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comparing the sizes of the (packed) files generated from LINK ver 3.02 and the /E option with the size of the .EXE file manually packed with EXEPACK, I have come to the conclusion that LINK ver 3.02 option /E generates EXACTLY the same size file as manually running EXEPACK on a regular .EXE file output by LINK
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LINK.EXE , which will cause an automatic compaction during binding. This process will eliminate storage for uninitialized arrays from the .EXE file produced by the linker To use this feature, specify the /E option to the command line The option does not exist in MS Link versions 3.00 and 3.01 By
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because the decompressor stubs share some characteristics with those. Most modern virus scanners can unpack several different executable compression layers to check the actual executable inside, but some popular anti-virus and anti-malware scanners have had troubles with false positive alarms on
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2454:Kiene, Steve; Mark, Dave (1999).
1906:Paul, Matthias R. (2002-10-07) .
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2142:"Chapter 3.22: EXE Compressors"
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443:PKLite (since 1990, written by
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2034:Necasek, Michal (2018-03-23).
2001:Necasek, Michal (2019-01-12).
1941:Necasek, Michal (2018-04-30).
1866:Dewar, Robert Berriedale Keith
1651:Self-decompressing compressors
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1971:Parsons, Jeff (2019-01-10).
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368:List of executable packers
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2003:"Yep, Norton Did It"
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863:Enigma Virtual Box
565:Portable Executable
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2040:OS/2 Museum
2007:OS/2 Museum
1947:OS/2 Museum
1829:PC Magazine
1569:powerpacker
1477:Exepack.NET
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1273:Proprietary
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1109:Proprietary
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972:Proprietary
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898:EXE Bundle
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830:Proprietary
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712:Proprietary
688:Proprietary
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629:Proprietary
354:hard drives
285:disassembly
258:floppy disk
211:white-space
167:, or even "
144:compressing
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649:Armadillo
621:2020-08-17
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191:JavaScript
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1094:Obsidium
791:Crinkler
638:ANDpakk2
614:Alienyze
445:Phil Katz
428:Microsoft
362:64k intro
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1584:PackFire
1575:imploder
1565:series:
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1546:PuCrunch
1381:Freeware
1179:Freeware
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