WSO CCC OTD 2021-01-26 - SOLVED

[jsc42]

I concur: the gif is not openable as a zip. It means my guess from the advance clue given yesterday is wrong :( I had thought that "Something inside my profile is much more than meets the eye." (11) (The Lounge[^]) was going to be MACROSCOPIC

[Lost User]

Thanks. Due to the unique way the zip file is constructed some archive programs might fail. I've tested and several of the online unzippers are working for the archive. Let me Bing that for you!

[Lost User]

No, I still cannot see anything remotely intelligible. And the number of sponsored ads getting in the way just makes it more confusing. I leave the rest to those far cleverer than me.

[OriginalGriff]

I never did have the patience needed for treasure hunts! :-D

"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

[Lost User]

This [^] online unzip is working if you would like to attempt to solve early. Or you can wait until the next stage is openly revealed.

[Lost User]

Participation in the 'treasure hunt' is completely optional. The plain text CCC will be revealed within an hour or two.

[pkfox]

Hi Richard I used ezyzip.com and it extracted a file instruction.asm with the following in

dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs

"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

[5teveH]

It's obviously: CONSPIRACY THEORY. The fact that the number of letters doesn't fit is entirely consistent with conspiracy theory 'logic'! :confused:

[Lost User]

Thanks, I just got it from the link Randor gave me. But with all those fixed jump addresses it will not compile, so I am clueless as to what it means. :( However, to be fair to @Randor, it is clever, and he must have given it a lot of thought.

[Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter]

With that much _directive_s we will be here all day :-) Nice one!

"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

[Lost User]

The fact that the x86 instructions might be gibberish is useful information and could be an indicator that it's simply another layer of indirection. :)

[Lost User]

:zzz:

[Lost User]

The answer is easy now, which probably explains why you hid it.

[Lost User]

Yes, But the real question here is... was it in your dictionary? :-D :-D

[pkfox]

Have you solved it ?

"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

[musefan]

Solved! Please find my answer (and the solution) hidden in my profile. Or just take my word for it and declare me the winner. :-D

[Lost User]

I just fed your avatar into my QR reader and your answer was wrong, and also NSFW or my granddaughter. ;P

[Lost User]

Randor wrote:

was it in your dictionary?

Oddly enough I did not need to look. :)

[pkfox]

What's the answer ?

"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

[Lost User]

Follow Randor's assembler link and then print the resulting characters.