You should also ensure that the INIT line looks like this below: This will ensure that you can set breakpoints on the common set of Windows functions known as the Win32 API (Application Programming Interface).Ģ.
Firstly ensure that you have removed all of the semi-colon's from the section that says "Examples of export symbols.". Notepad and make the following changes to enhance Softice's usability.ġ. You should open this file in a standard text editor e.g. Before you reboot you should familiarise yourself with the file WINICE.DAT in the installation directory. When installed it is loaded through autoexec.bat as a TSR program, usually as WINICE.EXE, when you restart Windows it will be activated. Softice is the windows debugger of choice. If you ask most crackers which tool they recommend or have the highest regard for, the answer will inevitably be Softice, from NuMega Technologies (). NuMega's SmartCheck v5.0 - Useful for VB5 applications. Windows API 32 Guide - Help file covering all of the Windows functions or Help PC.Ī Windows 95 registry monitoring tool. QuickView or QuickView Plus - Included with Windows 95. NaTzGUL's InstallShield Disassembler - now an essential tool. WinDASM v8.9, alternatively Sourcer, IDA Professional. Hackers View or any other good HEX editor. I use v3.22 for Windows 95, get v2.8 /2.6 for DOS also. NuMega's Softice - The best windows debugger. I have suggested those tools you obtain below. Copies of Borland C++, Visual Basic & Visual C++ are also useful even if you are not yet able to program. At the minimum you will need a Windows debugger, a HEX editor and a good Windows Disassembler plus other auxiliary tools for specific cracks. One of the first things you will need to do in order to crack is to equip yourself with a good set of tools, the better you prepare the better you will crack. I am legally obliged to say that I do not support software piracy in any of its guises and that this document is purely for educational use. Well, Cracking is essentially the process of understanding how computer programs operate, its traditional use has been for disabling or beating the numerous protection schemes which are placed upon many applications and games today. May I just personally greet all those people I've seen on #cracking4newbies and other channels who inspired me to write this document (in no particular order). Remember that later versions of these programs may and often do use the same protection mechanism. You should familiarise yourself with the many Internet search engines (I recommend Yahoo / AltaVista) in order to track these programs down, I've tried to give url's where I can but they will no doubt expire during my writing of this document, if you are lucky enough to find me on EFNET I may be persuaded to provide you with the files. Experienced crackers or those with programming knowledge may like to skip this tutorial as most of the cracks covered are fairly basic. Welcome to my first document about the subject of cracking, this tutorial is aimed at a target audience of people taking their first steps into the world of cracking although a few of the cracks may interest more experienced crackers.
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