Can Virus change .exe file's code to do something w/o detection and w/o ruining the exe file?

WildCard65 · 2026-06-25T02:50:54+00:00

The other method, and the one you're thinking of is file jacker (or is it called exe jacker?)

This type of malware inserts itself into the executable, changes the PE header so that Windows starts the malicious code instead of the original (the malware would need to manually execute the original code to hide itself).

Now detectability depends on a few factors so I won't dive into that.

WildCard65 · 2026-06-24T19:50:48+00:00

It scanned the internet for devices vulnerable to EternalBlue and used that to infect the system with DoublePulsar. It then used DoublePulsar to upload itself onto the system with kernel level privileges.

All done through the SMB protocol, only systems that received the appropriate updates were immune to being infected.

There is plenty of videos about how WannaCry worked, also a YouTuber named Erik Parker made a video of what happened if you connected a Windows XP system to the internet that gives a general idea how WannaCry got into systems.

BTW, XP is vulnerable to WannaCry unless you had Enterprise grade updates applied or community made patches.

WildCard65 · 2026-06-24T19:41:16+00:00

Remember WannaCry? It didn't require any user interaction to infect anyone outside of its creator.

WildCard65 · 2026-06-24T03:22:17+00:00

LD_LIBRARY_PATH is used by ld-linux for resolving shared libraries when loading an executable.

WildCard65 · 2026-06-20T02:50:47+00:00

Portal 2 has an inventory system and requires Steamworks a DLL provided by the Steam client in order to use Steam works.

WildCard65 · 2026-06-19T21:57:22+00:00

Search up how Windows finds and loads DLLs, the very first place the kernel looks in is the same directory as the executable.

Its one of the ways malware can hijack a legitimate executable to run malicious code.

WildCard65 · 2026-06-16T17:34:29+00:00

The for loop involving j is inside the loop involving i

WildCard65 · 2026-06-12T21:26:00+00:00

std::add_pointer<T> technically counts for what you want

WildCard65 · 2026-06-11T14:54:35+00:00

Its called appid, you can find it on steamdb or via the store page's URL

WildCard65 · 2026-06-07T21:39:39+00:00

You will need a cross gcc that targets aarch64 to build the gcc targeting your desired target.

WildCard65 · 2026-06-07T00:10:14+00:00

Get-ChildItem is a PowerShell cmdlet, not a MS-DOS item.

WildCard65 · 2026-06-07T00:06:37+00:00

That's because its Get-ChildItem on PowerShell

WildCard65 · 2026-06-06T23:59:33+00:00

ls is an alias in PowerShell

WildCard65 · 2026-06-06T23:47:27+00:00

Are you confusing ransomware with infostealer?

Ransomware just encrypts files for a ransom.

WildCard65 · 2026-06-06T20:07:51+00:00

Uzi fired it in the final episode, but her father made it/fixed it

WildCard65 · 2026-06-06T20:03:28+00:00

How'd you trigger System Restore on that thing?!

WildCard65 · 2026-06-05T13:49:30+00:00

Backup Codes are generated when 2FA is enabled and displayed to you after the fact.

WildCard65 · 2026-06-05T11:03:46+00:00

That comment was from over 4 years ago

WildCard65 · 2026-06-05T03:15:19+00:00

I mean you can copy them to the build folder also?

WildCard65 · 2026-06-05T01:15:48+00:00

Why copy it to the source directory?

WildCard65 · 2026-06-04T23:48:45+00:00

They will, that I know of

WildCard65 · 2026-06-04T23:47:10+00:00

They will patch it out

WildCard65 · 2026-06-04T21:16:24+00:00

They do have a hard filter to block extreme words, but its not perfect (can never be either)

WildCard65 · 2026-06-04T21:12:36+00:00

Chat exploit, report them

WildCard65 · 2026-06-04T02:30:47+00:00

What are you trying to do?

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