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Learn to Crack...you'll find an earlier version of my site faithfully reproduced/pinched here!!

Ok, we got the tools, now we ready to make a start. Hmmm, not quite. That like walking before we crawl. First it be wise to read some/all of these excellent tuts so we get an idea of what involved. These first tuts give the basis of what we need to know BEFORE/AS we start, so read them then we ready to go!!!

Before We Start
Tutorial	Author
Using The Tools
Softice
Some Tools	Fravia
Softice...Basic Tips	The Sandman
Configuring Softice	Mammon
Setup Softice	Greythorne
Softice for Newbies	CoRN2
Softice Breakpoints	Rhayader
Softice Breakpoints...Quick Reference	ZeroDay
Useful Breakpoints	Greythorne
Softice Install	i_magnus
Basic Softice	Icedragon
Softice...Boot Menu	Part of TORN@DO's cRACKER'S nOTES
Softice...Setup	Part of TORN@DO's cRACKER'S nOTES
Softice...Commands	Part of TORN@DO's cRACKER'S nOTES
Softice...Using the Hmemcpy Function	Volatility
Softice...two Methods	Qapla
Useful API Calls with Softice	Lockless
Improving Softice	The Owl
BPX Detection & Tricking1	_duelist
BPX Detection & Tricking2	_duelist
Softice...Short Intro	Renegade
Softice Initialization Strings	?ferret
Configure Softice Dat	McCodEMaN
Softice...Advanced Commands	Lord Soth
Softice...Commands	Vip-Vop
Softice Internals...revision 2	Spath
How to Use the Invoke Function	Acid_Cool_178
Disassemblers
Dead Listing Tools	Mammon
The Great Dead-Listing Excavations	SvD
The Art of Deadlisting	Indian_Trail
Using W32dasm...Very Basic	Krobar
Using W32dasm...More Advanced	MiZ
W32Dasm as Debugger	LaZaRuS
IDA Pro Disassembling	BlackB
IDA Information	Various Authors
IDA Inhancer Patching the IDA.WLL	Jean-Marc
IDA Tuts + Amantes ida Plugins	Arrowfrog and Others
IDA PRO 3.8...Quick Start Guide	DataRescue
IDA Primer	Mammon
Smartcheck
Smartcheck...Like Watching a Movie	Fravia
VB Cracking...Compare Methods & Breakpoints	Eternal Bliss
VB Cracking...Smartcheck Usage	Eternal Bliss
Smartcheck 5	The Sandman
SmartCheck 6.03...Setup and use	Skizo
Smartchecking VB Programs	Hs2L
Win32...Replacement for Hmemcpy Function...vb apps	Bruce Mckinney
Procdump
Working With Procdump	hades
Procdump...Unpack a Packed File	alpine
ProcDump Automatik Script for Aspact 1.08.04	TaMaMBoLo
ProcDump Automatik Script for PCSHRINKER 0.71	TaMaMBoLo
ProcDump Automatik Script for PECompact 0.975b	TaMaMBoLo
ProcDump Automatik Script for VGcrypt 0.75 beta	TaMaMBoLo
Dede
DeDe Intro to using DeDe	Fulgore
DeDe Reversing Delphi With...	CYBER_DAEMON
Dede...Cracking Using...	Godfather
Dede...the help pages	Dafixer (I Guess)
Other
isDcc Installshield Decompiler	adq
TRW2000...Commands and Keys	McCodEMaN
TRW2000 and Hmemcpy	RalDnoR
Useful Tools in Cracking	johnny_aum
Tools...How Do I Work With Them??	BlackB
Tools...Making Then Work Together	Nolan Blender
Using Debug	Renegade
Borland Resource Workshop A Mighty Tool	Fravia
Using Filemon	Jeff
Using Regmon	Jeff
Using Hexworkshop	MiZ
Using Hiew...Very Basic	Krobar
Using the Registry Editor...Very Basic	Krobar
Windows Registry...Part 1	Acid_Cool_178
Windows Registry...Part 2	Acid_Cool_178
Basic Assembly
Newbie Guide to Assembly	Cruehead
Newbie Guide to Registers	Cruehead
Newbie Guide to Common Instructions	Cruehead
Newbie Guide to The Stack	Cruehead
Newbie Guide to Conditional Jumps	Cruehead
Newbie Guide to Bitmanipulation Instructions	Cruehead
Assembly for Beginners	The Cyborg
Overview of Assembly	Mammon
Assembly for Crackers	CoRN2
Assembly for Crackers II	LaZaRuS
Assembly...Quick Reference	Nicholas Janzen
Adam's Assembler Tutorial 1.0	Adam...I Guess!!
Quick Reference Mini API List...Hlp Format	+Sync
Quick Reference Opcodes...Hlp Format	Hutch
Hex To Mnemonix	Hutch
Identifying Function, Arguments, & Variables	Rhayader
Assembly Programming 1	_masta
Assembly Programming 2	_masta
Simple Patcher in ASM	Cruehead
API's & Using Them	Rat Heart
Win32ASM Tut...Pointers	fuzzyCaT
The Maths Co-Processor	Cruehead
Assembly Language Reference	Dr.ME
Calculating Offsets	Lord Rhesus
Pentium Instruction Set Help Format	Mindweaver??
Pentium Instruction Set Program Format	SV
ASCII Characters...Hlp Format	Unknown
ASM Intro	Draeden
ASM Intro...Intro to 32Bit Assembler...hlp format	????
ASM...reference guide	ProZaq
ASM v.2...reference guide	ProZaq
Calls...and how they make use of the stack	Ignatz
Numbers...About the notation of	red-1
Quick Reference Opcodes...Html Format	RalDnoR
Processor Basics...Processor and Memory	Red-1
Reversing Generals...Good Guide	Ignatz
General Beginner
Crack any Registration Protection	Suby
String Search to Register	MaLiTTiA
Programming & Reverse Engineering on the PC	Icedragon
The World of the Crack	GEnius
