Simulating a Button Push

[bilbo]

lilmeanman,
I think I did not understand what are you doing... These are my guesses...

Originally Posted by lilmeanman

The serial method is way long and so I've decided to brute-force it.

You are not trying to bruteforce it, just to bypass its authentication.

Originally Posted by lilmeanman

Here's what I've acomplished so far:
Make it accept all serials.
Remove the Length Check so you don't have to enter a serial.
Now what I need to know is if you can simulate a button push.

You do not want to simulate a button push, just to skip the authentication routine after having patched the executable here and there.

Originally Posted by lilmeanman

if I jump to it say, right before the "Register" text shows up, or any other place i've tried, I get a read access error.

You must defeat, before, possible CRC and debugger checks.

Originally Posted by lilmeanman

Maybe someone can download it and help me a bit (www.popcap.com)

I've no time to "play" (in the literal sense ) with it now, but as far as I know, it is an ActiveMark protected executable.

Have a look at http://community.reverse-engineering.net/viewtopic.php?t=3384

Regards, bilbo

Yes your right (mostly)

I have found where it checks the username + code when it retrieves the info from the registry, however I can NOT find any conditional jumps anywhere!

There must be a conditional jump after the calculation routine somewhere?!?