Guide to Cracking.........

Some Programs(check it)
Windows Enforcer v4.1, (http://posum.com).
Start Clean v1.0. (http://users.aol.com/felhasan/index.htm).
BS/1 Small Business v1.1h, (Davis Business Systems, http://www.dbsonline.com).
Spear Internet Marketing Tool Beta Release 1, (http://www.metafuse.com).
Premia Codewright Professional v5.1, (http://www.premia.com).
Cygnus v1.5, (http://www.softcircuits.com).
Vulcan Notes v2.13, (http://www.webcom.com/vulcan).
WinHacker 95 v2.0 (http://www.winhacker.com).
DiskCopy v4.0 (http://members.aol.com/ron2222).
Emulive Wave Audio Encoder v2.2 (http://www.emulive.com).
Space Monitor v1.1a (http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/parasoft/spacemon).
Any Speed v1.3 (http://www.pysoft.com).
ScrnSaveSwitch/Plus v4.50 (http://www.ssswitch.com).
File-Ex v2.00c (http://www.cottonwoodsw.com).
Jot Note Manager 32-bit v1.3 (http://www.mjmarshall.demon.co.uk).
BONUS - Virtual Gibbs v4.23.13 (http://info@gibbsnc.com).

Intro....
Welcome to the first document about the subject of cracking, this tutorial is aimed at a target audience of people taking their first steps into the world of cracking although a few of the cracks may interest more experienced crackers. Experienced crackers or those with programming knowledge may like to skip this tutorial as most of the cracks covered are fairly basic.

You should familiarise yourself with the many Internet search engines (I recommend Yahoo / AltaVista) in order to track these programs down, I’ve tried to give url’s where I can but they will no doubt expire during my writing of this document, if you are lucky enough to find me on EFNET I may be persuaded to provide you with the files. Remember that later versions of these programs may and often do use the same protection mechanism.

WHAT IS CRACKING?

Well, Cracking is essentially the process of understanding how computer programs operate, its traditional use has been for disabling or beating the numerous protection schemes which are placed upon many applications and games today. I am legally obliged to say that I do not support software piracy in any of its guises and that this document is purely for educational use.

TOOLS

One of the first things you will need to do in order to crack is to equip yourself with a good set of tools, the better you prepare the better you will crack. At the minimum you will need a Windows debugger, a HEX editor and a good Windows Disassembler plus other auxiliary tools for specific cracks. Copies of Borland C++, Visual Basic & Visual C++ are also useful even if you are not yet able to program. I have suggested those tools you obtain below.

NuMega’s Softice - The best windows debugger. I use v3.22 for Windows 95, get v2.8 /2.6 for DOS also.
Hackers View or any other good HEX editor.
WinDASM v8.9, alternatively Sourcer, IDA Professional.
NaTzGUL’s InstallShield Disassembler - now an essential tool.
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