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UPX for a final kick? #7

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TWiStErRob opened this issue Jan 22, 2020 · 1 comment
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UPX for a final kick? #7

TWiStErRob opened this issue Jan 22, 2020 · 1 comment

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@TWiStErRob
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TWiStErRob commented Jan 22, 2020

Hey, awesome article! I wanted to give a whirl to unleash upx --best zerosnake.exe on the 8k version, but I got

upx: zerosnake.exe: CantPackException: filealign < 0x200 is not yet supported

I don't have all the .NET / Windows development environment set up, but it looks like I would try to increase /filealign:16 in the last command to hopefully fix this. Even if it increases the size, UPX may go farther.

I guess it's kind of a cheat, but it would be interesting to see how much farther it's possible to go.

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Final Kick is to compile as x86 and link with Crinkler (that compresses and links). Tends to be better than UPX: https://twitter.com/MStrehovsky/status/1214955686397980673?s=19

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