| Note for beginners:
This crackme is built in DEBUG mode, not Release.
Because of that, it requires MSVC Debug Runtime DLLs and may fail to start with errors like:
- VCRUNTIME140D.dll not found
- MSVCP140D.dll not found
- ucrtbased.dll not found
(STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND / 0xC0000135)
This is NOT a protection, just a build configuration issue.
How to fix:
- Install Visual Studio Build Tools or Visual Studio
- Select:
• MSVC v143 – VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools
• Windows 10 SDK or Windows 11 SDK
(No need for full IDE or C++/CLI)
After that, the crackme runs fine under x64dbg.
Archive password (crackmes.one):
crackmes.one |
11:12 AM 12/22/2025 |
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