Re: ASProtect
- From: "Nic Roche" <nicroche@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:30:49 +1000
BTW:
I am adding resources to executables after the exe is compiled.
Any settings I apply in ASProtect to the original exe, stop this ability.
Looks like a great product tho...
Nic Roche
"Andrew Jameson" <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dear John,
>
> IMHO software protection is a can of worms that you'll end up worrying
> about forever ... face it, if your product's any good then it'll be hacked
> ... if it's really good, you'll find your product all over crackz /
> serialz / warez sites ... but the reality is that this situation will not
> impact your potential sales ... in fact you might consider it to be not
> only flattering but also it's actually a form of advertising !
>
> We've launched several products without being badly hit ... then we
> launched Letter Rack 3D ... a month later there was a sudden plethora of
> serial numbers and keygens. We rapidly responded by using a range of
> commercial protection software schemes ... all were eventually defeated
> ... some through our misunderstanding of the product usage ... but none
> can ever be 100% effective.
>
> If you carefully trawl through crackz sites, you will see all the 'big
> boys' there ... Adobe, MicroSoft ... all broken !
>
> Advice ? ... We brewed some of our basic protection and added CRC
> protection to our files but you could look at TurboPower's OnGuard, it's
> free including source :
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/tponguard/
>
> Other advice ? Trialware with usage restrictions ... avoid it if possible
> as most can be easily reset using common tools like RegMon and FileMon to
> determine key dependencies. Also, nearly all protected programs use it
> all at start up and launch dialogs to tell the user that passwords are
> invalid or that the program has been illegally modified ... these provide
> great markers for disassemblers. So put some protection up front but then
> retest somewhere deep in your code or use some concealed time event when
> it will test the protection again.
>
> Do some homework, look around a hackers sites (be wary of trojans, adware
> and viruses) and look at techniques and tools that they use, you'll find
> all the techniques to reverese engineer most of the commercial protection
> schemes ... we've even contacted a few forums and got some good advice
> from hackers ... but don't lose sleep over it !
>
> Andrew
>
>
> "John McTaggart" <john_at_compnet101_dot_com> wrote in message
> news:4265b8de@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I'm looking for something that will keep the casual
>> hackers at bay with a minimal amount of work..
>>
>> Anyone have experience with this product?
>>
>> John McTaggart
>>
>>
>
>
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