Difficulty : 3? You decide. I'm interested in your opinion of the difficulty level!
Language : .NET
Platform :  Microsoft Windows
OS Version : Microsoft Windows XP and Above
Packer / Protector : Intellilock

Description :

Figure out the correct string for the textbox. If correct, you will be prompted with a "Success!" messagebox. 

Screenshot :

12182016CrackMe.zip

Level in my opinion is 1. Here my solution.

 

Spoiler

Correct serial is: DP4YGP74THX052O

How to solve:

- Break on MessageBox.Show method on System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox then trace until we find the method responsible to perform the check

The comparision between inserted serial and the correct serial is made through CompareString:

Then have the right serial to solve the challenge:

 

 

Edited December 19, 20168 yr by crystalboy

3 hours ago, crystalboy said:

Level in my opinion is 1. Here my solution.

 

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Correct serial is: DP4YGP74THX052O

How to solve:

- Break on MessageBox.Show method on System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox then trace until we find the method responsible to perform the check

The comparision between inserted serial and the correct serial is made through CompareString:

Then have the right serial to solve the challenge:

 

 

Awesome, thank you for your freedback!

Yeah the main reason I did this was to see if someone could see the raw string. I used something that 'scrambles' the string I used (DP4YGP74THX052O) in the source. So if someone uses a reflector they would see the wrong string. But, I guess it actually doesn't work which is fine I was just seeing how that plus obfuscation would work out together.

I can show you what I mean about the 'scrambles' part when I get home.

I'll still use the scramble method because I use some external .ini files for my programs, and if I scramble the text in the .ini files my program 'deceypts' it and can still reads what my settings are. Also if a user opens the .ini it's just random looking strings too. So it's okay I guess.

 

Edited December 19, 20168 yr by {qP}
Forgot something.

Most obfuscators are useless against debuggers if you are trying to hide values, just makes it a little more annoying...

Easy

 

 

Solved by hooking microsoft.visualbasic.compilerservices.operators.comparestring and forcing it to return 0