Why was PSXeven packed?

grahf · April 25th, 2003

I noticed that this emulator was packed with UPX, a program known to harbor trojans. From my experience, programs that were packed usually have something to hide. I'm not implying anything here but IMO packing a program seems unneccesary and attract unwanted suspicion..

Neojag · April 25th, 2003

It was packed to reduce the exe size in _a lot_ of Kb

UPX is simply great

Badaro · April 25th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by grahf
I noticed that this emulator was packed with UPX, a program known to harbor trojans. From my experience, programs that were packed usually have something to hide. I'm not implying anything here but IMO packing a program seems unneccesary and attract unwanted suspicion..

IMHO you're just paranoid. There's plenty of programs out there packed with UPX, like MAME. And it's used simply because it cuts down the file size a lot, in MAME's case the .exe goes from 14MB to 3MB.

[]s Badaro

kiraseed · April 25th, 2003

PSXeven aint got nuthin' to hide but pure greatness.

**SimonMallion** · April 25th, 2003

Maybe it's to stop the average person from using a resource editor to modify the .exe file and call the emulator their own?

**Xeven** · April 25th, 2003

>> why was it packed?

coz i wanted it too? if you want you can just unpack it. Geesuz of all the **** to ask. And btw, most of your "beloved" emulators are packed as well, i.e epsxe, pcsx, psinex because we want to reduce the filesize. Dont start making something out of nothing alright? And keep you bull**** to yourself. :eyes:

Galway no Sora · April 25th, 2003

Well, I use UPX to compress the .exe files and also what SimonMallion said here, to prevent another ppl decompile the .exe file using resource editor such as Resource Hacker

jegHegy · April 25th, 2003

i'd only use it to compress. if i wanted to hack a compressed exe, i'd simply decompress it. duh :P

nyaa

zelnaga · April 29th, 2003

i heard that ZSNES has hidden away, within it's UPX compression, full emulation of the S-DD1 chip, of the remaining DSP chips, and a whole slew of other stuff, hehe :P

**Shadow Lady** · April 30th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by grahf
I noticed that this emulator was packed with UPX, a program known to harbor trojans. From my experience, programs that were packed usually have something to hide. I'm not implying anything here but IMO packing a program seems unneccesary and attract unwanted suspicion..

actually, if u have downloaded all versions u will see that only some of the versions are packed... so there is nothing to hide

Ghim · April 30th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by zelnaga
i heard that ZSNES has hidden away, within it's UPX compression, full emulation of the S-DD1 chip, of the remaining DSP chips, and a whole slew of other stuff, hehe :P

I doubt it's true... + ZSNES is opensource, it has nothing to hide...

RPGWizard · April 30th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by zelnaga
i heard that ZSNES has hidden away, within it's UPX compression, full emulation of the S-DD1 chip, of the remaining DSP chips, and a whole slew of other stuff, hehe :P

If that were true.....people would know.....not to mention there would maybe be a small riot.

**_E_** · April 30th, 2003

Hide? Hide something like what? If it had a virus, then Mcafee or Norton Antivirus will go bonkers on your PC. The emu author knows exactly whats in it. Did you read the readme file attached with PSXeven? It states that Xeven is not responsible for any damage or effects his emu does ( well, theres no harm supposed to happen, but anyways)by using PSXeven, you are taking the whole responsiblity on yourself.

Yours,
-Elly

Mauros Web · May 7th, 2003

you can unpack exe if you want using "upx -d" command...

April 25th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
grahf Weltall Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 458	Why was PSXeven packed? I noticed that this emulator was packed with UPX, a program known to harbor trojans. From my experience, programs that were packed usually have something to hide. I'm not implying anything here but IMO packing a program seems unneccesary and attract unwanted suspicion.. __________________ SIS motherboard \| WindowsXP pro \| Athlon XP 2200+(1.8 Ghz) IBM 120gb 7200rpm \| 512Mb DDR PC2100 @133mhz \| C-media 3d sound\| Pixelview geforce4ti4200 64mb\| 12x8x32x CDRW \| 300watt power supply

April 25th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Neojag :: [ Sauron's Eye ] :: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: In the Land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie... Posts: 3,259	It was packed to reduce the exe size in _a lot_ of Kb UPX is simply great __________________

April 25th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
kiraseed "That wasn't so bad." Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Amongst The Clouds Posts: 611	PSXeven aint got nuthin' to hide but pure greatness. __________________ "It's an Air Pirate's duty to cause trouble...I feel so accomplished." +WinXP SP1+P4 2.8C GHz HT+1.5GB 2700 RAM+ +64MB ATI RADEON 9200LE 8X AGP+Sony DVD±RW 4x+ +Sony CD-ROM 40x+120GB 8MB 7200rpm HDD+ Blue Rogues

April 25th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
SimonMallion Emu author Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: England Posts: 1,062	Maybe it's to stop the average person from using a resource editor to modify the .exe file and call the emulator their own? __________________ http://simonmallion.homedns.org/PSXMemTool

April 25th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Xeven A BIG BAD BATARD™ Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,517	>> why was it packed? coz i wanted it too? if you want you can just unpack it. Geesuz of all the ** to ask. And btw, most of your "beloved" emulators are packed as well, i.e epsxe, pcsx, psinex because we want to reduce the filesize. Dont start making something out of nothing alright? And keep you bull** to yourself. :eyes: __________________

April 25th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
Galway no Sora ~¤ PanZeR ¤~ idRO Thor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Valhalla, in Odin's throne Posts: 3,138	Well, I use UPX to compress the .exe files and also what SimonMallion said here, to prevent another ppl decompile the .exe file using resource editor such as Resource Hacker __________________ Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz «» 2048MB DDR2 RAM «» 256MB onboard Graphic Onboard Realtek High Definition Soundcard «» 160 + 40 GB SATA HDD Pioneer DVD±RW «» 15.4" Widescreen LCD «» Windows Vista Ultimate Sucks ha? Yeah, that's a laptop for sure.

April 25th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
jegHegy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 2,184	i'd only use it to compress. if i wanted to hack a compressed exe, i'd simply decompress it. duh :P nyaa

April 29th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
zelnaga Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 9	i heard that ZSNES has hidden away, within it's UPX compression, full emulation of the S-DD1 chip, of the remaining DSP chips, and a whole slew of other stuff, hehe :P

April 30th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
_E_ Administrator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: somewhere Posts: 8,570	Hide? Hide something like what? If it had a virus, then Mcafee or Norton Antivirus will go bonkers on your PC. The emu author knows exactly whats in it. Did you read the readme file attached with PSXeven? It states that Xeven is not responsible for any damage or effects his emu does ( well, theres no harm supposed to happen, but anyways)by using PSXeven, you are taking the whole responsiblity on yourself. Yours, -Elly __________________ -= Now watching=-

May 7th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
Mauros Web aka MsExPaNsIoN Join Date: May 2002 Location: Mendoza, Argentina Posts: 267	you can unpack exe if you want using "upx -d" command... __________________ MotherBoard: ASRock K7S41GX \| Processor: Athlon XP 1900+ (1.62ghz) \| Mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical \| RAM: Samsung 256mb DDR333 \| Video: XFX GeForce FX5200 128mb DDR \| Sound: C-Media AC97 5.1 \| CD reader: BenQ 56x \| CD recorder: Samsung 52x24x52x \| HD: 60gb \| OS: Windows XP Professional SP1 \| Display: Samsung SyncMaster 550v \| TV Tuner: Lifeview Flyvideo 2000 / Philips SAA7130 w/ remote control \| Speedy @DSL Connection 256K 32kb (download) / 16kb (upload) \|

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