Unprotect for Star Glider BE SURE TO BACKUP YOUR DISK BEFORE STARTING AND USE THE BACK UP FOR THE UNPROTECT. Modify only the backup copy!!! First you should rename the file or files MAIN.EXE TO MAIN Ex. C>rename main.exe main Next Load program into debug... Ex. C>debug main Then Follow the sample debug session: -s 0000 ffff 75 06 c6 06 23 : Search of protection pattern XXXX:YYYY : The search will return one addresses. If more or less than one are returned this unprotect may not work. -e YYYY 90 90 : Edit the contents of the computed address Now write the new main game back to the disk: -w Writing XXXX bytes Then Quit Debug: -q Now it is time to rename main back to main.exe C>ren main main.exe Now try to run the new (Hopefully) unprotected version of Star Glider just push CR when asked question. C>main ************************************************************************** * * * * S P E C I A L A N N O U N C E M E N T * * * * Now the debugging tool used by "Super Dave" is available to you. The software that enabled the the breaking of this program and others like, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade - De-protected in 3hrs using D86 Police Quest II - De-protected in 2hrs using DOS's Debug Leasure Suit Larry III - De-protected in 1hr using DOS's Debug Colonel's BeQuest - De-protected in .5hr using DOS's Debug Monday Night Football - De-protected in .5hr using DOS's Debug Sargon IV - De-protected in .5hr using D86 just to name a few. All you need is a PC-AT compatible, the HOT_BRK software and your favorite debugger. With it you can break into your debugger at anytime, just as if you had a hardware debugging tool (even if the program re-vectors the video, keyboard & break point vectors. No more single stepping through the program trying to find the point when if asks for the protection, just run the program normally and when the protection is encountered break into your debugger and single step through it. This tool is also great for debugging your own software. When the software locks up break into the debugger to find out why, stop at any point to examine memory or change values on the fly. And as if all this weren't enough the registered version of AT-SLOW is built in. Now you can slow down those games that run to fast on your 286/386/486 machine. Drop back to DOS in those programs that normally lockup your computer and require a re-boot. All this is available to you for only $40 including shipping. Just send a check or money order to: David Keil 10 W. Wilburn Ave. Greenville, SC 29611 or call: (803) 295-4971 or (803) 859-6868 for more information or to place your order using your credit card through Summit Computers. We take MC/Visa/AMEX and Discover. or leave me mail on my BBS listed below. Note: This software is only a tool. If you have never de-protected software and don't know assembler or how to use a dynamic debugger this software will not on its own enable you to de-protect software. If however you have de-protected software and/or have assembler experience this software will enable you to debug and de-protect software that you never thought possible faster and easer than you thought possible. Let the list of broken software above prove its worth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unprotect Brought to you courtesy of Super Dave Super Dave can be reached at: Hackers Paradise BBS (On-line 10-01-89) (803) 269-7899 Greenville, SC