Is it already available for download ?
There is no info about subversion (a,b,...) on PID's website ?
BTW gorgeous program, I really appreciate the huge amount of work that was, is being and will (hopefully) be put into creating this great piece of software...
Honestly, thank you :)

it will be released next week. tages seems to have a newer version (v5.4 ?) within spellforce 2 (+ patch v1.01) and act of war high tension patch 1.

i´ll prolly include some new and more improved app detection like nspack, enigma protector, exestealth, molebox, themida...

another new detection is Sysiphus, this protection is a joke it seems.
lots of read errors to fool burning apps but just a simple GetDriveTypeA routine to check the disc. not even antidebug... :rolleyes:

thx but without the help of a good m8 PiD won´t have this success, it isn´t coded just by myself.

yep of course ;)

Hi

I have try your tool, but on Desperados2 Coopers Revange he say no protection found. Why he not find the protection used in the .exe file ?

Perhaps, because it's not protected by any of the known commercial copy protections? Doesn't the documentation of ProtectionID tell you what to do in such a situation?

prolly new tages v5.4 or higher also seen in Panzer Elite Action.
next week i´ll release pid v5.1b wich detects Tages > v5.3.

I have hear that the game have Tages but i not know what for a version.

I wait then for the new version :)

Thanks

http://pid.gamecopyworld.com -> progress update with screens

recent changelog:
v5.1b

- added: Tages v5.3.0.0 - v5.5.0.1 (or newer) detection
- added: Laserlok build date detection if possible
- added: Armadillo v4.42 detection
- added: ASprotect v2.1, v2.2 and v2.3 detection
- added: MoleBox v2.x.x [generic] detection
- added: MoleBox v2.2.3, v2.2.4, v2.2.5, v2.2.6, v2.2.8 and v2.3.0, v2.3.3, v2.4.0, v2.5.0, v2.5.5, v2.5.12 detection
- added: NSPack v1.0 - v2.8, v2.9, v3.0, v3.1, v3.4, v3.6 and generic detection
- fixed: Armadillo v4.40 was detected as v4.10 - v4.20 in some files

the list isn´t final yet. i want to add another securom feature i´m working on atm.
also jowood updated their "x-prot" protection (v2.0 ???). see Panzer Elite Action Multiplayer Demo.

atm i´m working a bit more on Tages improvements.
but i still need the game executables + dlls of the following games:

- ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern (should be tages v5.1/v5.2)
- Desperados 2 (dvd version with tages v5.5)
- Asterix & Obelix 2 (tages v5.1/v5.2)
- Panzer Elite Action (tages v5.4/v5.5 + custom jowood protection)
- Fahrenheit (patched v1.1, tages v5.2)

contact me via pm if you got some of the listed games above
and you want to help improving Protection ID.

Video Store !!
 

Tomorrow I´ll have a look @ the video store, maybe I can find some of the games.:)

V.... S.... !!
 

But I also have collected 39 exe,dlls which I would like to send u in winrar-format. Tell me if u need `em. If this off topic mods please delete.

thx our local video store didn´t have these games exept fahrenheit (but securom 7 version), i already checked

see pm ;)

v5.1b released

this build is updated again to detect the latest protections and to sqeeze a few bugs.

- added: Tages v5.3.0.0 - v5.5.0.1 (or newer) detection
- added: Laserlok build date detection if possible
- added: StarForce protection infos (depending on what options were used to protect the game)
- added: Armadillo v4.42 detection
- added: ASprotect v2.1, v2.2 and v2.3 detection
- added: ASProtect v2.x [unknown version] detection
- added: MoleBox v2.x.x [generic] detection
- added: MoleBox v2.2.3, v2.2.4, v2.2.5, v2.2.6, v2.2.8 and v2.3.0, v2.3.3, v2.4.0, v2.5.0, v2.5.5, v2.5.12 detection
- added: NSPack v1.0 - v2.8, v2.9, v3.0, v3.1, v3.4, v3.6 and generic detection
- added: UPX v2.00 detection
- improved: ASProtect v2.0 detection
- fixed: Armadillo v4.40 was detected as v4.10 - v4.20 in some files
- fixed: annoying Starforce bug not reporting protected dlls anymore after executable scanning
- fixed: Protect Disc detection (added a generic string search too)
- fixed: SmartE detection in Softlocx6.ocx
(this protection uses the same wrapper, exept ony byte difference ;P)

expect a new build soon :-)

Hi,
luv your tool :)

current status report of v5.1c *public*

- added: ActiveMARK detection (+ check for unknown/cracked files)
- added: detection if Tages SDK or Tages BASiC is used in protected files
- added: Armadillo v4.44 Beta 1 detection

also i made the log window bigger due several requests...
there are also 2 new screens on my website.

waiting for safedisc 4.70, should be updated pretty quick... ;)

v5.1c is ready to download :)

- added: Protect Disc v7.0 - v7.1 (or newer) detection
- added: Starforce Protect.exe v3.5.xx.xx and v3.6.10.06 - 3.7.16.04 detection
- added: ActiveMARK detection (+ check for unknown versions/cracked files)
- added: detection if Tages SDK or Tages BASiC is used in protected files
- added: Armadillo v4.44 detection
- added: PC Guard v5 detection
- improved: ASPack detection (detects v1.01b, v1.02b, v1.03b, v1.05b, v1.06b - v1.061b, v1.07b, v1.08x, v1.083, v1.084
v2.000, v2.001, v2.1, v2.11, v2.11c - v2.11d, v2.12 and v2.12b)
- improved: TeLock detection (detects v0.42, v0.51, v0.60, v0.70, v0.71, v0.880, v0.85f, v0.90
v0.92a, v0.95, v0.96, v0.98b1, v0.98b2, v0.99, v1.00 and v0.98 Special Build)

Cool.

