Hacking NDS Tokyo Trim

[betawind]

lol. If i remember correctly, there was some protection that if you modified the current version then ran it, it would shut down your computer lol.

At least maybe this topic will free the main topic of complaint about the BG.

Really? >__> Why would the creator do that?

Because by not doing it it would be really easy to replace the embedded DLLs within the application with a virus. This way, if someone does that (since I personally have seen this file on p2p), no harm comes to the computer because it shuts down before the application fully loads. The application will shutdown the computer if *any* modification occurs, not just the background.

 

[madlobster]

lol. If i remember correctly, there was some protection that if you modified the current version then ran it, it would shut down your computer lol.

At least maybe this topic will free the main topic of complaint about the BG.

Really? >__> Why would the creator do that?

Because by not doing it it would be really easy to replace the embedded DLLs within the application with a virus. This way, if someone does that (since I personally have seen this file on p2p), no harm comes to the computer because it shuts down before the application fully loads. The application will shutdown the computer if *any* modification occurs, not just the background.

As a programmer myself, I have only one thing to say about that: Bullshit.

 

[betawind]

As a programmer myself, I have only one thing to say about that: Bullshit.

As a programmer myself, I could see it happening. The RAR/7ZIP support for his app is contained within 2 embedded DLLs, which are loaded into memory on load. If one of those file was replaced with something less than nice, well, it doesn't take a programmer to tell what a less than nice DLL can do to a system, does it?

 

[HBK]

As a programmer myself, I have only one thing to say about that: Bullshit.


As a programmer myself, I could see it happening. The RAR/7ZIP support for his app is contained within 2 embedded DLLs, which are loaded into memory on load. If one of those file was replaced with something less than nice, well, it doesn't take a programmer to tell what a less than nice DLL can do to a system, does it?

Well, yes, that's true, and it's a pretty good idea, but the program must exit by itself or order a command (shutdown computer, in this case) which will anticipate the load of the "less than nice" DLL and say "Modification. Shutdown immediately". If the program is fast enough to load into memory, it may be able to partially load the virus. And without a good anti-virus, they may get infected.

Moral of the story - Use a good anti-virus, with up to date definitions. It doesn't matter if it's paid or free, the most important part is that you have it installed and always protecting your computer.

 

[KendiKong]

I have a question bout the trimmer. If I trim all of my games, will they all work just fine?

 

[Jax]

I have a question bout the trimmer. If I trim all of my games, will they all work just fine?

Yes.

Rarely they have problems with trimming. I trim all my roms and they work just fine!

 

[BrianTokyo]

As a programmer myself, I have only one thing to say about that: Bullshit.


As a programmer myself, I could see it happening. The RAR/7ZIP support for his app is contained within 2 embedded DLLs, which are loaded into memory on load. If one of those file was replaced with something less than nice, well, it doesn't take a programmer to tell what a less than nice DLL can do to a system, does it?

Well, yes, that's true, and it's a pretty good idea, but the program must exit by itself or order a command (shutdown computer, in this case) which will anticipate the load of the "less than nice" DLL and say "Modification. Shutdown immediately". If the program is fast enough to load into memory, it may be able to partially load the virus. And without a good anti-virus, they may get infected.

Moral of the story - Use a good anti-virus, with up to date definitions. It doesn't matter if it's paid or free, the most important part is that you have it installed and always protecting your computer.

It's not like that.

I do most checks before loading the DLLs into memory. You can either load them at will, whenever you want in your app, or have them linked as static calls. In my case, I load them after most of the checks. If a check fails, a forced reboot is called (without waiting for any apps to close normally), and the trimmer ends without having even loaded the DLLs. The protection is far from perfect though and there's much room for improvement, so just remember to always download it from my website (or from GBAtemp downloads area if it has been posted by an admin)

As for antivirus, they only check for known viruses and suspicious activity. It's very easy to write a virus that will wipe your entire disk and your antivirus won't say a word.


Backgrounds:

Read the last few pages of the main thread in the R4 area: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=55162

You can change the background with the last beta, but only while the trimmer is running. I read some of the old posts pointed out where I wrote about protecting the background, where I also mentioned working on rar, 7zip, and making the app really fast even on flash memories etc. All of that and some other features asked by the users are now in the current version of the trimmer, based on feedback.

I'll probably release a new build this month.

 

[BrianTokyo]

lol. If i remember correctly, there was some protection that if you modified the current version then ran it, it would shut down your computer lol.

At least maybe this topic will free the main topic of complaint about the BG.

Really? >__> Why would the creator do that?



Because by not doing it it would be really easy to replace the embedded DLLs within the application with a virus. This way, if someone does that (since I personally have seen this file on p2p), no harm comes to the computer because it shuts down before the application fully loads. The application will shutdown the computer if *any* modification occurs, not just the background.

As a programmer myself, I have only one thing to say about that: Bullshit.

What part of that is the BS according to you?

 

[laramy]

1. I didn't see any other topic.
2. It's a half naked cartoon girl, I didn't have anything else to name it as.
3. I'm not complaining, it's just a question with a simple answer.

You don't have to be so negative. :'(


How about ecchi? Hentai would be nudity or sex.

OMG... You don't even know what "Ecchi" means, right? That's how Japanese pronounce the letter "H". Yes! H because of Hentai! Hentai/Ecchi means "perverted". Don't make things up, noob.

 

[1c3d3m0n]

1. I didn't see any other topic.
2. It's a half naked cartoon girl, I didn't have anything else to name it as.
3. I'm not complaining, it's just a question with a simple answer.

You don't have to be so negative. :'(


How about ecchi? Hentai would be nudity or sex.

OMG... You don't even know what "Ecchi" means, right? That's how Japanese pronounce the letter "H". Yes! H because of Hentai! Hentai/Ecchi means "perverted". Don't make things up, noob.

Er, are you saying that to pikadude1006 , or Boligrafo.

Anyway, this topic is starting to get out of hand....

 

[Stitch]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecchi