Changing some data in the data section

[KeepingRealBusy]

I respect your opinion, but I am not coming close to violating ANY laws.

I had already planned that I will NOT be posting the source here.

I may post very small snips in another language to get help as well as dummy code.

Have a beer and relax. 

I sometimes think the worst in situations.

Andy

You might check with Alex (Antaryi). He had a way to modify the code section (in the old forum), but it slowed down the execution. Not good for single use, but might be useful for a high use function that could be tailored for a specific operational state. I tried to find the example, but no luck.

Dave.

[hutch--]

It will depend exactly what it does, patching a binary file is simple file IO but if anything even vaguely looks like search and destroy patcher, we will remove it.

[hfheatherfox07]

Thank you for the clarification .....

I came across that source that Magnum was referring to when I was looking for a Hex conversion routine ....that was all I needed (not the actual patcher)
I believe that patcher than to be a No, No...
It is a Blank patcher that loads any file! search pattern and bye bye

[jj2007]

You might check with Alex (Antaryi). He had a way to modify the code section (in the old forum), but it slowed down the execution. Not good for single use, but ...

No rocket science involved. You need VirtualProtect to allow writing to your own code space, and two lines to get EIP:

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include \masm32\include\masm32rt.inc

.code
start:
call @F
@@: pop eax    ; address 401005
inkey hex$(eax)
exit

end start


[sinsi]

Copy original.exe to a temp directory as temp.exe.
Run temp.exe with some command line params, "/patch original.exe offset value" then exit.
Let the temp.exe patch original.exe, optionally restart original.exe

edit:
Have you looked at the imagehlp functions? Things like ImageRvaToVa are in there

[Magnum]

No problem.

Andy

[Magnum]

I see several different methods that you guys have come up with.

I also would like to develop Hutch's method of storing the "fixer" into the executable.

I think Linux Mint code could use some fixing.  :t

Andy

[Magnum]

Sinsi,

I will look into the imagehlp functions.

Andy