tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post4250728217725861601..comments2023-03-30T01:53:44.203-07:00Comments on Retro Programming: Executable CompressorsJohn Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09108374348083307900noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-34884552411523234892009-07-03T01:55:52.047-07:002009-07-03T01:55:52.047-07:00@John, but some funny folks found out that you can...@John, but some funny folks found out that you can crash most of this anti-virus programs by compressing a lot of zeroes (or other repeated values easy to compress) into the exe in addition to the virus.llogiqnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-67519390716802821192009-07-02T10:24:58.882-07:002009-07-02T10:24:58.882-07:00@Giorgio some people used to purposely hide virus ...@Giorgio some people used to purposely hide virus infected files in compressed exes. A few anti-virus programs can decompress the exe to check the original program.Johnhttp://retrocode.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-1556584981243902592009-07-02T07:56:48.576-07:002009-07-02T07:56:48.576-07:00Not like them because on non-unix platforms tipica...Not like them because on non-unix platforms tipically can carry a virus or a trojan.. :)Giorgiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689416577856305650noreply@blogger.com