Audified MixChecker Ultra v1.0.0 READ NFO-R2R
Team R2R | 2024.009.07 | 119.5 MB
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A witch says,
* Our release uses less resourse especially you run the multiple plugin instance. This also solves minor Audified's license glitch between the threads.
* LexActivator emulator is injected to the plugin, which returns valid license information to the software and handles callback system. It also avoids writing broken data to the registry (LexActivator's bug).
After Audified dropped PACE/iLok in 2022, they started using licensing service called "Cryptlex" and its "LexActivator" SDK to use the service. Here is our work - solving LexActivator's bug and Audified's bug, no periodical license server sync required.
Have fun reading the technical note :)
TECHNiCAL NOTE - CRYPTLEX, AUDiFiED AND OTHER CRACKERS' WORK
If you don't have interests in deep software development talking, skip [1] and
[2].
[1] Cryptlex and LexActivator
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[1.1] About Cryptlex
Cryptlex : https://cryptlex.com/
Cryptlex is licensing solution. It provides web API (JSON).
[1.2] About LexActivator
LexActivator is Cryptlex's native SDK. SDK is also provided to non native
language. With this SDK, developer doesn't need to handle original web API
and JSON.
Here is the simplest license verification with LexActivator.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SetProductData(YOUR_PRODUCT_DAT_CONTENT);
SetProductId(YOUR_PRODUCT_ID);
if (IsLicenseGenuine() == LA_OK) {
// License is genuine
} else {
// License is not genuine
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LexActivator doesn't have any special tricks to protect the software. It's a
simple licensing solution. No packing, no obfuscation. It's not anti piracy.
SDK is publicly available. Anyone can check the specification.
https://github.com/cryptlex/lexactivator-c
[1.3] The bug of Windows LexActivator
In Windows, LexActivator stores the license and other data to registry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\csetz
However, LexActivator uses wrong Win32 API to store the license. The data will
be broken (unexpected). If you have run any LexActivator powered software,
you should have broken entries under "csetz" key.
This happens because LexActivator passes ANSI string to RegSetValueExW. They
should pass UNICODE string to that API, or use RegSetValueExA instead.
If LexActivator fixes this bug, all previous data incl.license will be
incompatible, unfortunately. Users will need to activate the software again.
But it's better than leaving that bug, isn't it? :)
This bug is what we have waited for a long time to be fixed, but no action
from Cryptlex.Inc yet. So we finally decided to release it with injected emu
instead of the keygen, which does not put "csetz" garbage to the registry.
[1.4] LexActivator in the audio plugins
LexActivator is static (not instantiable). It is not really made for the multi
instance environment. In the DAW, one DAW process would have multiple instance
of the plugin A, and also would have mutiple LexActivator powered plugins
A, B, C. Developer needs to face with this to avoid conflict, or simply give
up using LexActivator and manually process Cryptlex Web API instead.
* While LexActivator API and manual is publicly available, there aren't enough
technical information about multi-instance usage. We can find some questions
and bug reports on their support forum.
[1.5] LexActivator is currently used by....
Audified, Dear Reality, Landr FX, Maddix Rumble and so on
Now you know why we haven't released any of them. Should we wait for another
months or years to see the fix of registry issue?
[2] Audified and LexActivator
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[2.1] Structure of Audified plugin.
+- Plugin A ----------------------------------------------------+
| |
| +- LexActivator (Static) -+ +- Instance (1) -----------------+|
| | | | LexActivator watching thread ||
| | LexActivator API | | License State ||
| | Server Syncing Thread | +--------------------------------+|
| | | +- Instance (2) -----------------+|
| +-------------------------+ | LexActivator watching thread ||
| | License State ||
| +--------------------------------+|
| +- Instance (n) -----------------+|
| | LexActivator watching thread ||
| | License State ||
| +--------------------------------+|
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
The problem of this design :
* Every instance has its own LexActivator-watching-thread. When you load
10 instance of plugin A in one DAW project, you would have 10 watching
thread.
* Every instance initializes LexActivator and calls API, while LexActivator
is static (only one instance). We confirm this makes some glitch between
the threads.
* LexActivator syncs license state with Cryptlex server periodically, as SDK
document says. When it succesfully syncs with server, it wakes all
watching-thread.
If we were the developer who needs to use LexActivator...
* Code AudifiedLicenser.exe that checks / activate all Audified licenses
* Licenser saves own cache file to %APPDATA%
* Every Audified plugins load license from the cache at the startup of first
instance. Store the license data to global area in the plugin. No need to
load cache in every instance.
By this method, no real LexActivator code will run in the actual DAW process.
Developer does not need to care the undocumented conflict issue. Plugin will
be more light weight because no SDK is linked.
[2.2] Bugs of Audified
We write only license related issue here.
Wrong API Usage : releaseFlags in CheckReleaseUpdate() is set to 0 in the
Audified's code. This is undefined value. Use 1 (LA_RELEASES_ALL) or 2
(LA_RELEASES_ALLOWED). In our emulator, that value is ignored.
