MS Ban Hammer - 10.30.09

Ok, I've been reading and testing things for the past few days now. I now have 17 customers who are banned. Based on all the cases it seems that there are only 2 real options here.

1. abgx was somehow used against us and M$ was able to infect our ripped games with information that would tell them we were playing a game that went through abgx. I would think that they also did something to XBC. This could have happened months ago and they've just been waiting to ban everyone to make sure they get everyone that they can. Bottom line, our games are not safe. People can stop posting info on the games they've played. I think we're all past the point of thinking it was a few specific games that did it.

2. M$ now has a way to read our FW. I've been doing this for years and I know how hard and unlikely it would be for them to be able to do that. But, it would not be impossible. The update could have automatically put it in B mode during the update and used a program to send the FW info back to them. Now it's just a matter of time before they are able to go through all the returned information and determine who gets banned. Or, they could be testing our 360's every time it turns on. Those steps would only take a few seconds if they were done right.

I am still NOT banned as of today.

What I plan to do....I am going to us my friends new, unmodded 360 to transfer my profile to a memory card. I am also going to use a spare HDD to make a copy of mine. I am then going to us his modded xbox with the memory card to see if I can get it banned. That way it won't affect my HDD. If anyone has some suggestions as to how to monitor the network while I am doing this please send them to me and I will give it a shot. I will also try connecting to xbox to live (on a console that isn't banned yet) after I have already gone through it's boot up. I have 4 360's that are modded but aren't banned yet that I am willing to risk for the greater good.

Either way, it seems that this is the end of, at least, this wave of modded consoles. Someone will find a way to get around this ban wave and another era of modded consoles will begin. I am a survivor living in Texas. If anyone is out there, anyone....please.....you are not alone.

 

OK, I have just ripped Raven Squad from retail disc and ran thru ABGX and these are the results:

"There is no verified rip of this Xex/SS combination in the online database
Failed to find a verified ini file for this Xex/SS combination
Verification failed"

Can I just upload my numbers or ISO to ABGX to add to there database so in the future verification will pass for anyone else?


Checking for updates to GameNameLookup.csv and abgx360.dat...
Server file GameNameLookup.csv no newer than local file - not retrieving
Server file abgx360.dat no newer than local file - not retrieving

F:\New Rips\Raven Squad - Operation Hidden Dagger\Raven Squad - Operation Hidden Dagger.dvd is valid

Checking Game
ISO: "F:\New Rips\Raven Squad - Operation Hidden Dagger\Raven Squad - Operation Hidden Dagger.iso"
Size: 7838695424 bytes (SplitVid 3rd wave)
Files in ISO: 215, Folders in ISO: 11
Total bytes used: 2017988115 (27.65%)
Game appears to have random padding

Checking default.xex
Original PE Filename: TD.exe
Original PE Timestamp: 2009/07/21 18:28:25
Game Name: Raven Squad
Developer: Atomic Motion
Publisher: Evolved Games
Genre: Tactical action
Achievements: 46 Achievements totaling 1000 Gamerscore
XEX CRC = 775B2CB1
XEX Media ID: 3F849522DB802021F20FD307-224AC724

Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger

Region Code: 0xFFFFFFFF
Region Free!

Checking SS
Timestamp of Authoring: 2009/07/22 00:00:00
Timestamp of Mastering: 2009/08/11 19:05:22

Caution: This SS contains a value (angle 359) that will cause older versions
of iXtreme to return a detectable bad response! Make sure your drive is flashed
with iXtreme version 1.4 or newer. Alternatively, you may enable the option to
adjust angle 359 for compatibility with iXtreme < v1.4

SS CRC = A939771E (RawSS = 16505FFD)
SS Media ID: 3F849522DB802021F20FD307-224AC724 (matches game)
SS looks valid

Checking DMI
Timestamp of Authoring: 2009/07/22 00:00:00 (matches SS)
DMI CRC = F26203F8
DMI Media ID: 3F849522DB802021F20FD307-224AC724 (matches game)
DMI looks valid

Checking PFI
PFI CRC = 2A4CCBD3
PFI matches known data (3rd wave - requires iXtreme v1.51 or later)

Video partition found
Video CRC = 0E58FB9D (V0 = CF942E7B, V1 = 4809B37A)
Video partition matches known data (3rd wave - requires iXtreme v1.51 or later)

Stealth check passed!

Starting Verification
Looking for A939771E775B2CB1.ini in the online verified database
There is no verified rip of this Xex/SS combination in the online database
Failed to find a verified ini file for this Xex/SS combination
Verification failed

Set AutoFix Threshold to Level 3 if you want to try and find a verified SS and
Stealth files that match the Xex, and automatically patch them if found.

 

That version of the game is already in the database. The reason it's not being found is because of your abgx360 settings: -

 

Both of those games I ripped and ran thru ABGX and passed just fine. Played both of them with no problem. Both are Wave 3.

 

When did you do this? ABGX ran fine for me yesterday, but I seem to be having problems today.

 

Yep you are right it is the only version in there. Now just one question. If I ripped from a retail disc, why would I have to autofix anything at all? It should be a perfect ISO, right?

 

Did both a couple days after them being released.

 

I had no problems with them at that time too. But he did them last night and had problems. At that time ABGX was fine, but now it seems to be having problems.

 

You shouldn't have to autofix anything. The default abgx360 settings are designed for people that rip their own games. It'll autofix only if the stealth is uncertain/fails and verification fails, but if the stealth check passes and verification fails, that's fine. It just means that the version you're ripping is slightly different from the one uploaded to the database. If you know what you're doing when you're ripping your own games, the stealth check will always pass, so abgx360 should never autofix.

 

Why is it that when i check my back-ups with abgx their ok yet when i check them with XBC they fail? This occurred with Forza3 and FIFA10

 

They got me and my 2 spare xboxs (rrod + E74) so all 3 are gone. I think it's time to start buying legit stuff again and have a banned as a game tester.

 

Thanx funksoulb, that is what I had thought but, with all this banning going on made me question.

 

ist ther another way to play online. i heard it was and its free. how would you do connect?

 

does anyone know if this video is a legit way to check if banned?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVmuJw_IPNg

it says you need to check

W: 0000-0008
X: 0000-F001
Y: 00A8-6820
Z: 8015-190D (see this = banned)
ID: 0008-0000

 

@Vital
Im doing it once a day. Its a good way to check really

 

Only thing that makes sense to me is that they've just been adding up flagged consoles over time and are banning them all right now. I think the update could have brought in better error reporting or something. As far as I know, I haven't played one bad game (re-verified after burn), not one game before release date, or even within the first week of release (except maybe Forza 3, five to six days into the first week), and I flashed my Lite-On with an external power source and iXtreme 1.6.

No ban yet.

 

I'm sorry but I only partially understand what you are saying. Will we have to delete and recover our gamertag on the un-banned box everytime we play on the banned box and get achievements? I guess what I mean is can I play a burnt copy of Brutal Legend, get achievements and then take the HDD out and put in on the un-banned box and play a legitimate copy of COD MW2 on LIVE without worrying of the banhammer? Or will I have to get the achievements, delete my profile, switch the HDD to the un-banned box and recover my tag again and everytime? I'm a little fuzzy I am sorry but any help is highly appreciated.

 

just ran both again and all good

 

Ok so you can't get banned by doing the test connection right? unless you apply update if it prompts i assume

 

go buy yourself a PS3, the online is free and games start around 60 bucks, so yeah there is is way to play online for free