Re: self modifying exe

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From: Farooq Khan (farooq_at_softechww.com)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:03:24 +0500

hi Elias,
well, i want it be modifying itself and writing back changes to disk. let me
tell what this application be doing exactly.
this applcation would be writing application exit time somewhere in it and
reading it afterwards when it is launched again to do some calculation. i
cannot go for registry or any other thing.
thanks.

bye,
Farooq Khan

"lallous" <lallous@lgwm.org> wrote in message
news:u$D5xUQWEHA.2844@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hello
>
> What are you trying to achieve?
>
> Self modifying EXE (to modify itself and write back changes to disk) or
self
> modifying code (SMC)?
>
> It may be doable in C/C++ but in ASM it is far better and easier.
>
> --
> Elias
> "Farooq Khan" <farooq@softechww.com> wrote in message
> news:Oo4Qb$GWEHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > hi,
> > can anyone help me writing self modifying exe??? any article, site,
> > reference??????? i need to write one in C/C++ this has to be console
based
> > application.
> > thanks.
> >
> > bye,
> > Farooq Khan
>
>

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