the_guy Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 Hey nitro,Universal Extractor I think has replaced 7-zip on my end. It does more than 7-zip could ever do (extracting-wise, that is).I have 1 problem. Whenever I try to extract the type-2 hotfixes (the 913433 hotfix for example), I get an error about invalid switches. It detects the installer correctly, but it says the switches are incorrect. Is there a way you can fix this for 1.3/1.2.2?the_guy
war59312 Posted July 9, 2006 Posted July 9, 2006 Yeah and the worst thing is I am warned about it after every reboot. Getting annoying. Just wish they would fix their **** detections.What's antivirus are you using?If you are using AntiVir you can exclude files from the Resident Guard:Extras -> Configuration -> Guard (Expert Mode must be enabled) -> Scan -> Click the + -> Exception -> Files objects to be omitted for the GuardUsing F-Prot Antivirus and yea its lame you cant exclude anything from resident protector...Has anyone on this board ever dealt with reporting false positives to virus companies? I know I'm a bit late in tackling this, but I'd like to essentially submit copies of the binaries that have been reported as infected with a virus to the major virus companies so that they can (hopefully) validate them and fix their definitions. My time is still rather limited at the moment, though, so I was wondering if there was any fast/easy way to do this, rather than looking up contact info for one company at a time.Any suggestions or previous experience with this topic? Thanks.I am trying but not a single one has responded back to me. I guess because I am not a paying customer with any of them besides f-prot and even they have not answered me. Basterds!
bober Posted July 9, 2006 Posted July 9, 2006 reporting "false positives" seems to be a waste of time so far. i tried asking avg how to remove them but received no reply.i searched their .dat files with a hex editor but couldn't find any of interest.
LeveL Posted July 9, 2006 Posted July 9, 2006 Not a problem as such but I tried to UniExtract PhotoStory3.exe(it came out of an MSI file to belin with) and get this...C:\__\__\__\PhotoStory3.exe cannot be extracted.Filetype returned was: Nothing found Seems Microsoft have some compiler all of their own?Also, there is a virus scanner that claims to scan withinASprotect packed executables. It would be a GODSENDif those could be unpacked!Many viruses are put in those ASprotect files becausethey are really hard to crack open. The virus scanner thatclaims to scan within them is called "Virus Chaser". It canalso scan within UPX EXE files.
Surfer Posted July 9, 2006 Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) Hello nitro.I don't read all 12 pages of this topic My request to you - please , add support for InstallShield3 (*.z) , old-NSIS(compressed in BZip2) , MHT-files.You can use TrID for identify file (now more than 1700 filetypes) - http://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.htmlAdd please , useful option in GUI - "detect filetype" and AviExtract (http://members.lycos.co.uk/yugres/download/avixtr.zip)PS Many thanks for UniExtractor ! Edited July 11, 2006 by Surfer
nitro322 Posted July 13, 2006 Author Posted July 13, 2006 Ok, I'm starting to plan my change/improvements for the next version. I've gone through each forum post since the last version was released and jotted down all suggestions, which I've listed below. Of course, the anything listed here is not guaranteed to be implemented, but I'll at least look into it and see if it's feasible and/or technically possible. If you have any other suggestions, please speak up now.investigate better InstallSheild .exe extraction (include support files in addition to MSI) - comment 98typo - IstallShield package7-zip version - current beta version being used extracts .nsi - newer versions do not. Preference?decompress packed files - UPX, Aspack - comment 102check 7za.exe to see if current version supports all 7z.exe formatsupgrade PEiDuse innounp to extract files including directory structure - comment 114separate associated file types for Windows Explorer sorting? - comment 116add support for Setup Factory installers (need samples) - comment 121support Zip archives using Bzip2 compression - comment 151, 153get 4nt shell solution from clauderenaud - comment 154can skypesetup.Exe be supported? - comment 154link to Chinese port - comment 161add internationalization support? - comment 161fix support for "type-2" hotfixes - comment 166can PhotoStory3.exe be supported - comment 169support ASprotect files? (need samples) - comment 169add support for InstallShield3 (*.z), old-NSIS(compressed in BZip2), MHT-files - comment 170Incorporate output within AutoIt GUI rather than spawning external shell(s)Btw, I never did get any feedback to my internationalization question in post 161. Is there sufficient interest in this to make it worth my time? If not, then I'm just going to leave it as it is.Thanks.