Getting Started	CrackZ
Starting a Crack	LaZaRuS
Newbie Guide to Cracking	CrackZ
The Mortal Crack FAQ	wAj
The Mortal Crack FAQ 2	WaJ
Cracking for Dummies1	Fravia
Cracking for Dummies2	Fravia
What to Look For	Cruehead
Basic Methods in Cracking	widY@cL 2011
Guide to Crack Groups	ZuLu
Guide to Approaches	Bomber Monkey
Guide To Not Sucking	Bomber Monkey
A DREADed Guide to Cracking	MisterE
Crack Tips for Newbies	LW2000
Starting Out	attiTude
Software History & Cracking	+Rcg
Antidebugging	c4n
Cracking for Dummies	Robin Hood
Shadows Tut to Win32 World	Shadow
Newbie Cracking Tutorial	Bisoux
Getting Started Tutorial	NiTrO
dKC's Methods Tutorial	dAKuRioUSCHiLD
The Cracking Tutorial...with examples	SiGMA
The Penguins Cracking Tutorial	The Penguin
Cracking Like Kwazy	Kwazy Webbit
Make Your Own KeyGen	ShADe
T.U.G....The Ultimate Guide to Cracking for Newbies	yAtEs
A Cracking Tutorial for Newbies	FlOrEsTaN
Ghiribizzo's Cracking Tutorial	Ghiribizzo
Good Beginner Guide...Winzip Self-Extractor 2.1	BiSHoP
The "all new"-newbie tutorial!	RevX
Finding Serials Excellent...Must Read!!	HaNs
Patching Excellent...Must Read!!!	HaNs
Cracking Tutorial - Part 1	TeCh~LoRd
A Beginners Tutorial	ByteBurn
Software Re-engineering for Dummies : An Overview	romeo
Ac|dFuSiO's_Newbie_Cracking_Aid	Ac|dFuSiO
Uncle Joe's CrackBook ...volume 1	Uncle Joe
Very Easy Cracking ...Tutorial 1	BuLLeT
Very Easy Cracking ...Tutorial 2	BuLLeT
The Newbie Way	Netvudu
Beginner Cracking	Crashtest
Mastering The Art...Part I	ArthaXerXes
Mastering The Art...Part II	ArthaXerXes
Mastering The Art...Part III	ArthaXerXes
Blind Angels' Tut for beginners	Blind Angel
Rith Tutorial VB, Packed...excellent beginners	Rith
Reverse Engineering on PC...Basic Concepts	Icedragon
Cracking...An Intro	Volatility
Basic Cracking Knowledge	noodlespa
FAQ Questions Answered	Cracking UK
General Cracking Tut	_CbD_
Good Intro to Cracking Excellent for Beginners	dr_daze
How to Crack Lesson 1	+ORC
How to Crack Lesson 2	+ORC
Quantum-X's Cracking Tut	Quantum-X
SopheCumen Tutorials ShitHot Series of Tuts	SopheCumen
Forgers Win32 API Tuts Good series of tuts	Forger
Intro to Downloading Unzipping and Installing	USA
Cracking Guide...Part 1	MR NICK
Cracking Guide...Part 2	MR NICK
Cracking Tutorial for Newbies...by a newbie	Chopinman
How To Write a Tut	ASTAGA
Learn to Crack...Generals Explained	Ignatz
MaX's cracking tutorial for da poor...Tut and Targets	MaX
Manually Upack PECompact V1.43...Tut and Target	CoDe_InSiDe
Added Jan/02
API Guide 3.6...835 functions in program form	KPD-Team
Ascii Character Chart	Dave Lord
ASCII Values...gives ASCII equivalent of characters	David De Groot
ASM Coding	Detten
BRWorkshop...making password 'stars' visible	Lord Caligo
BRWorkshop...use to edit menu choices	Leita & Wieder
ByteBurn's Tut for Newbies...heaps of info here	ByteBurn
Cracking Guide...For beginners (this a good one)	Bengaly
Cracking...How to get started	dC
Cracking...the basic rules!!	ParaBytes
Cracking...Some Ways to Crack a program!!	Invoker
Cracking Tutorial #1...with target	hmemcpy
Cracking Tutorial...Part 1	TeCh~LoRd
Cracking Tutorial...Part 2	TeCh~LoRd
dRAg0n'S Cracking Lesson 1	dRAg0n
ED!SON's Windows 95 Cracking Tutorial...v1.oo	ED!SON
ExDec...for Pcode VB apps...(with target)	josephco
ExeScope...Remove a nag	Sempai^LasH
How to Crack...Newbie Tutorial 1.0	SvenZZon
How to Crack...Version 2 for beginners	-FlyeRacK-
IDA Tutorial	Ghiribizzo
Mastering The Art...Part IV	ArthaXerXes
Mastering The Art...Part V	ArthaXerXes
Newbies Guide to Cracking...with examples	ThrawN
Ollydbg 1.03...Using to debug Melody 1.52	Hoof Arted
Ollydbg 1.04...Using to debug Space 1.2	Hoof Arted
Patch Files...How to	HaQue
Procdump...on ULead Cool 3D 2.5	Torn@do
Step by Step Guide...EZClean 4.0	meRlin
Step by Step Guide...Singularity 4.04	e-nigma
Softice Cracking Overview	LW2000
Softice Command reference	Numega I spose
Softice Manual...for dos...txt format	Numega I spose
Softice Manual...new, complete...pdf format	Numega I spose
Softice...the very basics	CrackZ
Softice Tut...basic	SiONiDE
Tasm...tut about...	Lucifer48
The #Cracking4Newbies FAQ	Carpathia
Thinking Like a Cracker...a lesson for the beginner	The_RudeBoy_
W32dasm Debugger...essay about how and when to use!!	ParaBytes
W32dasm & Hiew...To Crack DeltaMail (with pics)	Master_Of_Disaster
W32dasm & Hiew...Using to crack WebPublisher 2.3	Sempai^LasH
Windows 95 Cracking Tutorial...an Intro	eXact
Windows Registry Guide 2.1...Tips, tricks, & tweaks	RegEdit.com
Windows Registry Guide 3.4...Tips, tricks, & tweaks	WinGuides.com
Windows Registry...Torn apart	Ankit Fadia
Win-eXpose-Registry...using to find missing regfile	Punisher
Wizdec...Installshield Disassembler	vman_
Lets Make a Start

