It works under Win9x but it has an interresting 'feature' under Win98SE : when I click on the 'Quit' button (or is it 'End' ?), Win98SE crashes and/or reboots. The same thing if I use Alt+F4 to end Protection_ID.
The only thing that ends it without crashing is to kill the process.

atm a Protection_id_v5.0_final_b is in development wich fixes some minor bugs and perhaps (!) the Win9x crash bug.

if it cannot be fixed, i will only support win2k / winxp / win2k3
in my later versions. you will all benfit from this decision
because my tool can have a lot more features in these operation systems.

check the autoupdate or my site to see when the update is available.

@cdkiller

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Okay, will keep an eye out for the next release.

there is a bug in the PiD 5.0 When I choose to check for an update, it download an "new" file. And then I extract and bla bla bla....it's download the thing again.... so I gues I got the l8est...but Protection ID dosen't think so.....:rolleyes:

this bug is already fixed in v.5.0.final.b wich i will release in a few days. when you got the latest version it will display 'no new version available'.

v5.0. final.b also let´s you choose the mirror from where you want to download the newest update. currently it supports my new site (http://protectionid.gamecopyworld.com) and eagles site.

so i suggest everyone to download the new version (once it´s released) so you have the usual bugfixes and a working auto-update feature.

as promised here´s the bugfixed version.
you cannot use the update feature because i moved to a new server.
but for all the future versions you can use the update feature to get the newest package.

v5.0b (bugfixed)
sorry for the fixed version... but there were some minor annoying bugs in the FiNAL ;-)

- added: Auto Update feature to support my new website (protectionid.gamecopyworld.com)
- added: Server selection when doing an Auto Update (my mirror and eagle eyes website)
- added: VOB Protect CD [modified version] detection (i.e. Sacred *german* )
- added: 2 more CD-Checks to scan for (MVP Baseball 2004, Battle Mages)
- fixed: Win9x system lock
- fixed: corrupt path names in log window when scanning a rar file
- fixed: [!] Unknown Protection issue when file is non executable or too small to be executable
- fixed: CDCheck bug displaying 'No Protection found' when certain CDCheck strings were found
- fixed: SecuROM detection when no version (crypted or unencrypted) was found
- fixed: LogWindow cursor now shown as normal cursor and not like the I-bar one

thx again x/xxx for all your help !

@cdkiller

Haven't had the time to do a full test of "everything" as yet. However, every problem I encountered with the prior version, seems to be resolved now and overall seems to work fine. Great job, much appreciated, thank you.

thx nice to hear :D

ProtectionID_v5.0_Final_B
 

ProtectionID_v5.0_Final_B

i downloaded this file in rar format and low and behold
my virus scanner called nod32 found a trojan in that compressed file. either the file got infected some how or cdkiller is a hacker
or he does not know about it, if you dont believe me download it
at http://protectionid.owns.it/
and find out for ya self:mad:

Re: ProtectionID_v5.0_Final_B
 

your virus scanner is crap then

http://protectionid.owns.it/ is the url redirection of the gamecopyworld server where my file is hosted.
it isn´t infected by any virus, i just checked.
and i won´t do any **** like infecting my files etc cos i hate ppl doing it.

try updating your Norton Antivirus 1997 ;)

i´ve uploaded 3 work-in-progress screenies to show some new additions. there are a lot of more additions wich can´t be noticed on the screenshots yet... but i will let u know soon about them.

believe me v5.1. will be the best executable and pc game cd/dvd protection scanner available.

v5.0 was just the beginning of a whole new tool and v5.1 will be a great step forward in development.
the final v5.1 changelog will be even bigger than v5.0 ;)

expect more news soon...

sounds nice;)
your proggy is very good it knows every protection.
I tested it even on programs..... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
(it recognized TELock etc.)

this is one of the proggy's, which a cracker should have!!(if you are not in a famous cracking group *lol*)

KAMiKAZE

good job! (cmr 4)
 

-=[ ProtectionID v5 ]=- (c) CdKiller
Build 17032004....
> Ready
Scanning -> C:\Program Files\Codemasters\Colin McRae Rally 04\cmr4.exe
File Type : Exe, Size : 3600384 (036F000h) Bytes
-> Suspicious MZ Header..
[!] SecuRom Detected - Version 5.02.00
- Scan Took : 0.422 Seconds


Great Job!

