ProtectionID vs. BurnOut

[MrTikki]

Any preferences?
Suggested alternatives?
And does anyone else have problems running ProtectionID? It keeps crashing on me... 

Cheers!
-MrTikki-

P.S. Specifically in verifying security on PC games.

[MrTikki]

Self reply:

After a quick Google search, it appears that the author of ProtectionID (CDKiller) is MIA and presumably passed away or been temporarily detained...either of which is unfortunate.

Regarding the Windows 7 bug...they are known and "supposedly" fixed in the next BETA. Unfortunately, this release was never made public, and TippeX (the last man standing on the team) has been talking about releasing an update for nearly 2-years, but to no avail. While there's a chance we might still see an update, the reality is that development of PID is indefinitely suspended and incompatible with some versions of Windows 7.

BurnOut, on the other hand, seems to be working just fine...though I would really prefer to have a second opinion during analysis. It did say that a few of my PC games (SimCity 2000) were protected by PSX LibCrypt...which I thought was interesting. Anyone heard of that before?

-MrTikki-

[MrTikki]

Here's the complete readout of ProtectionID's error for those who haven't seen it before:

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Protection ID v0.6.4.0 JULY has crashed...
Build 07/08/10-17:57:05

Welcome to the scene of the crash.... take me to the hospital

EAX = 000000030h, EBX = 00000000Ah, ECX = 000000030h, EDX = 000000000h
ESI = 0004F8510h, EDI = 000000031h, ESP = 00028BF4Ch, EBP = 00028BF94h

DS  = 0002Bh, ES  = 0002Bh, FS  = 00053h, GS  = 0002Bh, SS  = 0002Bh
DR0 = 000000000h, DR1 = 000000000h, DR2 = 000000000h, DR3 = 000000000h
DR6 = 000000000h, DR7 = 000000000h

CCW = 00000037Fh, CSW = 000004020h, CTW = 00000FFFFh, CEO = 000000002h
CES = 0FFFF0000h, CDO = 000000000h, CDS = 000000000h, CR0NPX = 001147CB3h

Crash @ CS:EIP -> 00023h:075D5990Bh, EFlags : 000010206h
Stack @ SS:ESP -> 0002Bh:00028BF4Ch

Crash Code : 0C0000005h
Crash Report : In Page Error

ThreadID : 01F3DCh / 0127964
ThreadName : PiD Core Thread (thread 1)
Crash Happened in Scan File -> Unknown :(
Procedure Name : N/A
Crash File Line Range (low) -> 00

[Nexy]

Guess I missed this thread.

Make sure the program is run with admin rights. Also, if it still crashes try to run it in XP compatibility mode.

it works fine for me... I use windows 7 64bit enterprise.

[MrTikki]

ARGH! Windows XP Compatibility did the trick. Didn't even need to run it as administrator. You're a genius, Gump!