By being able to expose the Security DLL there are many things we can patch that will change the way the Armadillo shell reacts.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Possible Patches: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Force an application to never 'expire'.
The removal of HWID from keys,
Re-enabling of the REGISTER/INFO command line parameters.
Disabling ClockBack detection.
This is only a very small list of the patches made possible by ArmaRaider
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Raider Does Do: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ArmaRaider will statically unpack the security dll for you and save to disk
If the version of Armadillo does integrity checks on the DLL, these checks will be patched automatically by ArmaRaider (not static)
ArmaRaider will also statically replace the existing security DLL with a patched one
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Raider Doesn't Do: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ArmaRaider doesn't turn a person into a 'cracker' most of the work must still be done yourself (all the patches). ArmaRaider was built to assist in that process not do it for you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Versions known to Work: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ArmaRaider has been tested and found working on the following Armadillo versions: * Tested version 3.75 (working) * Tested version 4.30 (working) * Tested version 4.40 (working) * Tested version 4.43 (working) * Tested version 4.66 (working) * Tested version 5.02 (working) * Tested version 7.00 (working)
This is not an all inclusive list, ArmaRaider may also work on version not listed above, these are just the ones that have been tested by the author
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Versions known not to Work: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ArmaRaider has been found to NOT work properly on version 4.46, the cause of the errors has not been determined and probably will never be.
This is not to say ArmaRaider will not work on ANY 4.46, there very well may be a few 4.46 applications out there on which ArmaRaider does work properly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Start at v3.3? : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The first few versions of this application where developed behind closed doors and never released to the public, since their creation they have grown outdated and no longer support the majority of applications.
As with most reversing tools developed this application was not made by a single individual, perhaps it was written by a single person, but without the immense help from some very close friends of mine (Ghandi, Nacho, SS) this application would have never come to see the light, thank you to all who helped.
Lastly, Chad Nelson, I feel it's time for you to eat your words: "Thanks to the virtual ArmAccess.DLL built into every copy of SoftwarePassport /Armadillo, this [patching the dll] is no longer even a theoretical threat, as long as you use it instead of the external file."
