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cprtech
September 4th, 2006, 01:32 AM
According to Sysinternal's Process Explorer, cpf.exe is running as a "packed image". Does anyone know what this is and are there any benefits to running this process type?

Clweb
September 4th, 2006, 05:00 AM
My Process Explorer shows probably packed.
Packed means it is like zip file, to use less space on disk and recover its full length when executed.

Infinity
September 4th, 2006, 07:06 AM
packed means in this case: protected from tempering. the better it is packed the less chance malware get to end/finish the process.

Security Programs should be packed and encrypted, always. call it self defense.

cprtech
September 4th, 2006, 01:20 PM
-{ Quote: "packed means in this case: protected from tempering. the better it is packed the less chance malware get to end/finish the process.

Security Programs should be packed and encrypted, always. call it self defense." }-

Good news. Thank you! I was a little concerned it may be a little more vulnerable to attacks.