Desync License State : Sometime LexActivator-watching-thread misses the
LicenseCallback. In R2R relase, that Audified's watching thread is re-written
by us :)
Deactivation : The returned value of DeactivateLicense() is set to license
state. When the plugin is activated and deactivation fails, plugin should be
still activated. But Audified's code invalidate the activation state. In our
emulator, DeactivateLicense() always returns 1 (LA_FAIL), then plugin
activation status also becomes 1 (LA_FAIL) from 0 (LA_OK). We haven't fixed
this because R2R user shouldn't try to deactivate the plugin.
Some initialization issue : Some hosts like VSTHost (SAVIHost) does not call
initialization code of Audified's VST3 plugin. License info says "License
is not Trial nor Full, what the hell?!". If you see that License info in your
plugin host, you should avoid using Audified plugins with that host.
[2.3] We hate that licensing scheme
Currently Audified does not support offline auth. Users have to re-activate
(sync with Cryptlex server) every week. Some users are even saying that iLok
was better. Customer got another reason to use R2R release.
* LexActivator does have API to support offline auth!
[3] Audified releases from other crackers
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[3.1] First of all
After first Audified + LexActivator crack appeared in the public in 2023, many
crackers released the Audified but all of them have the issue. Basically they
are the same crack (except XAIR which isn't cracked at all); They just changed
one of the LexActivator's API to return 0. This ends up causing tons of
noticeable and unnoticable problems.
[3.2] Reveiws for other releases
* Audified.GK.Amplification.3.Pro.v3.1.1.WiN-MOCHA
The first Audified crack appeared after dropping iLok.
Simple API modification : return 0; in the head of routine.
We can find completely wrong patching in other spot (libcurl).
Original Code (Pseudo) :
int function() {
void* memory = calloc(1, 0x190);
if (memory == NULL) {
return 0;
}
/* Some process here */
free(memory);
return 0;
}
Patched Code (Pseudo) :
int function() {
return calloc(1, 0x190);
}
Memory leak can't be simpler than this.
* Audified.1A.Equalizer.V1.0.0.WiN-XAIR
While one of the return value is modified to fix the string to "activated",
it isn't cracked at all.
* Audified.MixChecker.ULTRA.v1.0-BUBBiX
Simple API modification : return 0; in the head of routine.
One more trick which changes the internal magic number.
* Audified.Complete.Effects.Bundle.v2024.8.17-TeamCubeadooby
Basically, TCD's release is just a copy of MOCHA's work, while it is not
mentioned in their NFO. It even has "return calloc(1, 0x190);" which is
apparently copied from MOCHA's work - the direct memory leaking.
TCD also tried to fix some issues (made by themselves, not by Audified)
Quote from "Audified.1A.Equalizer.REPACK.ReadNFO.v1.0.0-TeamCubeadooby"
> Binaries have been patched to alleviate the error on removing an instance
> of the plugin, .....
> This will likely not be necessary for future versions as Audified will
> likely have this fixed as of then.
Quote from "Audified.Complete.Effects.Bundle.v2024.8.16-TeamCubeadooby.Rev1"
> Audified playing games. The new RZ plugs have the license sceen ...
> So - this functionality, it's not a bug it's a feature - is stripped.
TCD ended up removing some required functions (like memory free-ing) and
stripping original software functions. Audified doesn't have anything to fix
for TCD, actually 1A Equalizer is still v1.0.0. That license screen isn't a
"functionality" or "new game".
Moreover, TCD's extra pathces don't have any real fixes. For an example, TCD
bypassed memory deallocation to avoid the access violation. What TCD really
should do is finding the cause of that access violation.
For the people who can't understand what we are talking about:
Leacher "Hey doctor, My left leg hurts since yesterday!"
TCD "Cut that leg. Burn and stop the bleeding."
Leacher "Hey doctor, after 10 minutes, it started hurting again!"
TCD "That is fixed in Rev2. Take this fentanyl."
Leacher "Wow, this works 100%. You are the most active doctor in my town!"
* These TCD's Bypass Everything Technology (TM) is also applied to other TCD
releases too. Remember, no one posted the real reviews about TCD releases in
the public forum. You can't know the real reliability unless you are a
reverse engineer and you don't hesitate spending time to reverse what they
bypassed / its side effects. This Audified case proves.
* If they really care about release quality, they never release FabFilter
plugins which does not even pass our FabFilter Signature Checker (released
in Feb.2023).
[4] What can we say from the Audified releases
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As we explained in [1] and [2], most Cryptlex + LexActivator specifications
are officially documented and in public status. After a hacker reads the
documents, he/she can find nothing special in the Audified's LexActivator
implementation. Lately, the trend on the audio warez scene has been "quantity
over the quality" and "faster is better". This Audified case is as if it were
emblematic of the current state of the scene.
We feel ashamed that it took us a week to check internal / public spec of the
LexActivator to make the tools and keygens. Coding / reviewing the minimal
emulator also took days. We are beginner hackers : it takes very long time for
just 1 auth system. What is worse, we weren't able to find that groundbreaking
protection that Audified developed. So, our release should timebomb after the
minutes. Anyway, happy to say, we haven't added new bugs to the software.
Let's fix the timebomb later - if there were ;)
[5] Greetz to some guys outside UPAWG
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* Congrats to someone for unpacking PACE wrapper for Mac.
* We expect more keygen works from you, MOCHA.
* Greetings to sneakz for some nice keygens.
