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#SOFTWARE TO CHANGE MAC ADDRESS IN WINDOWS 7 SOFTWARE#
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#SOFTWARE TO CHANGE MAC ADDRESS IN WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS#

You just start MacMakeup with some command line arguments. Permission to write to that directory (do not put it in Windows32!). When using scripting the GUI interface does not show up if not for critical errors, any output will beĭirected to a macmakeup.txt file created in the same directory the executable resides.

#SOFTWARE TO CHANGE MAC ADDRESS IN WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS#

The Windows scheduler allows you to execute script based on a lot of events.

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You can automate tasks like havingĪ new MAC at each boot, or switch from one MAC to the other in a click or following events. Since versions 2.2.x you can use MacMakeup from the command line. If the MAC is already spoofed on an interface you can use the "Reset to original" button to go back to To spoof your MAC address you just need to:ĭone! You just need to disable and enable the interface again. This is a simplified version compared to the original one, but the basic task are accomplished

You can just want a MAC that is easy to remember (or funny, just google for those).

You may spoof addresses on your devices to make it simpler to distinguish their traffic, for example when capturing traffic on busy networks (you can create "your own" OIDs).

To bypass some sort of licensing, but since it is very stupid it may be an incentive for people to find better protection algorythms. I would normally say you must not use this method

As I said before, some licensing schemes consider your MAC as the unique identifier to bind a specific license.

During several pen-testing acts you may need to create specific MAC addresses, or discard used ones for new ones.

On a WiFi network you may find that only some MAC addresses are allowed by the access points, so you can borrow one of them taking care o to use it when the owners are online.

Talking about DHCP, they tend to re-assign IPs to known MAC addresses, so you may just need a different IP to test something, despite the DHCP intentions.

Having layer 2 information is considered (?) more solid than layer 3 addresses that change often, especially when DHCPs are involved.

#SOFTWARE TO CHANGE MAC ADDRESS IN WINDOWS 7 SOFTWARE#

Several network software or appliances nowadays try to build "profiles" of

Another use of a new MAC address if to make passive fingerprinting/profile building more difficult.

I recently discovered that TeamViewer seems to use the MAC address to identify yourĭevice and decide whether or not you're making "commercial" use of the software.

Was used to uniquely identify your device for licensing or security purposes. MAC addresses are a mean to have your device globally unique. In the time I talked with people who found very funny and unexpected uses for MacMakeup, hence in the MAC alteration process itself. I'm assuming you know what a MAC address is.

Well, finally it is :-) Back to the basics. I removed the software from my site because it was marked as a "virus" but a lot of peopleĬontinued to ask me if an updated version was available. This was my first public software that created me some problems, It existed in several flavors and was used in several contexts,įrom teaching to law enforcement. MacMakeup dates back to Windows 2000 era and was later updated to work on Windows XP.