PECompact 2.60 Reviews and Download

PECompact is Win32 Portable Executable (EXE, DLL, SCR, etc.) compressor. Allowing the use of multiple CODEC plug-ins per compressed module, loader plug-ins, API hooks plug-ins, compressible resource selection, and other settings, it is by far the most configurable executable packer in existence. Offering LZMA as one of the available CODECs, it compresses tighter than any other executable packer on most files. It has been thoroughly tested on all win32 flavors and Bitsum Technologies works with anti-virus companies to achieve interoperability.

Software License: Shareware

Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows

Download Link: PECompact 2.60

Homepage: PECompact

Version ChangeLog:

Compression ratio increased on some files when using LZMA codec. Users should play with various compression levels to find the best.
Codecs.LZMA: Higher levels of compression would sometimes bomb. Switched back to constant dictionary size and added adjustment of fb and lc parameters instead. Also added was the ability to switch back to default levels and try again if compression fails the first pass.
Loaders.All: Added enhanced API hooking.
ApiHooks.All: Updated to handle new hook plug-in specification.
ApiHooks.FastImport: Fixed bug where unsigned comparison should have been signed. The caused crashes sometimes when an import did not exist in the target export table.
ApiHooks.Redirect: Now included with retail distribution.
Docs: Added to Hook plug-in docs.
Docs: Added brief use info of IsPacked API hook plug-in.