This is a reverse engineered version of Maxthon browser (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxthon )
This is how he has created xAurora
(1)Disassemble Maxthon.exe and get the Dissassembly listing. (Since some versions are packed using UPX you may need an unpacker too).
- Thats why he claims written in Assembly
(2) Do string modifications ie. replace Maxthon with xAurora, MyIE2 with MyWEB etc.. and change refereance to Maxthon DLL to xAurora.dll
-See all these word pairs are of same length. People who knows revers engineering knows why it is -
(3)Assemble it again with MS Macro Assembler
-This is where Dr Sameera should be admired. Since most disassembled code cannot be assembled straight away.
(4)Use anti debugging tools to encrpt the generated file. And use PECompact 2.x to pack it
-This is why normal debuggers cannot debug it
(5)Edit the License text wile much like step 2
-No comments
(6)Now get HEX editor and Edit strings in Maxthon DLL (same as step 2). ANd rename it to xAurora.dll
-Shame
(7)Bundle every thing and publish.
(8)Get Maxthon SDK and give it away as xAurora SDK
(9)Make different versions with already developed Maxthon skins and plugins.
(10) Finally try to fool ICTA and get some funding for hacking
I dont see much difference between Sakvithi Sir and Dr(?) Sameera.
Skavithi - Fooled Mr Edvin and steal mony from people promising high ROI.
Sameera - Trying to Fool ICTA and get government funding (ie steal money from people) promising hacked browser.
Shame on Sri Lankan IT Professionals....
More to this
Maxthon developers have partnered with Microsoft in 2006 ( "In January 2006, Maxthon developers partnered with
Microsoft in its booth at the
Consumer Electronics Show." - Wikipedia), So Dr(?) Sameera thinks that MS will take on Maxthon and when people see it on futer Windows version he can fool local community to think that his browser has got absorbed to windows.
-Nice Dream