SandmanRegistry Crawler V1.2 - Questions 1-3Sun Dec 6 07:13:16 1998 Greetings Crackers,Here we are on our forth Cracking Challenge For All and I don't mind telling you that in my 'earlier' newbie days I would most proberbly have given up on trying to crack 'The File Chopper' had I not sat down and spent some seious time on it, as you all have clearly done.The new challenge is, in many ways, an easier nut to crack while introducing a new method of protection system.In order to give everyone a better chance to learn from this forum I have asked Princess to help where-ever she can with questions & problems that may arise from this project.. Now remember, she is still a newbie herself so try not to flood her with too much technical stuff *grin*. Thanks Princess, your assistance is greatly appreciated..:) Here's the information you need to begin...Program Name: Registry Crawler V1.2Program URL: http://www.proweb.co.uk/~greenway/Files/regc.zipProgram Size: 229K Right, here's the questions for Registry Crawler, they deal with basic information gathering about our target program. You don't really need to use Softice for any of these questions, but REGMON,FILEMON and possibly W32Dasm might be better suited for these questions, oh and some keen observations from yourself will be useful as well..:).Question 1. Where in the System Registry does this program store it's default program settings?.Question 2. Where does this program store it's 'days left..' counter?.Question 3. What are the Main protection systems employed by this program? Example, is it protected with:- Nag screens,Serial protected,hidden Registration Screen, crippled/restricted functions,Time Limited,Indirect Code Addressing,Self-Modifying Code,Dongle etc etc.Question 4. What (if any) 'interesting' files are used by this program?. Ignore the normal windows system files such as .DLL's, .SYS etc. Well that's it for now, four easy questions to get you started..:) As always, watch out for any Red Herrings..:)Good Luck,SandmanReg-Crawler (?) by Bill , Tue Dec 8 12:09 RegMON by jeff , Tue Dec 8 16:13 RegC - v1.2 by Just4Fun , Mon Dec 7 17:53 Re: RegC - v1.2 by The Sandman , Mon Dec 7 18:16 Thanks by Just4Fun , Mon Dec 7 19:32 The answers for Sandman (GO in this thread) by Pedro , Mon Dec 7 12:35 Sandman, What is.... by D0gBytes , Mon Dec 7 11:41 Days left routine by Princess , Mon Dec 7 00:54 my answers....why not? :) by Latigo , Sun Dec 6 23:53 ObservationsPreservationsAnswervations by Jeff , Sun Dec 6 17:59 Re: ObservationsPreservationsAnswervations by The Sandman , Sun Dec 6 18:59 Hmmm.. by Devil-C , Sun Dec 6 18:15 Some starting ideas by Domnick , Sun Dec 6 20:55 Re: Hmmm.. by The Sandman , Sun Dec 6 19:57 My Answers by Domnick , Sun Dec 6 16:40 Dongle???? by Dom , Sun Dec 6 16:42 Re: Dongle???? by Sandman , Sun Dec 6 17:16 Hint Hint.. Wink Wink by Domnick , Sun Dec 6 20:46 dongle by Princess , Mon Dec 7 14:23 An interesting find in W32DASM... by Craftie , Sun Dec 6 13:37 Answers by Craftie , Sun Dec 6 13:21 My answers to questions 1-4, if u will :) by Lord Soth , Sun Dec 6 12:46 Lord Soth - Question 2 by Sandman , Sun Dec 6 13:11 Thanks! by Lord Soth , Sun Dec 6 13:57 questions 1-4 by the snake , Sun Dec 6 12:35 My answers by Eternal Bliss , Sun Dec 6 11:08 Eternal Bliss - Question 3 by Sandman , Sun Dec 6 12:55 Questions 1-4 by Colin , Sun Dec 6 10:13