mirror of
https://github.com/problemkaputt/problemkaputt.github.io.git
synced 2024-05-12 17:54:52 -04:00
226 lines
13 KiB
HTML
226 lines
13 KiB
HTML
<HTML><HEAD>
|
||
<TITLE>Nocash Unwanted Persons</TITLE>
|
||
</HEAD><BODY bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0033cc" vlink="#0033cc" alink="#0033cc">
|
||
<!----------------->
|
||
<TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TD><FONT SIZE=+2><CENTER>
|
||
Future of the Nocash project
|
||
</TD></TR></TABLE><P>
|
||
<B>Please read first</B><BR>
|
||
Before reading below, please note that <B>I still do accept money</B> for
|
||
no$gmb (and of course, still send out reg keys in reply).
|
||
As explained below, I have mostly discontinued working on no$gmb (except
|
||
eventually for a few bug fixes here and and there, and except for some
|
||
improvements to the nocash user interface in general, which no$gmb may
|
||
indirectly benefit from either).<BR>
|
||
Also, I have tried to make no$gmb as perfect as possible, and even the older
|
||
versions have been of quite good quality, and the program got improved by
|
||
each further update, and even though I've stopped to add further 'final
|
||
details', the current version <I>is</I> a useful good program, and it's worth
|
||
even a bit more than the requested 5 dollars. So, if you want to use it, then
|
||
please buy a registration key rather than stealing it!<P>
|
||
<B>Newer nocash projects</B><BR>
|
||
After giving up gameboy stuff I've turned back to improving my old
|
||
CPC and MSX emulators (which probably almost nobody wants to use, and thus
|
||
nobody would attempt to steal them either, and which are freeware anyways),
|
||
wrote an email client/program (not released/completed yet), started two new
|
||
emulators for ZX81 and C64 (parts of not released/completed yet either).<BR>
|
||
And - rather unwillingly, but after all needing some money - turned back to
|
||
living/modern consoles and started a GBA emulator, which will be available
|
||
to commercial developers only (not wanting to get through that pirates
|
||
stealing the program rather than paying a handful of dollars stuff another
|
||
time, sorry). However, a cutdown/freeware version will be kept available for
|
||
'hobby' programmers - after all, I am happy about all old school programmers
|
||
whom are still writing handcrafted machine code, and/or kids whom are
|
||
teaching themselves assembler programming - even though the overpowered 32bit
|
||
GBA CPU probably gets intruded by c++ programming students as well :-/
|
||
<P>
|
||
<TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TD><FONT SIZE=+2><CENTER>
|
||
Nocash Unwanted Persons
|
||
</TD></TR></TABLE><P>
|
||
<B>What's this?</B><BR>
|
||
This is a list of persons whom are distributing stolen no$gmb registration keys,
|
||
whom have cracked no$gmb, and/or whom have faked reg keys. The program contained
|
||
a couple of years of highly motivated work, and has been kept available for a
|
||
rather decent and uncommercial registration fee of only 5 dollars. The persons
|
||
listed below decided to make the program available for free, and have scattered
|
||
my motivations and more or less killed the program.<P>
|
||
<TABLE bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TR bgcolor="#808080">
|
||
<TD>Name or Alias</TD><TD>Identity</TD><TD>Action</TD><TD>Details</TD>
|
||
</TR><TR>
|
||
<TD>Ghostcow</TD><TD>Unknown</TD><TD>Stolen key for 2.1</TD><TD>Click <A HREF="#gho">here</A></TD>
|
||
</TR><TR>
|
||
<TD>Utopia / Ed Hunter</TD><TD>Unknown</TD><TD>Cracked no$gmb v2.4</TD><TD>Click <A HREF="#utp">here</A></TD>
|
||
</TR><TR>
|
||
<TD>Ninetales / Morris M.</TD><TD>See details</TD><TD>Stolen key for no$gmb v2.4</TD><TD>Click <A HREF="#nmm">here</A></TD>
|
||
</TR><TR>
|
||
<TD>Unknown / MIO$</TD><TD>Unknown</TD><TD>Faked key for no$gmb v2.4</TD><TD>Click <A HREF="#mio">here</A></TD>
|
||
</TR><TR>
|
||
<TD>UCF (?)</TD><TD>Unknown</TD><TD>Cracked no$gmb v2.5</TD><TD>Click <A HREF="#ucf">here</A></TD>
|
||
</TR><TR>
|
||
<TD>Ken Reilly</TD><TD>Unknown</TD><TD>Stolen key for no$gmb v2.5</TD><TD>Click <A HREF="#ken">here</A></TD>
|
||
</TR><TR>
|
||
<TD>Jlpicard / DNGRSBBC</TD><TD>Unknown</TD><TD>key/crack for v2.1 and v2.5</TD><TD>Click <A HREF="#jlp">here</A></TD>
|
||
</TR><TR>
|
||
<TD>Daniel Moxon</TD><TD>Unknown</TD><TD>stolen key for v2.5</TD><TD>Click <A HREF="#mox">here</A></TD>
|
||
</TR></TABLE>
|
||
<P>
|
||
Asides from this mere handful of people (and probably thousands of others whom
|
||
are using and re-distribting the cracks), a lot of no$gmb users have given me
|
||
the feeling that they'd love my work, and from what I know many of them have
|
||
tried to convince pirates not to touch the program. Alltogether I've been
|
||
happy about all that good people - until various pirates suddenly started a
|
||
massive attack against the windows version 2.4 update, initiated by the Utopia
|
||
crew in February 2000. After the second wave against version 2.5, all motivation
|
||
got replaced by frustation, and I've quickly shut down my gameboy programming
|
||
efforts from 24hours/day at 7days/week, to somewhat 2hours/month, and more or
|
||
less avoided even to think about the unlucky program for about one year.
