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[–] 19 points 10 months ago (4 children)

When I was still in school, I was the computer nerd. A doctor in town, who's son was in my class, asked me to fix an annoyance he had with a software he used. He offered a generous compensation. It took me less than an hour to analyze and patch the program on the binary level. On a per hour base, I earned more money than he normally did...

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    What exactly does patching a program on the binary level entail?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Well, a software (I.e. a. exe file) is a long list of numbers. Some are commands like "do something when the user clicks there", some are data, like text on a button.

    If you are very familiar with those intricacies, you can change a few bytes here or there to change what the program does.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I'm more curious as to the process than the concept I guess. Open your exe in notepad, hold alt, and mash the numpad?

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