Regview: the 2 minutes crack
(encrypted counters)

by Rundus

(20 September 1997)

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THE TWO MINUTE CRACK

03 September 1997, by Rundus
The program is Regview version 2.2, get it at ftp.winsite.com or ftp.orst.edu The program has a few more tools than Regedit.exe. For example, you can compare directories,Registry, etc. It has a Nag message and a 30 days trial. To begin with I always run a program Easyclean32 v1.04 ( great program GET IT http://www.idv.de./homepages/bernd, my crack name:DONE s/n:$DC94412Dk ) to detect any changes make to my hard disk,when installing any new programs. The first thing I look at is the register and sure enough the Regview program had added the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\classes\VR_T, that contained a encrypted counter value CLID 0xffffff08 (-248) So what did I do, I changed it to 0xffffff07 and goodbye Nag window and 30 days limited. BUT OUT OF INTEREST,I LOADED IT INTO WDASM AND FOUND THIS. :004629BD 812D9016470007FFFFFF sub dword ptr [00471690], FFFFFF07 :004629C7 833D9016470000 cmp dword ptr [00471690], 00000000 :004629CE 750C jne 004629DC ;CHANGE TO JE 740c :004629D0 C6058C16470001 mov byte ptr [0047168C], 01 :004629D7 E960010000 jmp 00462B3C ;with that changed the counter is not incremented and no regview Nag message appears. Also when you enter in a Reg No the encrypted counter value is set to ffffff07 unbelievable :) * Referenced by a Jump at Address:004629CE(C) :004629DC 833D901647001E cmp dword ptr [00471690], 0000001E :004629E3 7F0D jg 004629F2 :004629E5 833D9016470000 cmp dword ptr [00471690], 00000000 :004629EC 0F8DE1000000 jnl 00462AD3 * Referenced by a Jump at Address:004629E3(C) | :004629F2 8D55F4 lea edx, dword ptr [ebp-0C] :004629F5 B801000000 mov eax, 00000001 :004629FA E84DFFF9FF call 0040294C :004629FF 8B45F4 mov eax, dword ptr [ebp-0C] * Possible StringData Ref from Code Obj ->"try" | :00462A02 BAAC2B4600 mov edx, 00462BAC :00462A07 E8A40DFAFF call 004037B0 :00462A0C 7529 jne 00462A37 :00462A0E B908FFFFFF mov ecx, FFFFFF08 * Possible StringData Ref from Code Obj ->"CLSID" | :00462A13 BA9C2B4600 mov edx, 00462B9C :00462A18 8B45FC mov eax, dword ptr [ebp-04] :00462A1B E85811FDFF call 00433B78 :00462A20 B201 mov dl, 01 :00462A22 8B8368030000 mov eax, dword ptr [ebx+0368] :00462A28 E8D7EBFAFF call 00411604 :00462A2D E8B608FAFF call 004032E8 :00462A32 E922010000 jmp 00462B59 * Referenced by a Jump at Address:00462A0C(C) | :00462A37 6A00 push 00000000 :00462A39 668B0DB02B4600 mov cx, word ptr [00462BB0] :00462A40 B202 mov dl, 02 * StringData Ref from Code Obj ->"Maximum number of trials has been " ->"reached! To continue use of this " ->"program, you need to register" ->"now!" | :00462A42 B8BC2B4600 mov eax, 00462BBC :00462A47 E87C03FDFF call 00432DC8 :00462A4C 48 dec eax :00462A4D 757B jne 00462ACA :00462A4F 8D45F8 lea eax, dword ptr [ebp-08] :00462A52 50 push eax :00462A53 33C9 xor ecx, ecx AND ALSO THIS TO PRODUCE THE REAL REG No, WITH HELP FROM SOFTICE V3 * Possible StringData Ref from Code Obj ->"Enter the register key:" | :0046E3E7 BABCE44600 mov edx, 0046E4BC * Possible StringData Ref from Code Obj ->"Enter register key" | :0046E3EC B8DCE44600 mov eax, 0046E4DC :0046E3F1 E86A4DFCFF call 00433160 :0046E3F6 8D4DF4 lea ecx, dword ptr [ebp-0C] :0046E3F9 8B55F8 mov edx, dword ptr [ebp-08] abcdefghijkl is XOR with the numbers you have entered in. e.g 1313131313 serial No entered in 1 = 31h 3 = 33h a = 61h b = 62h XOR = 50h XOR = 51h 50h = P 51h = Q So 1313131313 = PQRWTUVVXY This is compared with TQWUPTU]YY[[ the real XOR number. Working backwards T = 54h Q = 51h a = 61h b = 62h XOR = 35h XOR = 33h 35h = 5 33h = 3 So TQWUPTU]YY[[ = 534152250307 the real serial No What does the real serial number do? You have guessed right. It sets the counter to the value of 0xffffff07 * Possible StringData Ref from Code Obj ->"abcdefghijkl" | :0046E3FC B8F8E44600 mov eax, 0046E4F8 :0046E401 E85A33FDFF call 00441760 ;CALL TO CALCULATE REG No :0046E406 8B55F4 mov edx, dword ptr [ebp-0C] :0046E409 8D45F8 lea eax, dword ptr [ebp-08] :0046E40C E8AF51F9FF call 004035C0 :0046E411 8B45F8 mov eax, dword ptr [ebp-08] * Possible StringData Ref from Code Obj ->"TQWUPTU]YY[[" | :0046E414 BA10E54600 mov edx, 0046E510 :0046E419 E89253F9FF call 004037B0 :0046E41E 7537 jne 0046E457 :0046E420 B101 mov cl, 01 * Referenced by a Jump at Address:00441809(C) | :004417CB 8B45FC mov eax, dword ptr [ebp-04] :004417CE 0FB67C18FF movzx edi, byte ptr [eax + ebx - 01] ;MOVE 61h ( a ) INTO EDI :004417D3 8B45F8 mov eax, dword ptr [ebp-08] ;MOVE 31h ( 1 ) INTO EAX :004417D6 0FB64418FF movzx eax, byte ptr [eax + ebx - 01] :004417DB 8945F0 mov dword ptr [ebp-10], eax :004417DE 8D45F8 lea eax, dword ptr [ebp-08] :004417E1 B901000000 mov ecx, 00000001 :004417E6 8BD3 mov edx, ebx :004417E8 E8F720FCFF call 004038E4 :004417ED 8D45EC lea eax, dword ptr [ebp-14] :004417F0 8B55F0 mov edx, dword ptr [ebp-10] :004417F3 33D7 xor edx, edi ;XOR 31h WITH 61h EDX NOW = 50h :004417F5 E8421EFCFF call 0040363C :004417FA 8B45EC mov eax, dword ptr [ebp-14] :004417FD 8D55F8 lea edx, dword ptr [ebp-08] :00441800 8BCB mov ecx, ebx :00441802 E82521FCFF call 0040392C :00441807 43 inc ebx :00441808 4E dec esi :00441809 75C0 jne 004417CB For anyone who does not know what Xoring is. truth table inputs A | B for e.g a = 61h binary 01100001 0 | 0 = 0 1 = 31h binary 00110001 0 | 1 = 1 answer = 01010000 1 | 0 = 1 1 | 1 = 0 01010000 = 50h = P Well that's all for now and I hope someone finds this tutorial useful. cheers Rundus (c) Rundus 1997. 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