Get more out of your PPCs sniffer.

[Anarchy Angel]

So i have a windows mobile pocket pc. Its an old one, i got it before smart phones got big. Still its a nice little toy, one of my favourite things to do with it is scout out a network before i set up my laptop on untrusted LANs and one of the more powerful functions is the packet sniffer. However that isnt a free app and you only get 14 days to use it, after which you can no longer operate the tool with out paying. Lame i know, but lucky there is a easy fix. Just like its biger brother, WM has a registry and it just so happens one little edit to the reg will allow you to use the sniffer as long as you like. Sadly unlike its big brother WM does not come with a registry editor. All is not lost however thanks to Philippe Majerus there is a free reg editor we can use to get the job done!


So you use up the 14 day trial and open PHM Registry Editor. In the tree menu go

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Cambridge>vxSniffer

then just delete the DWORD Date. Now you can open and use the sniffer past the eval date! Enjoy!


Both tools (sniffer and regedit) talked about in this post can be downloaded from:
http://www.hackers-hideaway.com/tools.php#mob