Well another year and another April Fools. It was great to read that someone even visited today just to look for which story was fake! We at CD Freaks hope that you all enjoy something that has become a tradition around here. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to fool a CD Freak.
At any rate, we hope you all got a chuckle and had some fun. Special thanks to Forum Moderator and Reviewer Womble, that wrote the message box program used for our download - Also to DoMiN8ToR for coming up with the premise and especially the name "Lirpa" for our imaginary Russian hacker. Wesociety, H3rB3i and that smokin' monkey Liggy, were of course involved putting together the story for you.
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Those who have stumbled upon audio and video files that are protected by the Microsoft DRM protection have probably been dying for a program that is able to bypass this protection. Not only does it restrict the ability to backup certain files, it also requires at least one open Internet connection. So what happens when you have a downloaded music file on a laptop that you want to play in an area without an internet connection? Exactly, you will not be able to play it back.
As we all know, there are some very talented programmers out there and the former Soviet Union is definitely no exception. In fact, it's common knowledge that many of these talented mathematicians are quite frustrated because they have spent years in school, yet they cannot find a good job in their field. With so much spare time on their hands they have to do something to show that they have tremendous ability.
One of our members, that goes by the name 'Lirpa', has released a file that is able to remove the DRM protection from both audio and video files that use the Windows DRM container. The idea behind the software is clever and effective. When the Windows Media Player searches for an Internet connection, this application intercepts the request and acts as a server, sending a license to play back the protected content on your computer.
I found this site using search engine and I want to show you new application I have wrote for to crack Windows Media DRM. I come from russia and do not care about laws in americas. The software I present to you act as server for DRM and send fake reply to the protected file. By using brute force technology it will send many many many licenses till the right one is found. I hope you like. Download and enjoy. (Maybe better to host it on geoshitties?) __________________ It really cracks me up. (/quote) |
The software developed by Lirpa, called 'FakeDRM', will act as a server and is able to send the right license to the file without using an internet connection. The software sits in the background and waits for a file to try to make a connection to a DRM server. Once detected it will establish a connection to the file and will respond to the inquiry of the file. By using brute force it will send an enormous amount of possible combinations of licenses, which in the end will unlock the file. The time required for the entire unlocking is usually about 1 to 3 minutes from what we have seen. I bet Microsoft is going to love this program!
Unfortunately, the file is not 100 percent foolproof as we have a few Dell Optiplex computers that were purchased very recently, that contain the new Trusted Computing Chip. Dell Optiplex series, IBM ThinkVantage and various laptop models from HP/Compaq, Samsung and Toshiba branded computers may also contain this chip and may not work with this program.
More information can be found in the original post of Lirpa where you can also
download FakeDRM.
Source: CD Freaks
