Craftie
An interesting find in W32DASM...
Sun Dec 6 13:37:47 1998


Hmmm...I found something that seems interesting in W32DASM....Okay I went to the string data reference "The registration information you entered could not be validated"...Then I scrolled up and saw "Welcome to Registered Version"....So now I knew where the two strings came in..So as I usually do, I looked for a cmp/test followed by a conditional jump---I found one, but there was just one problem....The JE (conditional jump) didn't lead to anywhere really! It lead just a few lines down, so it wouldn't matter if you patched it or not....This was definately not the correct spot to patch...So I went back down to the "The registration information you entered could not be validated" string...Then I scrolled up and down looking for a place where I could do a Return Jump so I could find where the compare was, as due to the lack of a CMP/TEST and a conditional jump near this string, I could say that it didn't compare here, and if it was correct jump to the registered, rather that it would compare up at the "Welcome to Registered Version" string and if it was incorrect jump to Unregistered...
Just something to think about I think...thanks
--Craftie