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How to get setup programs' signatures...

Hi all,
I'm starting to have a lot of setup files/installation unpackers actually all of wich are managing a single or some packer(s) type(s) (installshield different versions, Inno, Wise, msi, netinstaller, ...)
Each time I download a program it's always the same story, except for some evident cases I'm not able to recognize which is the used setup packer, so what I do is try all the tools I have, hoping to find one able to manage it.. not a really smart process indeed :mad:

I'm now wondering if there's a way or a tool like PEiD for packed programs that recognizes the signatures so as at least to know with which program the setup has been done and to directly user/search the proper unpacker..

Or could it directly be PEiD properly setted up, inserting the signatures in the ini file..afterall it's just a matter of understanding the signature each install builder app leaves inside (strings, informations, byte patterns..)

Could also be an idea for a project to start in case it doesn't exist yet. :D

Hi there!
Try GT2 from
hxxp://philip.helger.com/gt/
It detects PE signatures and archive contents etc.
Current version is 0.33; 0.34 is coming soon.
regards
PHaX

Hi,
extremely interesting tool! I didn't know! Post here whenever the new version will be out!! You'll make the day of much ppl. :)

Hi phax !
Do you have a plan to develop a GUI for GT. As I remember, the GTUI is old. Are you code in VS .NET 2003. Think about the WTL for GUI creating.
Regards.

Yep, I plan to. But since I have very different output types, I still don't know how to build a fast, small, easy-to-use GUI without spending more than 1 month for the initial version. I'm working on a small XML based GUI but that takes some time....
But you can consider it a promise that a new GUI will arrive.
Question: are you willing to have a 800K GUI for an 250K application? For me it sounds like overkill.

With WTL, I think the GUI with same abilities as old GTUI will only 100-200 KB in size. It will not uses MSVCRT, MFCxxx DLL. The XML GUI, which I saw in RTA, is a good idea, but the code for XML library will large, or depend on MSXML
Regards

WTL sounds very good to me. As you, of course, know, MS put WTL on sourceforge.

I just noticed WTL and found the SF link. I haven't heard of it before.
I'll have a look at it and let you know whether I can handle it. It seems quite interesting.
I thought about a small interface that has special views for special file types. As you have probably noticed, GT has a default output to stdout and can also create HTML. This is done with the same calls - just the output handler are different. Maybe the most simple approach would be, to redirect the HTML output to an IE control - not nice but easy formatting.
TQN: what is RTA??? I would have used expat or xerces of course :)
regards
PHaX

Hi phax !
You can find more informations about RTA at http://www.ibiblio.org/paulc/rta/
Regards

Hi,
for who of you that use TotalCommander here's a way to integrate it inside

1.Create the gt2 folder under the totalcommander installation folder
2. copy the gt2 files there and add the bat below

Code:

gt2 /outhtml "%1" >gt2.htm

CALL lister gt2.htm

del gt2.htm

3. download the TotalCommander standalone lister from hxxp://www.ghisler.com/lister and pack it (if you want)
4. create a button on the TotalCommande tools bar as in picture attached

Very handy!