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UPX is open source and works on linux , windows and mac (ie. cross platform) I would like to know why the torrenting space isn't using it already / having a mature discussion about it.

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[–] montar@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He didn't, malware guys use UPX and it's true that antiviruses scream bloody murder when they see it. It's also true you can't see what's inside unless you have special tools to do so. UPX also has one huge downside, it's its RAM usage, due to it's inner workings it's unable to use optimisations that normal binaries can like page sharing.

[–] Linuxer@discuss.online 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

okay so what alternative do you suggest which could be better used in exe formats I feel that unzipping from exe isn't the best solution to this problem

(like some exe contain some zip file inside them and extract them)

[–] montar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just putting all your stuff in one big .7z so you can unpack it to directory then scan them all w/ AV.