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Convert .exe files
Name: wizzy Date: October 30, 2002 at 18:31:47 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: 2 GHz/256 MB
Comment:
It's posible to convert files of .class extension into readable text files. Does anyone know how to convert, or know any software that helps to convert file of .exe into .txt or .java extension? I reall wanna know whether an executable .exe program contains any trojan horse or virus?!
Name: Mittens Date: October 30, 2002 at 18:39:27 Pacific
Reply:
You can just open the files in notepad, but that will do you no good. You won't be able to tell if it contains trojans that way. You'll need a decompiler and a strong working knowledge of at least one programming language. The only way to tell if a program has trojans is to use a virus scanner, like Norton. You should be able to drag the file and scan it that way, and it will tell you the result.
Mittens
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Response Number 2
Name: Wizzy Date: October 30, 2002 at 18:45:53 Pacific
Reply:
Well, I know java, javascript, C and Python, and programs of these can be convert into readable .txt file. I'm just curious about .exe extension.
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Response Number 3
Name: Bryan Date: October 30, 2002 at 22:24:16 Pacific
Reply:
No. Like mittens said, you would need to use a decompiler to decompile the .exe file into readable code.
-=Bryan=-
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Response Number 4
Name: Shaun Date: October 31, 2002 at 18:00:32 Pacific
Reply:
FYI Here's a GNU decompiler link.
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~csmweb/dcc.html
The generated variable and function names will not be informative. It's a C programmer's dream :)
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