Pity there arn't any tools to remove these checks (well new ones at least) cause then we wouldn't have to wait on Deviance or Myth or someone to crack them. Although i know its a perfectly good reason why these tools arn't released. :)

that´s the goal of my tool... detecting all protections for applications and pc games. and v5.1. does nearly detect all apllication protections now, including infos on the version even for
Ultra Protect, Obsidium, X-treme Protector, TeLock and much more.

cd killer do you think that it would be better to make a button(add one not replace the other)that scans the whole cd and tells you what crack the cd has?(like clonyxxl)i mean it would be much easier.i don't have a problem but some maybe have...

if u look at the newly posted screenshots of pid v5.1 on my site u will see a window called 'CD/DVD util'.
it exactly does what u requested ;)

í´ve uploaded a new screenshot showing the 'Protection Report' window after doing a Folder Scan. quite simple now, just click folder scan and choose your game directory. all files will be checked (thout it´s fast) and only protected files will be shown in the 'Protection Report' window.

thanx man.seems your scanner is the most popular now.just curious but how old are you?

just spotted http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....threadid=94384 and http://boardv3.copybase.ch/index.php?showtopic=1384 on the net. it really makes me angry seeing my work getting copied nearly 1:1.

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"protectionid - we innovate, we dont replicate other peoples work unlike others"

what i suspected is true now... other authors are taking my detection code and puted it into their own tools.
kinda sad to see they cannot detect some prots in their own way. if u don´t have a game / app protected
with protections where u don´t have support for, u cannot add support for it. simple. stealing other one´s code is lame.
to steal the design too is even more lame...

'protection id - we innovate, we dont replicate other peoples work unlike others'

nuff said, i don´t say any names... the ppl who did it already know it and i know it too. sad...

history time...
PiD was the first tool to...
- decrypt the SecuROM versions newer than v4.87.xx
- give you a 99% accurate Tagés detection
- detect the new Settec Alpha ROM protection
- use a smart Log Window on it´s GUI
...

nice isn´t it ? you can expect more unique features in later versions
and as usual other authors wich will steal them to put them, into their tools ;-)

proof...

PROTECTiON iD
http://pid.gamecopyworld.com/bilder/pid.5.1c.png

Copied Protection ID
http://pid.gamecopyworld.com/bilder/aray.sux.jpg

/me wonders when the tray menu gets copied... i guess in the next version it´s in too.

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current changelog:

v5.1
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- added: Protection Report window showing a table with filename / protection
- added: File Queue window to GUI showing all the queued files (pause, remove and clear function)
- added: Configuration window with a lot of options the user can choose from
- added: CD/DVD Util window to GUI
- added: filter log, where output in the status window can now be filtered to only report protected files
- added: right click menus into the status window, so that output can be copied to clipboard or saved to file
- added: more servers for the update system
- added: folder drag & drop support
- added: CD/DVD sector scan for Starforce 3 and also extracting and displaying the Starforce key (if possible)
- added: Safedisc v2 and v3 verification code making it possible to detect a faked Safedisc protection
- added: ACProtect (Ultra Protector) version detection for v1.09, v1.10, v1.20 - v1.21, v1.22 and latest v1.23
- added: Armadillo v3.70 (latest version) detection
- added: CodeCrypt detection
- added: EXE Crypter v1.5.1 and [unknown version] detection
- added: EXE Guard v1.x detection
- added: FSG v1.0 setection
- added: FSG [modified] detection
- added: Hide PE v1.0 detection (both methods, ASPack [new strain] v1.2 and VBOX v4.3 MTE)
- added: Krypton version detection for v0.2, v0.3 and v0.5
- added: Obsidium version detection for v1.0.0.61, v1.1.1.0 and latest v1.1.1.4
- added: Pack Master v1.x detection
- added: PEBundle v3.20 (latest version) detection
- added: PE Compact v2.0 Beta Build(s) detection
- added: PE Spin v0.3 detection
- added: Stealth PE v2.x detection
- added: Stone's PE Cryptor v1.13 detection
- added: SVKP version detection for v1.051, v1.11 and v1.3x
- added: TELock version detection for v0.42, v0.51, v0.60, v0.70, v0.80, v0.85f, v0.90, v0.92a, v0.95, v0.96, v0.98 and private versions
- added: XCR v0.12 and v0.13 detection (heh i wanted to add v0.11 too but it always crashed my pc)
- added: Yoda Crypt v1.1 detection
- added: Trojan Small.Dld.FO detection
- added: Virus W32.Netsky.c@MM detection
- improved: many code optimizations wich will result in a highly stable program
- improved: saved a few bytes (5 to 25 bytes, depending on protection) due optimized detection code
- improved: Settec Alpha ROM detection (random section support)
- improved: Armadillo detection code optimized (50% faster)
- improved: EXEProt detection
- improved: NFO detection
- improved: Noodle Crypt v2 detection
- improved: Obsidium detection rewritten to be 100% generic with all available versions
- improved: PE Diminisher v0.1 detection
- improved: PE Lock v1.06 detection
- improved: PE Nguincrypt detection
- improved: PE Ninja detection
- improved: PE Shield detection code optimized (75% faster)
- improved: TELock detection code rewritten
- improved: UPX Scrambler / UPX detection
- improved: Virogen Crypt v0.75 detection
- improved: WinKrypt v1.0 detection
- improved: Yoda Crypt v1.2 detection
- fixed: EXE32Pack wasn´t detected in v5.0 due a filesize checking bug
- fixed: ExeProt crash bug when scanning files < 1500h bytes
- fixed: minor UPX detection bug in rare cases
- fixed: cosmetic bug on status window, if mouse was over it when it was first created, the cursor was an hour glass