Molecule Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 (edited) handy little critter -- may have caught a bug?I tried to look at : http://www.astrosurf.com/astropc/cartes/prog/cdcbase276.exe (other files on same page seem to produce the same result)UniExtract.exe 121 (exe install all options off) in PIII win98se sp21a returns yellow-! "exe could not be extracted -- appears to be a self-extracting MS CAB file which is supported but extraction failed. see log"log is 2 bytes: 0d0a.regards--edit--7-zip 442 extracts the exe ok, creating a "presetup.bmp" which identifies a "Ghost installer Wizard ©2002 ginstall Corp" Edited July 13, 2006 by Molecule
Camarade_Tux Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Btw, I never did get any feedback to my internationalization question in post 161. Is there sufficient interest in this to make it worth my time? If not, then I'm just going to leave it as it is.As far as I'm concerned, I see no need for a internationalization of UniExtract. IMHO dialogs are not hard to understand and if an user doesn't understand them, then he probably never used a computer.
benreay Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Guys , nice work with the extractors , I have been looking for something to be able to do this for a while. I mainly work with Wise ( Design Studio and Install manager ) . Extracting the files is one thing but is there anything in the works in relation to reverse engineering it so that you can create or extract the Wise *.wsi *.wse. This way you would have the reg entries and other components.
nitro322 Posted July 19, 2006 Author Posted July 19, 2006 (edited) I tried to look at : http://www.astrosurf.com/astropc/cartes/prog/cdcbase276.exe (other files on same page seem to produce the same result)UniExtract.exe 121 (exe install all options off) in PIII win98se sp21a returns yellow-! "exe could not be extracted -- appears to be a self-extracting MS CAB file which is supported but extraction failed. see log"--edit--7-zip 442 extracts the exe ok, creating a "presetup.bmp" which identifies a "Ghost installer Wizard ©2002 ginstall Corp"I've added that issue to my todo list. Thanks for reporting it.As far as I'm concerned, I see no need for a internationalization of UniExtract. IMHO dialogs are not hard to understand and if an user doesn't understand them, then he probably never used a computer.While I agree that the dialgos are not hard to understand, if you cannot speak the language at all then even the simplest prompt can be incomprehensible. I tried playing around with Clippit's version, and even though I wrote the program I still had no idea what it said. With that said, I'm not at all discounting your opinion that it's not needed. So far you're the only one that's commented on it, and obviously you feel it's not worth the extra work. That's exactly what I'm trying to guage. Thanks for giving your opinion.is there anything in the works in relation to reverse engineering it so that you can create or extract the Wise *.wsi *.wse. This way you would have the reg entries and other components.I agree that this would be extremely useful, but there's currently no way that I'm aware of to get this data. Keep in mind that Universal Extractor relies entirely on 3rd-party programs to handle all extraction - if there is no existing method available to extract a given archive format, then UniExtract cannot do it either.If you ever do come across a utility that can do this, though, please post it here. I'd be very happy to include support for it. Edited July 19, 2006 by nitro322
ggf31416 Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 (edited) Another format that currently is not supported is UHA (UHARC)UHARC 0.6b can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/uharc06b.zipOlder versions of UHARC can be downloaded from http://www.klaimsoft.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25Edit: If you want to support ZIP/Bzip2 you can do the following: extract the archive with 7-zip (using -aos, so no time is wasted extracting already existing files) if Info-Zip gives an exit code of 81. Edited July 19, 2006 by ggf31416
vim Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 (edited) This is simply amazing!I didn't know I was looking for this App. until I found it Great job, thanks.EDIT:PS - Will the UPX update be able to to the overlay of Markus & Laszlo? Edited July 19, 2006 by vim
mazin Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 @ nitro322I'd like to join thanksgiving.Keep up the good, time saving, work.
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