I download 5.1c, but my McAfee 8 virus scan say, it's troijan New Malware.n :(

False positive. Delete McAfee VirusScan, don't go near Symantec AntiVirus. Get NOD32, Kaspersky or AVG instead; those are proper virus scanners!

THX. I'm now usin AVG free, and all is fine now :cool:

-=[ ProtectionID v6.0 *PRiVATE* ALPHA ]=- (c) CDKiLLER & [x/xxx]
Build 2006-06-20
> Ready

Scanning -> H:\pidv51\Protection_ID.EXE
File Type : Exe, Size : 94837 (017275h) Bytes
[!] UPack v0.399 compressed !
- Scan Took : 0.922 Seconds

UPack is one of the best freeware packers around...
there may be false alarm due the decompresses routine.

yep i´m with NOD wich i think is pretty good. updates alot and i rarely get false detections.

Looking forward for the v6.0...!

About antivirus, I can really recommend NOD32. Works like a charm here... :)

i´m visiting the "With Full Force" festival today, http://withfullforce.de/
after those 3 days i´m going to release an updated version, v5.1d some time next week or the following.

stay tuned ;)

@cdkiller
I am jealous!! :) Have fun. ;)

looking forward to updated version.

back from With Full Force and a new version is ready :)

v5.1d changelog

- added: SecuROM version detection for v7.01, v7.02, v7.10, v7.11, v7.12, v7.20, v7.21, v7.24 and newer
- added: StarForce BASiC detection (no drivers included) (valid only for SF v3.x)
- added: StarForce ProActive v3 detection (you need to scan the protect.exe)
- added: Tages scanning if Device Driver is called (Disc Check)
- fixed: StarForce bug sometimes not reporting if VFS is used

finally a working SecuROM 7 version detection.
scanners just detecting v7.00.00.xxxx are simply wrong.

short game list:

Constantine - SecuROM v7.01
GTA San Andreas - SecuROM v7.02
F.E.A.R. - SecuROM v7.11
Indigo Prophecy - SecuROM v7.12
Stubbs The Zombie - SecuROM v7.18
Serious Sam 2 - SecuROM v7.19
Rogue Trooper - SecuROM v7.20
Sensible Soccer 06 - SecuROM v7.21
Hitman Bloodmoney - SecuROM v7.24

Nice one, well done. ;)

Well Done !
:)

http://rapidshare.de/files/26951443/bge.rar.html

I bought a low budget version of Beyond Good & Evil. I love low budget versions because they are less or not protected in most cases.
This game has a cd check. If have not managed to crack it yet.

But Protection id also does not recognize the cd check string:

"Bitte Beyond Good & Evil CD 3 einlegen"

This exe contains a little more than a simple cd-check: it is protected with Tages ;)

Ok, I'm sorry, seems that you are right. But PiD does not mention any copy protection.

PID Log:
[I] Init cd/dvd sector scan for Drive H
-> Protection : None/Unknown
[!] File appears to have no protection or is using an unknown protection
- Scan Took : 2.547 Seconds

Scanning -> C:\Games\Beyond Good & Evil\BGE.exe
File Type : Exe, Size : 7700480 (0758000h) Bytes
[!] File appears to have no protection or is using an unknown protection
- Scan Took : 0.235 Seconds

thats because its hard to detect tages, try doing a sector scan on the cd/dvd, it might show up then... tages is 'stealth like' when it comes to detection

noscript, the exe you uploaded is really Tages protected.
The api "DeviceIoControl" is used to call the tages device driver.

the ep of the exe is Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0 but it has custom checks to call the driver wich identifies the original disc.

this version of tages isn´t worth supporting as only Beyond Good & Evil and XIII are using it.

But it would have saved me hours of cracking time *lol*
@tippex: I did a sector scan as you can see in my previous post.

v5.1e is ready to download

- added: SecuROM 7.26 detection
- added: SecuROM 7.xx.xxxx subversions (tested on 90+ executables)
- added: Safedisc seperated detection for v4.50 & v4.60 in executables without version string
- added: Laserlok build detection for v5
- added: Starforce v4 detection inside protect.exe
- added: NSPack v3.3 & v3.5 detection
- added: Armadillo v4.48 detection
- improved: Laserlok Marathon detection
- improved: CodeLok detection
- fixed: Protect DiSC v6.2 build number bug

this build mainly focuses on improving the SecuROM detection, making other detections more generic & faster and improving some code here and there...

*updated file*
when i uploaded the file i checked the Caesar IV Demo wich is the recent SecuROM 7.26.0007 and quickly added this detection too ;)

Big Thx

Thanks Killer. ;)

article on www.copybase.ch

http://copybase.ch/Cb/PHPV2/News/Comments.php?Id=345

:D

special thx to all the people involved into the progress of Protection ID,
you know who you are ;)

Without your help PID would never have become this advanced.

Not without you, that's sure :P
mwahahaha

Just curious, what's v6 doing atm ? Still in progress or development stopped ?

just came back from GamesConvention 2006, played Stalker & Crysis (Singleplayer + LAN), seen latest UT2007 ingame footage, Stranglehold...

best of the show: playing Quake Wars: Enemy Territory on LAN against the developers at Splash Damage :P
wow this game looks so amazing and got the highest level of team based gameplay i´ve seen yet. we played as Stroggs vs. GSF (12:12) in an assault like level with multiple objects for each team: defending bridge, placing mobile turrets & rocket launchers, hack computer, place bomb etc... the level shown included all 5 classes of the stroggs + all their weapons & vehicles. it was just amazing to play this beauty, multiplayer goty award for sure :D

...back to topic ;)
v6.0 is doing fine, but there will be some more v5.1´s first to help keeping users up to date.