Need some pointers

Originally Posted by Satyric0n

Hi, lorn.

I installed the app to see if I could give you a hand. After I unpacked it, I started to look through it, and things seemed broken. I assumed I unpacked it wrong, so I tried using the original packed binary, and I still couldn't get the app to work. It seems the app is either really buggy, or just doesn't like my computer.

Either way, sorry I can't be of any real help here. I uncovered some stuff looking through IDA's disassembly of the app (the 'Enter License Key' form's validation code, and the code that then loads the key from the registry on app startup, and the code that shows the license/trial info on the about screen), but I assume you have already seen all that.

Regards

Hey Satyric0n,

I used stripper v2.07 to unpack it. It did the job, the program started right up and my patches worked as well. I tried using some other unpackers and they gave me problems that sounded a lot like you were describing :-). I guess the pure solution would have been to manually unpack the thing... but when you have a good unpacker it's hard to not go that route. Thanks for the attempt, though... appreciate it.

Take care