-=Cracking sortof´s Crackme v0.1=-
			     by: tarq

			 -=Tools needed=-
	  We will only have to use softice in this one.


			   -=Protection=-
A serial# is generated by the username, there is also a 
anti-smartcheck protection, but we dont have to remove that, since we
dont need to use sc. You can try loading it into softice, u actually
have time to input a name and regnumber and click register before 
the program shuts down. But lets se what we can do using only softice.

			    -=Lets Begin!=-
Ok, fireupp the crackme, input a name and a serial, my will be:
tarq and 123456. What should we break on ? Well, in vb, there are two
funktions that offen are used to compare two strings, __vbastrcomp
and __vbastrcmp. So we can try using them. In softice do:

:bpx __vbastrcomp
:bpx __vbastrcmp

Now, enter name and serial again and press register. We break into 
softice. It breaked on __vbastrcomp :)
Now what ? Well, to display the two strings beeing compared we type:

:d esp l 1

This will give us:

015F:0064F08C  0F00461B 00000000  00422580    004227AC
			          --------    --------
The strings being compared is:     this   and  this
Those adresses might not be the same for you! 

So lets se what they hold:

:d 00422580

Hrm..1.1.8.1.0.0.1.1.8.1.1.8, since its vb its wide char, so it 
really is: 118100118118
The otherone:

:d 004227AC

Hey :) 1.2.3.4.5.6              

So, 118100118118 is compared with 123456 = our serial.

So try using 118100118118.

Well i´ll be damned. Nice Job! 

Next step would be to make a keygen for this.

Thanks to E_Bliss for a great site for all us newbies 

If you have any question or anything,
mail to: ingetalls@hotmail.com