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UPX in my compiled exe?

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:21 am
by PB
I just loaded one of my compiled exes in a hex editor and was shocked to see
the string UPX in there several times... what is this all about? I did not compress
my exe with UPX at all, so I wonder why it's in there? I even checked some of
the UserLibraries that I have and none of them have UPX in them either. :shock:

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:28 am
by GeoTrail
I just check with a small program and I can't find any string even similar to UPX.

Try compiling an empty source, and then check it. Try again with different commands, specially string related, maybe you can find something that way?

Re: UPX in my compiled exe?

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:53 am
by PB
Oops, my mistake -- it was a UPX'ed DLL that I had IncludeBinary'ed. :oops:
That's why a search for "UPX" in my source showed nothing, and confused me.

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:58 am
by GeoTrail
Happens to the best of us ;)
The bigger the project, the sillier the mistakes ;)