Executable compression
MEANS OF COMPRESSING AN EXECUTABLE FILE WHICH TRANSPARENTLY PRESERVES ITS EXECUTABILITY
EXE packer; EXE Packer; EXE Packers; Executable packer; Runtime packer; Packed executable; Executable compressor; Executable decompressor; VMProtect; Self-decompression (computing); PKLite; Executable compressed file; Executable compressed COM file; Spacemaker; Realia Spacemaker; Realia SpaceMaker; SpaceMaker; Realia SM; SM.COM; Microsoft EXEPACK; EXEPACK; EXEPACK.EXE; Spacemaker 1.02; Spacemaker 1.06; Spacemaker 1.03; Software protector; Software packer; SPACEMAKER; LZEXE.EXE; LZEXE 0.90; LZEXE 0.91; LZEXE 0.91e; PKLITE; PKLITE.EXE; PKWare PKLite; PKWare PKLITE; PKLite 2.01; PKLite Professional; PKLite 1.12; PKLite 1.13; PKLite 1.15; PKLite 1.00; PKLite 1.03; PKLite 1.05; PKLite 1.14; PKLite 1.50; PKLITE 1.00; PKLITE 1.03; PKLITE 1.05; PKLITE 1.12; PKLITE 1.13; PKLITE 1.14; PKLITE 1.15; PKLITE 1.50; PKLITE 2.01; DIET.EXE; TINYPROG.EXE; RJCRUSH.EXE; APACK.EXE; 32LITE.EXE; WWPACK.EXE; TINYPROG; RJCRUSH; Compressed executables; List of executable packers; PMSFX; PMSFX.CPM; PMEXE; PMEXE.CPM; PMARC; PMARC.COM; PMexe; PMsfx; PMarc; POPCOM.COM; PopCom!; PMsfx 2.11; PMsfx 2.10; Self-expanding executable; Self-expanding executable file; Compressed executable; Compressed executable file; Uncompressing executable; Self-uncompressing executable; Self-decompressing executable; Self-inflating executable; Self-extractor package; PopCom; POPCOM
Executable compression is any means of compressing an executable file and combining the compressed data with decompression code into a single executable. When this compressed executable is executed, the decompression code recreates the original code from the compressed code before executing it.