Ok, we got through that??? Now we gonna make a start with our cracking.

Crackmes are made both to test our skill and give us experience at the different protection schemes that programs have (as well as coding experience for the people that write them, I guess). The benefit is that we just get the important protection scheme and not all the crap that goes with it. Don't get me wrong, the craps what we want, but we dont need it for now.

So what we gonna do is 'crack' some crackmes, starting with simple and moving on to more difficult. In this way we gonna gain experience at different protections and the tools we gotta use.

Lots of sites got crackmes, but the most I seen come from The Crackme Website....a great site!

We start with a crackme by Brad Soblesky.

• First we find the serial number using softice.
• Next we use W32dasm to look at the code to see where we can 'patch' it.
• Next..we use Hiew to make changes permanent,
• Then we use a patch machine to make our own 'crack'.

By the way! You will notice that my tuts arent very commented. So if anybody wants to take the time to email me with anything to add...I be more than happy. Like I said earlier...I at very basic level, so are my tuts. But I found writing tuts a good way to increase my own knowledge, so, hehe, here they are!!!

Crackme	Tutorial
Crackme1 by Brad Soblesky	Kro_baR...Softice.................Tut 1
	Kro_baR...W32dsam............Tut 2
	Kro_baR...Hiew....................Tut 3
Download the whole lot!	Kro_baR...Make a Crack....Tut 4

Ok. We on to our second crackme (it wasnt actually called crackme2, but I calling it that for our tuts). This one is by Acid Burn and has two levels and a nag that we have to disable.

• The first level is a serial which we gonna use as a refresher.
• The next level is name/serial so we'll give that a go.
• We also going to patch it so that we can enter any name/serial. Patching is not normally 'allowed' with crackmes, but we going to do it to get the experience.
• Then we going to disable the nag.
• And yep...we also going to make a crack that gets rid of the nag, and allows us to enter any name/serial.

So get the crackme and have a look at it. See what it does then go to tut 5 in our series.

Lets Carry On
Crackme	Tutorial
Crackme2 by Acid Burn	Kro_baR...Serial.......................Tut 5
	Kro_baR...Name/Serial............Tut 6
	Kro_baR...Patching..................Tut 7
	Kro_baR...Nag: Sice/Hiew.......Tut 8
Download the whole lot!	Kro_baR...Make a Crack........Tut 9

We now ready to start on some programs.

• In Tut 10 we carry on from our serial fishing.
• In Tut 11 we get rid of a nag and patch the time limit so we can use it forever!
• In Tut 12 we crack an easy visual basic program Added Nov/00