Update?

[Mothhive]

Damn! Was hoping I would wake up and find that it had been solved! Been having the weirdest dreams about solving riddles all night and it looks like it's gonna happen again tonight!

[Synthecism]

I don't think we can continue... We have no idea what to do - we've tried everything, both simple and complex, and we never get anything. There's been no progress at all.

Harold, if you're reading this... I'm trying to save you, but I just don't know.

[jkkfreelance]

Hi there Forum Members,

I'm here from the IRC #ValveARG2-Crypto and we've been working on the 4th RAR for a long time just like you lot. I decided it would be best to share with you our knowledge to see if you can make any headway. So here are some of the theories, I will add more if we come to any.

THE WHOLE PDF FILE HAS A DOUBLE MEANING

This idea is built upon the two Swedish phrases from earlier. Here is a quick run though of what it entails -

There are a lot of things to take care of before we can get started. - We need to tackle something else before facing the RAR.

I will need to clean out the basement - The basement may refer to the strings at the bottom of the page which need to be 'cleared' up.

and prepare for the cabinet - Either refers to the cabinet as the RAR file, or a cabinet as in a ministry, or a collection of people.

Clarice shall be occupied with arranging a dinner party - Clarice, or as an anagram 'A circle', need to be occupied. We are unsure of the ending part. Perhaps this means a Disk Cipher with the string at the bottom

to keep her and the rest of the help from interfering. - Is this us? A very tenuous link.

Also, if executed correctly the party may act as an alibi if the police
should turn up and start asking questions. - Suggests illegal activity, perhaps the 'lifting' of the cabinet???


THIS IS AS FAR AS WE HAVE GOT. PLEASE TAKE IT FURTHER IF YOU WISH.

HEX CODE AS AUDIO

Someone had the bright idea to do this and got - http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/27247665/file.html.

Some sort of beat to it, but perhaps coincidence.

Removing the weird bass gives - http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/44112172/file.html

and produces the image http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/50919953/file.html.

Some belive these sound a bit like the music from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io3Vd81bF...r_embedded



SENTENCE LENGTH REFERS TO THE STRINGS

IRC noted that the two sentences "Would that even be possible, with all that heavy lifting and rigging?" - is 69 characters, and the next sentence being "Come to think of it, there is one part she would be perfect for." - which is 64 characters.

These are the same length as the strings.

As you can see, we are heading down several streets. Hopefully we can all figure this one out.

[Synthecism]

We've confirmed that "Tva meningar" means "two sentences," not "two meanings. "Meaning" in plural is not "meningar".

Sorry.

[jkkfreelance]

We've confirmed that "Tva meningar" means "two sentences," not "two meanings. "Meaning" in plural is not "meningar".

Sorry.

Yea we had this debate too, few Swedish people offered opinions. It's still pretty open unless you can show that Frictional Games has said which one it is? Sorry if that sounds a bit defensive, it really isn't meant to.

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Quick update we've done it. the password is endoftheline

[jolesole]

Password for the 4th rar is endoftheline

[mattwestwick]

ace work! nice artwork

[Caterpillar]

Password for the 4th rar is endoftheline

How did they arrive to that? :O

[Synthecism]

Password for the 4th rar is endoftheline

How did they arrive to that? :O

XORing the hex strings against two sentences from the text of the same length.

[Caterpillar]

Password for the 4th rar is endoftheline

How did they arrive to that? :O

XORing the hex strings against two sentences from the text of the same length.

:-O