Re: IDA beginner

From: Scott J. McCaughrin (spamtrap_at_crayne.org)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:18:32 +0000 (UTC)

Betov <betov@free.fr> wrote:
: Joe Cosby <"http://joecosby.com/code/mail.pl"@serv1.gc.dca.giganews.com>
: icrivait news:o2thc01sasusfkke7ra16bktmv8cqu2pch@4ax.com:

: >
: > I haven't done much with assembly language before, outside of looking
: > at disassemblies in a C compiler and nodding sagely as if I knew what
: > they meant.
: >
: > I have an old executable that I inherited from a previous admin. It
: > was written in C++ and has a directory hard-coded as a string. I
: > don't have the C source code.
: >

: If the String is too long, you can write the new string,
: with your Hexa-Editor, at the end of the .data Section.
: Then, with a Disassembler, you search for the references
: to this string, and you replace these evocations, also
: with the Hexa Editor.

: If you do not know how to replace a Pointer to Data in
: a Code Section, ...

 You are assuming the OP was talking about a reference to the string, but
 may have been referring to the string itself -- in which case, your
 "pointer" solution won't work.
 What OS is involved? If it is UNIX, you can create a shorter string as a
 link to the original directory.

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