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Okay, I think some of you are confusing creating a virtual image of a CD with using a no-CD patch which is really a tweaked exe that doesn't check for a said media when running a program...
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Originally posted here by ;TT
Okay, I think some of you are confusing creating a virtual image of a CD with using a no-CD patch which is really a tweaked exe that doesn't check for a said media when running a program...
No, no confusion here.
Just offering alternatives.
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It is illegal since the DMCA to write/use software specifically created to circumvent copyprotection mechanisms. That said, it is also illegal to jaywalk and smoke pot but I dont tell people not to do those either. However, last time I checked- the US (despite our increasingly strict laws on reverse engineering) is still a free country (mostly :)), and that means that I can talk about reverse engineering all I want. I know some of you have to resist the urge to bundle your children up and carry them to safety and place a call to the FBI when you see someone interested in playing with software they own on a machine they own, but wait I have a secret to tell you... if you payed for the software, no one gives a **** if you crack it. Its not worth anyones time or trouble to bother someone with a case they may lose and that doesnt matter anyway. Reverse engineering is one of the best ways to learn assembly and the methods you learn to debug code are invaluabe if you wish to move on to hunting for bugs and creating exploits. While I'm telling secrets, I'll tell you another one: all the people here who post about how horrible it is to reverse engineer stuff, don't know anything about it anyway and probably cant disassemble a toaster. If you would really like to learn here is what I suggest. Find yourself a book on Assembly language for the 80386 family. Get your self some debugging tools. There are plenty of free ones out there, some I like are:
IDA Pro Disassembler/Debugger: There is a free version (Last time I checked) and a pay version. A very nice product and worth the small price if you like it.
Olly Debugger Disassembler/Debugger: Probably the coolest free debugger there is.
and of course the one whose reputation precedes it....
Compuware/Numega SoftIce Disassembler/Debugger/Driver Studio: This product is not free, however it is cool as ****. It supports full kernel level debugging,remote debugging via serial/ethernet/modem, symbol loader,comes with a framework for creating NDIS drivers and other drivers,etc,etc.
HexWorkshop Hex Editor supreme
Now, go find yourself some tutorials and have fun and learn something, or you can sit around here and whine about how no one ever talks about anything interesting on AO anymore and wait for the next curious person to neg the **** out of.
-Maestr0
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MAY BE OFF TOPIC:
hey i used clone cd ( virtual cd drive) in my computer for a while and it did copy my quake III game quite well and it also worked GR8, but all good things have to come to an end and like wise the trial period expired . so plz give a try to clone cd.
and by the by how legal is it to clone a cd on to a virtual drive ( just wondeing)
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might be my over simplification of things but can't you just look into hows the command dd work in linux, cos thats to image disks isnt it and I suppose you then would mounting that image cause it to work?
so if you were to write something like this u'd need to create an application similar to mount that mounts the disk image you have created of it using the dd clone,
just a thought
i2c