|
||
<P>
|
||
<!----------------->
|
||
<A NAME="gho"></A><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TD><FONT SIZE=+2><CENTER>
|
||
"Ghostcow" reg key
|
||
</TD></TR></TABLE><P>
|
||
This is been the first stolen reg key that leaked into the net. The guy who had
|
||
registered the key alltogether sounded like honest & friendly boy, saying that
|
||
his grandmother is carrying the letter to the mailbox for him, and I've even
|
||
trusted him so much that I did send the key before actually receiving his
|
||
money (which, at least, actually reached me some days later).<BR>
|
||
However, the key leaked out, maybe he's been uploading it by himself, maybe
|
||
somebody silently stole it from his computer, maybe he believed that it wouldn't
|
||
be harmful if he'd "exchange" it against another reg key from somebody
|
||
else...<BR>
|
||
Anyways, at that time I just hoped that this wouldn't happen again, locked out
|
||
the key in future updates, and actually didn't got bothered by pirates during
|
||
the next some no$gmb versions (except for about a dozen of thiefs whom
|
||
complained that "their" ghostcow key wouldn't work woth newer no$gmb versions,
|
||
or, in some cases slightly modified ghostcow keys; v2.1 didn't actually verify
|
||
the existing key checksums, so it's been easy to modify until v2.2 which
|
||
rejected both modified and/or stolen keys).
|
||
<P>
|
||
<!----------------->
|
||
<A NAME="utp"></A><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TD><FONT SIZE=+2><CENTER>
|
||
Utopia / Ed Hunter
|
||
</TD></TR></TABLE><P>
|
||
This is the first real crack, released a few days after I've uploaded the first
|
||
windows version. No$gmb for window's been mostly made to support lamers, parts
|
||
off hoping to get some extra money, practically, it's been just focusing the
|
||
interest of teenage software pirates onto the program. Apparently, DOS users
|
||
are more honest persons, and/or windows lamers simply don't know how to use
|
||
a DOS program.<BR>
|
||
Reportedly, Utoptia is a cracking group that is mainly based in canada and/or
|
||
germany (or elsewhere?). The crack got shipped with crackers email address
|
||
<A HREF="mailto:lUKULLUS@uSA.nET">lUKULLUS@uSA.nET</A>, the lukullus person
|
||
is reportedly operating under the pseudonym <Curlin> at US EFnet, also, a couple
|
||
of weeks later I've received an email from "Eddy Smurf"
|
||
<A HREF="mailto:smurfeddy@hotmail.com">smurfeddy@hotmail.com</A> whom claimed
|
||
to be a member of the utopia crew, and whom claimed to be sorry about the
|
||
crack, kinda late though.<P>
|
||
<!----------------->
|
||
<A NAME="nmm"></A><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TD><FONT SIZE=+2><CENTER>
|
||
Ninetales / Morris M.
|
||
</TD></TR></TABLE><P>
|
||
This is just a lamer that has somewhere sneaked a registration key from
|
||
a registered user, almost simultaneously to the Utopia crack.
|
||
Morris is operating a webpage, mainly containing pirated
|
||
pokemon cartridges to be played with no$gmb + stolen reg key, the webpage is
|
||
apparently designed for 1000 dollars/21" super color monitor only, nevertheless,
|
||
I've managed to decipher some of the text; among others it contains a disclaimer
|
||
that informs users that piracy is illegal and that states himself not to be
|
||
responsible for his actions - which I still don't fully understand - eventually
|
||
he wants to indicate that he's a total dumbass - and in so far not
|
||
intentionally responsible...<BR>
|
||
In that matter, Morris is forever thankful about any persons whom pay
|
||
attention to him, and when emailing him at
|
||
<A HREF="mailto:ninetales9@metconnect.com">ninetales9@metconnect.com</A> he'll
|
||
be more than happy to confirm his identiy and mailing address: <I>Morris Massry,
|
||
1914 East 28 Street, Brooklyn, New York (NY), 11229.</I>
|
||
<P>
|
||
<!----------------->
|
||
<A NAME="mio"></A><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TD><FONT SIZE=+2><CENTER>
|
||
Faked MIO$ reg key
|
||
</TD></TR></TABLE><P>
|
||
Very little known about this one, it came out along with the Utopia/Ninetales
|
||
attacks, there's been no name/pseudonym included, the author has called his
|
||
unpleasant work "MIO$" instead of "NO$"-registration key. Considering that he
|
||
has chosen to fake a registration key rather than acually cracking the
|
||
executable, he might (or might not) be related to the 'UCF' crack for no$gmb
|
||
v2.5.
