Railman5 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 (edited) Ever downloaded a screensaver or something and when you unzip and install it asks to install other stuff like toolbars etc.is there a way to strip out all this spyware stuff using some extract method?Thanks for help Edited December 20, 2005 by Railman5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 some installers (inno setup for instance uses 3rd party tools like inno unpack which will allow u extract inno setups) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railman5 Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 Thanx MCTI shall investigate that option.don't you just hate all this unwanted freeware stuff! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 some installers (inno setup for instance uses 3rd party tools like inno unpack which will allow u extract inno setups)innounp is one of them, it's quite popular since Inno setups tend to be very common. For other installers you'll have to use some other unpacker.Then you just find the install script and manually install whichever portions you want, following the directions of the script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esoy Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 some installers (inno setup for instance uses 3rd party tools like inno unpack which will allow u extract inno setups)Would you please suggest me this kind of tools for NSIS packages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Currently, there are no unpackers for the NSIS, but since it's open-source it shouldn't be too difficult to write one. Besides, the installer itself already contains the decompressor code.If you know the compression method used and have a decompressor for that method, it's possible to unpack the thing manually... and an automated approach shouldn't be too far off. I've unpacked many unknown installers manually this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now