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Anybody know...
« on: February 20, 2006, 05:49:31 pm »
... the names of some commercial exe packing/encryption software?

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Re: Anybody know...
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2006, 05:58:24 pm »
UPX is free and open-source, but I believe it only supports packing, not encryption.
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Re: Anybody know...
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2006, 06:10:06 pm »
by commercial I meant non-freeware/shareware, hope that clears things up

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Re: Anybody know...
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2006, 07:08:54 pm »
As far as I know, UPX is the de facto standard for .exe packing.  It's used in both commercial and non-commercial applications.  I'm not aware of any others that are in wide use. 

In terms of encryption, I don't think there's any good way to encrypt a program.  The key to decrypt the program would have to be stored or retrieved making it vulnerable to decryption.

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Re: Anybody know...
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2006, 07:35:33 pm »
UPX is freeware, I know there is software out there. For example: Thinstall, costs $150
I'll add Packer to the list of Compressor/Encryptor

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Re: Anybody know...
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2006, 08:39:12 pm »
Yes, UPX is freeware.  But it's still the major program used, and I don't know of any common commercial ones.  I believe I already said that. 

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Re: Anybody know...
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2006, 03:35:59 am »
I was just clarifying in the off chance that you wouldn't be the only one to reply.