Hi All,

Having been studying a little about packers as of late, I started thinking I might gain a better understanding by looking at some commented source code. So far I've looked at Protools and Iczelions win32asm site, but didn't see much in the way of source. If any of you guys know of a site where I can d/l source for a (preferably simple) packer I'd really appreciate the heads up :-) C, C++ or asm source please.

Thanks,

Clandestiny

Hi Clandestiny,

You've probably already caught that there's source for PEX (sudden discharge), and the source for the aPLib compression library it (and aPack, and a bunch others) use is available at

h**p://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/jibz/apack/dload.htm

And there's also a forum that seems to be packer oriented where you might find something interesting:

h**p://groups.yahoo.com/group/exelist/messages/

Cheers,
Kayaker

I believe that UPX is opensource. Also, if you would like, SantMat and I are working on a packer type utility that adds a password dialog box and encrypts/protects a program with a password. If you would like the source, send me an E-Mail.

Hi Kayaker,

Thanks for the heads up I've d/l several sources and the forum looks pretty cool too.
As always, you are a wealth of useful information

Cheers,
Clandestiny

Hi Maud'Dib,

Many thanks to you as well for your kind offer. Yeah, I'm interested. I'll mail you direct.

Cheers,
Clandestiny

I noticed Maud mentioned a packer w/password option...Well, heres a little something i put together last summer for fun...Its functional, and i recall re-indexing the IAT to prevent easy dumping (before RV,etc came out)...I never got around to releasing/finishing it, oh well =) the about box was the best feature!

madmax!

Thanks MadMax I'll have a look.

Cheers,
Clandestiny