Hard Disk Serial Number Changer / Spoofer: 6 Best We Tested
4. Hardware Spoofer
HWSpoofer was tested and is only compatible with Windows 2000/XP but works along the same lines as PB DownForce in spoofing the hard disk’s serial number. The program has no interface and you simply execute it to patch the system, an ini file will be created in the same folder with the spoofing details.
If you want to change the spoofed serial number, simply delete the ini file to generate another set of numbers. To run HWSpoofer again you will need to reboot the the system as blue screens or crashes are likely to follow if you try to run it again. Like PB Downforce, HWSpoofer will also try to spoof your network adapters MAC address.
5. Object Tree
This tool does something a little bit different and actually hides your drives and optionally network adapters completely instead of trying to spoof the serial number. Open the program and Expand [ROOT] -> GLOBAL??, select PhysicalDrive0 and then click Hide. Alternatively, you can click on the File menu -> “Hide all PB related symbolic links”. To get the drives back again, select Unhide all entries from the File menu.
6. Chameleon
As most of the tools mentioned above are not really made for newer Windows operating systems, Chameleon is probably the only hardware ID spoofing tool that can run on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Chameleon runs in kernel mode (Ring 0) to change the hard-coded serial number on hard drives and also the MAC address on network adapters. Currently it is limited to 32-bit version of Windows but 64-bit support will be released later this year.
The process of getting Chameleon to run can be a bit long. After purchase, you need to create a forum account and upgrade it to VIP from the provided web control panel. Then download the software, extract and run the Loader as administrator which will automatically generate a hardware information text file. Go back to the control panel, go to Update HardwareID and enter all 5 information from the hardware information text file. You will instantly receive a license.dat file to be placed at the same folder as the Loader file. Now you’ll need to rename the Loader.exe to any other file name, such as raymond.exe and then run it as admin.
A Setup.ini file will be generated and saved in the program’s folder. Open Setup.ini file with a text editor such as Notepad, and change the NULL to any spoofed serial number that you want with the exact same length as the originals.
Save the changes made in Setup.ini and run the software again. You will need to wait for a while until you see a window telling you that “Chameleon has been loaded successfully”, which means that your hard drive serial number has been successfully changed.
ORGANNER, the company that develops Chameleon promises that the upcoming version 2 will be easier to manage from the web panel. Chameleon cost €69.95 for a lifetime license with 2 hardware ID changes.
Special Note: Do be aware that because of the nature of these tools they hook Windows functions at a very low level (ring0) and do behave rather like rootkits in the eyes of security software. Your Antivirus program will definitely complain that PB Downforce and HWSpoofer are trojans so you will have to either allow them in your Antivirus or turn it off temporarily while using these tools.
so you mean reboot in restart you computer or reset you whole computer?
Reboot as in restart. As far as I’m aware, reboot your computer has never implied resetting or reinstalling it.
how can i change hwid with command in bat file ?
About PB Downforce,
Well the Windows Service I grabbed turned out to be a .sys file, obfuscated by VMProtect(1.X).
It’s internal name, as Windows Explorer tells me, is: ‘helper.sys’. So, this means it’s a Windows Device Driver, a .sys file.
But that’s food for IDA Pro, when I’ve got the time.. :)
Regarding PB Downforce,
The executable drops a service into your %TEMP% folder, which it uses. It’s the temporary folder from Windows.
What I did was, preventing the removal of contents in my %TEMP% folder. Very interesting, now I’ve got the service DLL to tinker around with.. Let’s see if that contains a virus. :)
Windows Defender quickly picked the DLL up as ‘ Trojan:Win32/Tiggre!rfn ‘.. Could be bad..
Windows Defender is well known for false positives. In fact, it’s one of the worst there is.
However, tools like this will generate detections in AV software, it’s unavoidable.
Concerning PB Downforce, I got interested.
Windows operating systems based x64-bit, have KPP (Kernel Patch Protection). So the hooks on DeviceIoControl, which PB Downforce applies, are rendered useless.
If you’re on a 32-bit system, then there’s no problem for you.
Some notable strings in the PB Downforce executable are as follows, after unpacking:
IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY
SMART_GET_VERSION
SMART_RCV_DRIVE_DATA
IOCTL_NDIS_QUERY_GLOBAL_STATS
IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY
IoBuildDeviceIoControlRequest()
DeviceIoControl()
PhysicalDrive
ServiceName
PBDOWNFORCE_SERVICE
The executable file itself was packed with ASProtect, and was made with Microsoft Visual C++, with its wxWidgets.
The good news is, it does not contain a trojan.
TROJAN included at your service
Of course there isn’t, try to have a bit of common sense. Antivirus and security software obviously hates programs like these because they are essentially hacking tools.
Tried installing it it kept showing me an error dialog box Error:communication failed.
I dont know what next to do.
Please help
Tried installing it it kept showing me an error dialog box Error:communication failed.
I dont know what next to do.
Please help
PB Downforce is not working on my Windows 10 64-Bit. Please help me. Can I run it in any way?
whats the password for it BRUHHH
Downloads with a password have it listed on the download page.
hello raymond !
the Chameleon site not workin’ :(
Chameleon appears to be dead. I guess none of these tools that are currently available work for newer operating systems, sadly.
i got bluescreen . everytime i shutdown pc. when using pbdownforce
because is wirus XD
About PB DownForce.
It is mentioned that It will spoof your hard drive’s serial number but temporarly. So you’ll need to spoof your hard drive’s serial every time you open the game and connect to that certain server you’re banned in order not to get tracked?
Hello,
PB Down Force just made my day…..Thanks a lot….You are awesome.
I’m trying to use PBdownforce on win 7 64 but I’m getting error: “communiction failed”. Any help on this ? Any other tool to spoof hdd serial on win 7 64 ?
As stated in the article PBDownforce doesn’t work on 64-bit Windows, we couldn’t find any free tools that do.
PBdownforce asking for password to run.
It’s written clearly on the download page.
Another utility which allows changing of a volume serial number is “MiniTool Partition Wizard”, what’s more it changes the whole 32 bit long serial number, not only the last 16 visible bits (8 characters).
Sorry, my mistake – MiniTool reports Volume ID as a 8 byte (16 characters/64 bit) value, while other programs report only 4 bytes (8 characters/32 bits). Don’t know what is the leading 32 bits, but the last 32 bits is the same as reported by VOL utility.
hello! PB downforce is very useful for me but can you please tell me how to use my own serials and macs? I mean… what is the standard format? because I fill the fields with original and new serial and it doesnt work. Thank you very much!
Thank you very much for the info, I need to change my hardware id….
Hey
I was struggling to change the volume id but by the help of
Hard Disk Serial Number Changer i was able to change it easily
Thank you ^_^
Hello.
Thank you for this tip that is very good. bravo.
I enjoyed of this program.
COOL!!!
Well, I have been searching for that for a long time. So detailed and you provided a good research you did yourself.. lol
I am downloading the PB gui program, hopefully it will work. Thanks
Master , Genius
thanks to you I think I could find a way to temporary fix the problem with the local ban in Counter Strike using Pbdownforce..
thanks!
very good one.you changed my view. thanks
very interesting
Thank you for this great tip ;)
That was a very interesting read, you are simply awesome
Thanks! You can try typing ‘vol’ instead of ‘dir’ to see your volume label or serial number
I always enjoyed reading your articles…!
Hi, I need a tool to change my hdd serial no. without restarting my pc, Is there any tool avalable for this. If yes please share. Thnaks
awesome article !