From: bk@cheerful.com (Bill Klein) Subject: Re: EXE has file junk in it 4 Jun 1997 11:45:47 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19970603234627.006adcf4.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.total.net> References: <3.0.2.32.19970603001221.00773b74@pop.total.net> <33942F7F.4ECE@ixos-leipzig.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: bklein@pop.total.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.2 (32) Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com In-Reply-To: <3394FB9A.62C0@lx.net> Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com I wrote: >> > I have noticed, upon examining a few of the >> > EXE files that I created using GNU Win32, that >> > they have "junk" from other unrelated text files >> > on the same hard drive (but not the same folder). >> > Has anyone seen this before, or know what is >> > causing this? Jason L. Esman aka _Jman wrote: >Using a hex editor I see this too. If you hex edit a file compiled with >gnuwin32 it shows files from other dir in it. This has happened on both >NT/Win95. It goes so far as getting a copy of my users an .pwd files. I >see it as a security risk an advise not compiling any file with gnuwin32 >that has sensitive matter on your hd... Thank you for confirming this; I thought I might be going mad! I also double-checked to make sure that it wasn't just the file system making it *look* like another file from your harddrive is in that EXE. I got my friend to look at the EXE on his computer, and he saw the same file from MY computer! Hey, this is a serious problem! :/ Bill Klein - http://bk.base.org/ "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." -David Hume - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".