dRaG0n´s CrAcKinG Lesson 3

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dRaG0n CrAcKinG Lesson

 · 28 Jun 2024

Tools you need

• Softice V.3.X
• W32dasm V8.X
• Winamp V2.X
• Hiew 5.xx

Introduction

Hey ya ...
Welcome to Lesson 3 =) ...

Our target is Winamp V2.0 ... i think very much ppl are using it , cause it´s a very great
program ...

I hope u will enjoy thiz Lesson ... so Lets ´rOck.. :-)

Cracking Winamp V2.0 with Softice

I will do thiz in Steps , so its better to Understand :-) .. like in the other Lessons ...

Step 1

Run Winamp , go to "Winamp..." / "Shareware" / "Enter licence info" ....

Step 2

Enter "dRag0n FFO98" as name and "777777" as dummy serial .. enter S-iCE ...
Now we´ll set the most common Breakpoints .

"Bpx GetDlgItemTextA"
"Bpx GetWindowTextA"

Now leave S-iCE .

Step 3

Press "Ok" button and let S-iCE break ... wHat dA heLl is thAt ?!?
We cannot press the "OK" button ... hmmm .. hehe ...
To let S-iCe break we just have to enter any more number to the sErial box ...

Ahh..."break duo to BPX GetDlgItemTextA ... "

Step 4

Now press "F11" to go to where it was called from ... You will see following Code now ..

           :00403717   FF15E8664400    Call [User32!GetDlgItemTextA] ; Get text in Box 
           :0040371D   53              Push EBX                      ; Push Ebx to Stack 
           :0040371E   53              Push EBX                      ; Push Ebx to Stack 
           :0040371F   688C040000      Push 0000048C                 ; Push 48C to 
           :00403724   FF7508          Push Dword Ptr [Ebp+08]       ; Push Value from 
                                                                     ; [Ebp+08] to Stack 
           :00403727   FF15B0664400    Call [User32!GetDlgItemInt]   ; Get Text in Box 
           :0040372D   8BF0            Mov Esi,Eax                   ; Move Eax -> Esi 
           :0040372F   8D4580          Lea Eax,[Ebp-80]              ; Eax = Ebp-80 
           :00403732   50              Push Eax                      ; Push Eax to Stack 
           :00403733   E8407C0000      Call 0040B378                 ; The Call to the 
                                                                     ;  Calculation algor. ;) 
           :00403738   83C404          Add Esp,04                    ; Add 04 to Esp 
           :0040373B   3BC6            Cmp Eax,Esi                   ; After Calculating 
                                                                     ; the code in the call 
                                                                     ; above , it Compares 
                                                                     ; our dummySerial with 
                                                                     ; the right one ... 
           :0040373D   7509            Jnz 00403748                  ; Jump to "BAD 
                                                                     ; CRACKER" else to 
                                                                     ; "Good Buyer" =)

Step 5

So ... After haveing a good look at the asm code, we notify , that there´s a compare between Eax,Esi ... Trace with "F10" till you are on this "Cmp Eax,Esi" command .

Step 6

Now do a "? esi" and you will see your dummy code ... like thiz ...

         " 00012FD1    0000077777    Ascii here "

Now do a "? eax" .. and what do we see ?

         " 0101E7CE    0016902094    Ascii here " ... our real Serial ... =)

Step 7

Write "16902094" down and do " BD * " to disable all breakpoints ... and leave SiCE ..

Replace our dummy serial with the number we got ... WoW .. we can press the "OK" button now , kewl ..

----- Licenced to : dRag0n FFO98 (16902094) -----

Last Words

Great , we got it ;) ... Now remove the last "RegisteredTo" line in your Winamp.ini ...andtry to crack it without thiz tutorial =)

So , that wasn´t that hard ... hehe ... but like i always say .. Learning by doing .. =) ..

Ok , Star Trek Voyager comes now on tv .. have to see it .. hehe ;-)
Hope to see you in Lesson 4 =) ..

L8r . . . dRag0n FFO98