New AV False detections in MASM32 Folder.

[hutch--]

hmmmm,

> their load time?

Yes, how long it takes to read a smaller file from disk. On average memory is far faster than disk IO so your unpacking overhead is generally compensated for by the speed difference. Once it is unpacked it has the same relocation time as any other DLL. The other factor is that a packed EXE/DLL loads the entire file at once and is not slowed down by paging.

[PBrennick]

Generally, I suspect the motives of people who complain about packed executables. Why would anyone care? Unless...

Paul

[Tedd]

Generally, I suspect the motives of people who complain about packed executables. Why would anyone care? Unless...

Equally, suspect the motives of people who feel the need to pack their executables (it owrks both ways) :bdg

[Vortex]

UPX is one of the most popular packers. I didn't experiment it much, what are your comments about this tool?