Unpacker

Definitions

1. One who, or that which, unpacks.
2. A software program that decompresses code or data.

Equivalents

Examples

“One great advantage of professional unpacking is that the unpackers take⟳ away all the wrapping and cartons […]”

“All packed malware consists of the unpacker code and packed data, which typically look⟳ like⟳ random data. The benefit of packed malware, from a malicious author's point⟳ of view⟳, is that it cannot be analyzed until it is properly unpacked.”

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