Removing WinRAR Advertisement Popup by Reverse Engineering and Binary Patching

This tutorial explains how to locate and eliminate the persistent WinRAR advertisement window by using Spy++, API Monitor, and IDA to identify the RarReminder class, find the CreateWindow call at offset 0xaa56d, and replace the call instruction with NOP bytes, effectively disabling the popup.

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Feb 3, 2021 · Information Security

Reverse Engineering and Patching Python .pyd Modules with IDA

This guide explains how to compile Python code into .pyd files, unpack PyInstaller‑packed executables, decompile bytecode, analyze the generated assembly in IDA, and patch conditional logic to bypass license checks, providing a practical workflow for binary reverse engineering.

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Reverse Engineering and Patching Python .pyd Modules with IDA