|
||
<P>
|
||
<!----------------->
|
||
<A NAME="ucf"></A><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TD><FONT SIZE=+2><CENTER>
|
||
UCF crack
|
||
</TD></TR></TABLE><P>
|
||
The first illegal copy of no$gmb v2.5, consisting of a parts of
|
||
cracked/modified executable, and a parts of functional faked reg key,
|
||
which is simulating a 'golden' registration key (ie. one for special friends,
|
||
but otherwise just working as normal keys).<BR>
|
||
The reg key contains some waffling about UCF, eventually indicating that it's
|
||
been cracked by a UCF member, from what I've found out UCF is a several years
|
||
old german crackers group, somewhat called Ultimate Crackers Foundation (or
|
||
similiar, don't know).<BR>
|
||
Similiar as for the Utopia crack, I got an email from somebody who claimed to
|
||
know the UCF members, forwarding some text to me that they'd be so sorry and
|
||
blah, blah. Btw. in order to prevent people from doing something which they
|
||
might regret at later time, version 2.5 contained a warning message that
|
||
informed crackers that I don't want the program to be cracked, and that I'd
|
||
discontinue the program otherwise (that message showed up once when modifying
|
||
the exefile).
|
||
<P>
|
||
</BODY></HTML>
|
||
<P>
|
||
<!----------------->
|
||
<A NAME="ken"></A><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TD><FONT SIZE=+2><CENTER>
|
||
"Ken Reilly" Reg key
|
||
</TD></TR></TABLE><P>
|
||
Now this one is parts of been my own fault, a couple of months ago I had
|
||
received an email from somebody called Ken Reilly who claimed to have send
|
||
$20 which have never arrived here though. Well, I've been a bit suspicious,
|
||
especially about the big amout (most people whom have <I>actually</I> sent money
|
||
usually have send only 2 or 5 dollars at that time), but he promised to have
|
||
sent it, and so he got a key for free - which later turned out to be a
|
||
timebomb and got released in the net after uploading no$gmb v2.5.<BR>
|
||
Not totally sure if Ken intentionally spreaded the key, or if it got stolen
|
||
from him without his knowledge, the confusing part is that he has sent an
|
||
email trying to help to identify Utopia (by logging on to something called
|
||
'mirc', something about chatting, as far as I know) before his own key leaked
|
||
out. But aside from this anti-piracy-style email, it's not very likely that
|
||
<I>both</I> his money <I>and</I> his reg key mysteriously got stolen from him -
|
||
in either case, say it's been laziness, bad luck, or criminal energy, better
|
||
be careful about this person...
|
||
<P>
|
||
<!----------------->
|
||
<A NAME="jlp"></A><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TD><FONT SIZE=+2><CENTER>
|
||
Jlpicard / D N G R S B B C
|
||
</TD></TR></TABLE><P>
|
||
This person doesn't exactly match into this document, as he isn't himself
|
||
cracking the program or newly stealing reg keys, instead, he is just
|
||
re-distributing existing cracks/keys. However, he's been actively attacking
|
||
me (and apparently dozens of other shareware authors) for a very long time.
|
||
Also, when I have had a look at his webpage, it seemed that he is actually
|
||
making money with piracy - the page contained two commercial advertising
|
||
banners, one probably belonging to his provider, and the other one to
|
||
himself.<BR>
|
||
Firstly, he spreaded a Ghostcow key for no$gmb v2.1, and as I got told, the
|
||
'gameboy community' stopped talking to him at that time, leading him to remove
|
||
they stolen key from his webpage again, and, as there's still nobody wanting to
|
||
talk to him (which I can easily understand), he re-uploaded the key again.
|
||
Finally, about one year later he confirmed to be a very unpleasant person by
|
||
spreading the UCF crack as well.
|
||
<P>
|
||
<!----------------->
|
||
<A NAME="mox"></A><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><TD><FONT SIZE=+2><CENTER>
|
||
"Daniel Moxon" Reg key
|
||
</TD></TR></TABLE><P>
|
||
Even though there have been already three cracked/stolen no$gmb versions
|
||
released directly after uploading no$gmb v2.5, a couple of months later a
|
||
further stolen reg key leaked out (working with 2.5 as well, and belonging
|
||
to somebody using the name "Daniel Moxon").
|
||
Now at that time, the program's been already killed anyways, and in so far
|
||
this late attack didn't actually hurt very much, and it merely confirmed that
|
||
there's always somebody whom wants to fuck you up.
|
||
<P>
|
||
<!----------------->
|
||
<HR>
|
||
<A HREF="index.htm">Nocash Homepage</A><BR>
|
||
<A HREF="gmb.htm">No$gmb page</A><BR>
|
||
<P>
|
||
|