Changing a value using a pointer.

[astropirit]

Hi all, i have been having this annoying problem. I can change th value of an memory address. the problem is tha the memory address changes every time the application restarts. Now i figured i would need to use a pointer. So i found a pointer that points to this address, but it has an offset.

lets say the address is: "04A96990"
and the offset is: "A0"
and lets say this points to...:"07b96964" // this is the address i want to modify.

How might one change this code to make it take advantage of the pointer and find the address and be able to modify it.

#include <windows.h>
#include <tlhelp32.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

bool ChangeMemVal(const char * ProcessName, LPVOID MemAddress, int NewVal, int size);

int main()
{
     printf("=== Pinball Trainer Example. Made by <your name here> ===\n\n");
     if(ChangeMemVal("PINBALL.EXE", (void*) 0xA90C62, 100000000, 4))
          printf("The score has been edited successfully.\n");
     else
          printf("An error occured while attempting edit the score.\n");
     system("PAUSE");
     return 0;
}


/* This function modifys a memory address according to its arguments.
   Arguments :
             ProcessName - the process we want to modify
             MemAddress - the memory address we want to modify
             NewVal - the value we want to change the memory address to
             size - the size of the memory address
   Returns :
           the success of the edit.
   */


bool ChangeMemVal(const char * ProcessName, LPVOID MemAddress, int NewVal, int size)
{
     HANDLE hProcessSnap;
     HANDLE hProcess = NULL;
     PROCESSENTRY32 pe32;    
     hProcessSnap = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot( TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0 );
     pe32.dwSize = sizeof( PROCESSENTRY32 );
     Process32First(hProcessSnap, &pe32);
     do
     {          
          if(!strcmp(pe32.szExeFile, ProcessName))
          {
               hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, pe32.th32ProcessID);
               break;
          }
     }
     while(Process32Next(hProcessSnap, &pe32));
     CloseHandle( hProcessSnap );
     if(hProcess != NULL)
     {
          WriteProcessMemory(hProcess, MemAddress, &NewVal, size, NULL);     // write the value          
          CloseHandle(hProcess);    
          return true;
     }    
     return false;
}

Help would be greately apreciated.


Astro

[pivke]

A memory adress change itself on each time you restart your
computer. The variable is becoming every restart a new memory
adress, so you can't set the value of the memory adress.

Please forgive for the mistakes and my bad english, im a German.