How do I read a exe file ? what software do I need?

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tch77_pt75

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06 Nov 2009 2:41 How do I read a exe file

Are there any software in the market that I can use to read the exe file?

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RBB

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06 Nov 2009 5:36 How do I read a exe file

Read how?
You can disassemble it into machine language easily enough

pranam77

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06 Nov 2009 6:32 Re: How do I read a exe file

RBB wrote:

Read how?
You can disassemble it into machine language easily enough

Any ultilities to decrypt the .exe?

M!k

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06 Nov 2009 12:30 Re: How do I read a exe file

pranam77 wrote:

RBB wrote:

Read how?
You can disassemble it into machine language easily enough

Any ultilities to decrypt the .exe?

What do you mean by"decrypt the .exe"?
If you like to debug or disassemble the exe there are many tools available:
http://www.ollydbg.de/ (free tool)
http://www.hex-rays.com/idapro/ (commercial)
and many others...

pranam77

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06 Nov 2009 15:43 Re: How do I read a exe file

M!k wrote:

What do you mean by"decrypt the .exe"?

Really sorry...i actually meant disassemble the exe file. Any ways thanks for the help..Donated 10 points. Cheers

AdvaRes

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06 Nov 2009 16:42 Re: How do I read a exe file

M!k wrote:

pranam77 wrote:

RBB wrote:

Read how?
You can disassemble it into machine language easily enough

Any ultilities to decrypt the .exe?

Hi all,
He is right. Most .exe of tools are encrypted for protection. You can know the encryption used using PEID tool. Once done you can find an utility that decrypt it on the WWW.
Use PEID again to know the compiler that was used for building the exe. Thus you can determine which is the best desassembler for you. For exemple, if PEID says that the exe was done with borland C , the best dessambler would be ollydbg; if it says Delphi then use Delphy desassembler etc...

From another side, I found the first question too general. In fact reading exe file can be done in two ways. The first is by desassembling for asm code generation and the second is editting the exe in Hex format.

If the starter of this thread want the Hex then I suggest him to use the HexEdit tool.

Hope I helped.