licensed to particular hardware, so that there is   
   >  no risk of downtime due to hardware failure (and, of course, no need to   
   >  restrict oneself to running the software on bought hardware only).   
   >   
   > ps one of my fav windows programs is "reshack"   
      
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