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zhak



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zhak 08 Apr 2017, 12:02
x86 PE files include DOS stub with MZ header and some DOS code. But what about other architectures like ARM? Is stub present in any form for those or files are just padded with zeroes to sizeof.IMAGE_DOS_HEADER?
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Tomasz Grysztar



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Tomasz Grysztar 08 Apr 2017, 13:54
PE specification states that it a valid MS-DOS application is expected there, but since chances of anyone trying to execute such file in MS-DOS are very small, you do not have to worry whether it really runs, just keep an MZ header that looks more or less correct. In fasm you get such effect with
Code:
format PE on 'nul'    
construction.
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