A packer is a tool often used by malware that is intended to reduce the size of an executable file using compression.
A packed file refers to a file that has been subjected to a packer.
Packers and packed files may be used interchangeably (and erroneously) with crypters and crypted files.
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- armouringtheelf-grugq_scut2001
- elfpack
- Linux Persistence: Processes
- Main Index
- incidentresponse-luttgens2014
- ezuri_unpack
- trackingteamtnt-fiser2021
- unpacking diicot-tikochinski2024
- evasionbydeoptimization-balci2024
- borges2021
- UPX
- Payload Encryption
- customized UPX packers
- Ezuri
- Main Index - P
- unpacker
- upx_dec