extract the strings in an exe

[Fernando Rodriguez]

Hi,

How can I extract all the strings in an exe with python? O:-)

[Gerhard Häring]

Fernando Rodriguez wrote:

Hi,

How can I extract all the strings in an exe with python? O:-)

I don't know about Python, but Unixoid systems, and on Windows, Cygwin
has a utility called 'strings' which you can use for exactly this purpose.

It's written in C and you could translate its algorithm to Python ;)

-- Gerhard

[Dietrich Epp]

On Nov 21, 2003, at 2:52 AM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:

How can I extract all the strings in an exe with python? O:-)

CTRL-D

$ strings foo.exe

--- OR ---

import os
os.exec1p('strings', 'foo.exe')

--- OR ---

import re
fooExe = file('foo.exe', 'r').read()
strings = re.findall("[\x1f-\x7e]{4,}", fooExe)

---

If you're looking for something a little more discriminating, you'll
need to ask someone who cares about executable formats. This will
probably print out the function names as well. Basically, the code
finds strings of printing characters at least four characters long.

If you're looking for the definitive list of strings, you're going to
hit your head against the cold, hard reality of executable formats not
usually storying that information. It just isn't there.

[Tim Golden]

Fernando Rodriguez <fr*@easyjob.net> wrote in message news:<1j********************************@4ax.com>. ..

Hi,

How can I extract all the strings in an exe with python? O:-)

Looks like this might be of use (look for SRV):

http://www.micon.no/PythonPage.asp

I haven't tried it myself; just came across it looking for something else.

TJG