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i´ve also upped 2 new screennies showing the current progress.
here´s also a current changelog of the next version (release in 1 or 2 months, cos there will be a lot of new stuff and features for you to play with).

tell me what do u think of it...

well we all know that this is your program right?that's what counts.i don't plan to change protection id cause some other stole the sourcecode and did the same thing...i'll keep using yours cause it's the real thing.about 5.1 you didn't upload it yet...

thx, pid is getting better and better and the other scanners are only doing small updates or design copies ;)

i´ll focus on every availabe protector to add support for it, now pid can even detect a trojan and a wide spreaded virus.
final v5.1 will have a lot of "unique" (well depends how long it takes for other tool-maker to copy it) features and many new and updated detections.

yeah i said above, it will be released in 1 month because i got many new cool features waiting to be coded and a lot detections waiting to be updated and improved to detect all atm available protectors.

oh sorry.can't you just "lock"the sourcecode?somehow...i don't know

i protected my tool twice (compressed and encrypted, crc, anti dump, api redirection etc...). so it´s even more sad to see other tools using parts of my source, well it´s not really code wich gets copied. it was only the string '.settec' to check if a file is protected with Settec Alpha ROM.

hell if someone can unpack it he can also code this fairly simple stuff by himself.

once the design of v5.0 was done i and my buddy were very proud of what we had done. now it suxx seeing it get´s copied.

well it's very very sad but don't worry we all know who did this great job...

Some people can only steal work from others because of lack of creativity... but they are usually not as dedicated as the orginal creator and usual DIE within a few months...

so unwrapped exe's, which were protocted with sd aren't longer recognized as protected?

-=[ ProtectionID v5 ]=- (c) CdKiller
Build 21042004....
> Ready

Scanning -> H:\_PiD\Games.cracked\Safedisc 3.15.010
File Type : Exe, Size : 6144000 (05DC000h) Bytes
[!] Safedisc 3.15.010 detected but verification not successfull
assuming exe includes a faked Safedisc version or it has been cracked !
[!] -> cracked by ...!
- Scan Took : 6.561 Seconds

how about making the normal X for closing the programme available? why some programmers always have to mess around with the standard windows features is beyond my understanding.

cd killer i have a question.i just scanned call of duty with clonyxxl and it said it's protected with safedisc 2.9

protection id said it has 3.1

so i believe the game has 3.1 cause clony is old and doesn't support 3.1 right?

forget clonyxxl

clony only supports Safedisc till v2.90.
a newer version like v3.10 in Call of Duty will be identyfied as v2.90 in Clony cos the tool didn´t get updated anymore...

true, it´s really outdated with the protections.

clonny is just a 2nd pass.

OT: Can someone direct me to a step by step example of removing a cd check from an .exe? I think my main prob is I can't get softice to install on xp...I'm just trying to do a "simple" no-cd .exe

keep the thread clean, it´s about protection id...
get compuware driver studio v2.7 and it will work.

when are the final version of 5.1 gonna be released cdkiller? :confused:

there are still some features to code, protections to be speeded up and improved and the usual additions.
well atm the current changelog is as 3 times as big as the last v5.0.

but i´m proud to say pid v5.1 is the most enhanced version ever and detects nearly every kind of executable protectors and modifiers, including
the most setup stubs (installshield, wise setup, winzip sfx...), some wide spread virus / trojans including their variants (NetSky, Sober, Bugbear, MyDoom) and all the latest exe crypter / packer i´ve found on the net.
also the cd/dvd sector scanning for protections will see some major changes
(atm only Tagés and StarForce 3 keyless scanning is possible).
the pc game protections will also be updated, no worries about that...
best is the high detection speed due many code improvements and a new PE modification code.

/me loves asm ;)

i´ll keep you up to date with new screens about the GUI and some new features.

That is what I call good news....Keep up your work!

I'll be dam.... very nice update list... but my question...why not version 6? why 5.1 with such a big major update and upgrade... :cool:

depends on the progress of the tool. v6.0 is a very huge step.
like i said it´s still a lot to be coded and improved. time will show if it will be v6.0, but chances are very good ;)

ckiller in the new version if you scan the exe and it has starforce, make it show what version of starforce is ok?cause now if it's 1/2/3 it shows just starforce