For years, third-party developers created "keygen" software to unlock the official Epson Adjustment Program (AdjProg.exe). This allowed users to reset their protection counters for free. Recently, Epson and cybersecurity firms have successfully patched and blocked these generators for several reasons:

The resetter is often detected as a "false positive" by antivirus software (like Windows Defender) because it patches a protected program.

The era of relying on an crack is over. Modern security updates and server-side checks have rendered these files either completely non-functional or highly dangerous packages for malware.

Using any third-party adjustment program on a printer that is still under warranty will almost certainly void it. Furthermore, these unofficial resetters can sometimes write incorrect information to the printer's firmware, leading to persistent errors, inaccurate ink level readings, or completely bricking the device.