Crak Software                      Tel:800 484 9628 ext 7584
2901 E. Greenway Parkway                    Fax:602 548 1993
PO Box 41844
Phoenix, AZ 85046-1844

                        Instructions

Wdcrak is Copyrighted software.  Unauthorized
copying or distribution of Wdcrak is a criminal
violation of Federal Law.

Copyright c by John E. Kuslich 1994.  All rights
reserved.

Version 1.5 Monday 24 April 1995.

1)   Installation

     Wdcrak will install itself.  Just insert
the diskette in the a: or the b: drive and type
A:setup or b:setup as appropriate.  Wdcrak will
not alter your autoexec.bat or your config.sys
files.  No .ini files are created nor are any
.ini files altered.

     Wdcrak does add some files to your
windows/system directory however.  These are
Visual Basic runtime files needed by the
program.  They are vbrun300.dll and others.

              Be sure to install Wdcrak only in the
                    following directory:

                         C:\wdcrak.

2)   Use License

     You are authorized to use Wdcrak on one
computer at a time.  You may not install Wdcrak
on a network or on multiple computers so that
more than on user could use Wdcrak on more than
one computer at a time.  Site licenses are
available for a fee. Contact CRAK Software for
details.

     You may make copies of WDcrak and
distributes them to others provided that you do
not reveal the security code necessary to access
the full features of the program.  You must,
however, distribute the software in its entirety
including these instructions (minus the security
code).

3)   Opening Display

     Click on the Wdcrak icon and start the
application just as you would any other
Windows application.

     If you have purchased the full capability
version of Wdcrak, you may enter
the security code to enable Wdcrak.  Be sure to
follow the instructions given with the security
code exactly, using the proper letter case as
described.

     If you do not know the security code,
Wdcrak will only reveal passwords of exactly ten
characters.  Simply click on the "Don't Know"
option button to start the program.

4)   Selecting a File

     Wdcrak uses standard Windows dialog boxes
to allow you to examine and select any file on
any disk in you system.  Select the appropriate
disk, then the proper directory, and then click
or double click on the file you want to crack.



5)   Exiting Wdcrak

     Wdcrak may be exited at any time simply by
clicking on the "Exit" button in the
lower right portion of the display.

6)   Wait for Processing

     Unfortunately, Wdcrak must do an enormous
amount of processing to collect file statistics
and determine the encryption key used.  Please
be patient.  The Horizontal scroll bar at the
bottom of the Wdcrak window will continue to
slide back and forth as processing continues.

7)   Check the Decode Grid

                   *****VERY IMPORTANT*****

     It is vital that you check the text
appearing in the decode grid when the program
pauses and puts up a message box. . Usually
there is absolutely no need for correction and
the user may then simply click on the "Find
Password" button the get the password.
Sometimes Wdcrak cannot exactly determine the
decode key on the first pass and needs your
help.  Click on the "OK" button first and then
use the vertical scroll bar at the right to
examine the decoded text.

     If there are obvious errors such as Capital
letters where none belong, or there
are nonsense characters in certain positions,
simply use the mouse to click on the cell that
is wrong and type the letter you think should be
there. Remember, use the proper case.

     Notice that when you type in a new
character, all the characters in that column of
text also change to other characters (not what
you typed).  If all the characters in the column
you have changed look correct, then go on and
correct the next column.  It is kind of like
solving a big crossword puzzle only very much
easier because the vertical scroll bar allows
you to see so much text and the text becomes
more and more readable and obvious as each
correction is made.

     Sometimes all of the text in a particular
column looks correct except for one nonsense
character.  This is probably a formatting
character (Tab etc.).

            *******DO NOT CORRECT THESE FORMATTING
                      CHARACTERS******
      if the rest if the characters in the same column
                     seem to be correct.

     In the case where the grid comes up
completely blank, there is no need for
corrections.  The program has found a section of
pure key which it likes to turn into spaces.
The rest of the text may be garbage but it
doesn't matter.  Click in the "Find Password"
button and the password will magically appear!


8)   Click On the "Find Password" Button

Ta Da!!!  The password will appear.

A nice surprise appears also.  Our founder (Head
Geek) is very proud of his hat and bandanna!!!





9)   Extended Features

If you are trying to recover a password from a
file which is heavily formatted, uses a wide
selection of fonts, or has a lot of embedded
graphics WDcrak  may not find the start of text
(which it needs) properly.  In this case grab
the vertical scroll bar and slide it down a
little bit, then click on "Find Password".  Keep
repeating this procedure and monitor the "Text
Quality"  number displayed just below the
vertical scroll bar.  Generally, the lower this
number the better.  If the "Text Quality" number
is less than about 85, you will be able to
reconstruct the displayed text enough to finally
recover the password by clicking on the "Find
Password" key.

Wdcrak searches for key in the area of text
starting with the seven lines displayed on the
grid.  By sliding the vertical scroll bar you
can pick the area of the file you wish to
search.  The search length is determined by the
value you set in the "Search Length" box.
Values of search length between about 25 and 200
are optimum, but certain very long files may
require longer (and more time consuming)
searches.

                        Important...
        Be sure to correct the grid text before each
         click on the "Find Password" key after the
               search length has been altered.


10)  Limitations

     Wdcrak requires standard English text for
proper decoding of files.  If the file is
not more or less standard English or have the
frequency distribution characteristics of
standard English,  Wdcrak may fail miserably.
The password recovery algorithm is surprisingly
robust however, so go ahead and click on the
"Find Password" key.  The password recovered may
still be correct!

     We are sorry if the program fails...there
are no guarantees or warrantees of any kind
either expressed or implied for Wdcrak.  Use the
program at your own risk...it may fail to find
your password.



9)  Purchasing Wdcrak

Send $99 Payable to CRAK:

CRAK
2901 E. Greenway Pkwy.
PO Box 31844
Phoenix, AZ 85046-1844

John E. Kuslich
President, CRAK Software
Johnk@indirect.com
72510,3115 on Compuserve
Fax Us At: 1 602 548 1993
Call Us At: 1 800 484 9628 ext 7584 (Orders only
please)
We will ship by any method you specify.  Many of
our customers prefer Overnight Express COD.  We
will arrange this for an additional $15 fee for
shipping and COD cost.
