Cracking Tutorial for File Shredder 2.5
 
 


Target Program: File Shredder 2.5
Description: File Shredder for Windows 95/NT is a small utility that will completely erase the contents of sensitive files and entire folders that you specify. Normal file deletion only removes a file’s directory entry, but leaves the data contained in the file on your disk drive. File Shredder completely overwrites the contents of a file and then deletes it.
Location: http://www.execpc.com/~sbd
Protection: User Name & Organization & Registration Nr.
Tools needed: - SoftICE 3.24
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I don't know why a anyone should request a tutorial for File Shredder 2.5 - but I got a request. As I looked at File Shredder I thought this was a joke - I asked the guy - but unfortunately it was no; so anyone who can't crack this easy protection may read this tut - BTW, I think Gregory Braun protects all his GREAT programs that way! Now let's start our Cracking Session.
Go to the registration tab and enter "cRACKiNG tUT0RiAL" as User Name, "N/A" as Organization and "12345" as Reg #. After that enter SoftICE and set a BPX to HMEMCPY. Then press the "OK"-Button. Since there were three input fields, we can skip the first two ones. So as SoftICE pops up press CTRL-D (two times). Then just press F12 about 9 times - now you'll be looking at the following code snippet:
 
   :00401450    CMP     BYTE PTR [ESP+10],00     ; Reg # enterd?
   :00401455    JZ      0040150E
   :0040145B    CMP     BYTE PTR [EDI],00        ; User Name enterd?
   :0040145E    JNZ     00401469                 ; If enterd JMP
   :00401460    CMP     EDI,-32
   :00401463    JZ      0040150E
   :00401469    LEA     EAX,[ESP+10]
   :0040146D    PUSH    EAX
   :0040146E    CALL    00408890
   :00401473    ADD     ESP,04
   :00401476    MOV     EBX,EAX
   :00401478    PUSH    00414094                 ; "Gregory Braun"
   :0040147D    PUSH    EDI                      ; "cRACKiNG tUT0RiAL"
   :0040147E    CALL    [KERNEL32!lstrcmp]       ; compare them
   :00401484    TEST    EAX,EAX
   :00401486    JNZ     004014AC
   :00401488    PUSH    00414080                 ; "Software By Design"
   :0040148D    PUSH    EBP                      ; "N/A"
   :0040148E    CALL    [KERNEL32!lstrcmp]       ; compare them
   :00401494    TEST    EAX,EAX
   :00401496    JNZ     004014AC
   :00401498    CMP     EBX,0000038D
   :0040149E    JNZ     004014AC
   :004014A0    PUSH    EBP
   :004014A1    PUSH    EDI
   :004014A2    CALL    00403500
   :004014A7    ADD     ESP,08
   :004014AA    MOV     EBX,EAX
   :004014AC    PUSH    EBP                      ; "N/A"
   :004014AD    PUSH    EDI                      ; "cRACKiNG tUT0RiAL"
   :004014AE    CALL    00403500                 ; calculate real code
   :004014B3    ADD     ESP,08
   :004014B6    CMP     EAX,EBX                  ; compare real & fake code
   :004014B8    JZ      004014D8                 ; JMP if Reg # is ok

So you just have to do a "? EAX" at 4014B6 in SoftICE and you get the real code - the fake code is stored in EBX.You should know how to crack File Shredder 2.5 now.
 
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