Execution Style

horst · Post by **horst** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:14 pm

I'm stuck at the 3rd part of this challenge and I think it's broken. It only shows me a few lines of code followed by garbage. Or is fixing the code part of the challenge?

Chocoholic · Post by **Chocoholic** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:25 pm

You don't have to fix anything, you can run it all straight away if you know what language it is. At least it was like that when I did it.

horst · Post by **horst** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:59 am

I tried another p****n interpreter, now it works

Axxaran · Post by **Axxaran** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:30 am

I need a hint: How can the maths deep inside be solved? Great challenge so far !

ShadowWidow · Post by **ShadowWidow** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:02 pm

Do i have to change anything at the maths deep inside ?
I have no idea what to do with this: "...P01^:8*g"

megabreit · Post by **megabreit** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:16 pm

It's not math... and you (hopefully) came across similar "things" in other challenges.

ShadowWidow · Post by **ShadowWidow** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 4:56 pm

megabreit wrote:It's not math... and you (hopefully) came across similar "things" in other challenges.

That was a very good hint

First i didn't know what you want to tell me but then ...

KainsRache · Post by **KainsRache** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:28 pm

Hello everybody,

I'm stuck at the beginning. I realized what the image wants to tell me and I used this information to create a new file. It looks perfectly when peering into the depths, header is okay and I think I can tell what kind of file it is and what is's supposed to do when accessed.

But there's my problem, I get an error that it's not a valid file when trying to execute it. Am I missing something? I tried it with Win7 x64, might that be the problem? I never had problems when creating files of the same type with the associated program, what am I doing wrong? (trying not to give too much information for these who don't know what's inside this image)

Edit: WinXP x86 - same problem, any hints, please?

HugStuart · Post by **HugStuart** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:25 am

KainsRache wrote:
But there's my problem, I get an error that it's not a valid file when trying to execute it.

I get exactly the same error...

michuber · Post by **michuber** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:50 pm

Tested on WinXP/i386 and Win7/x64.

MD5 = 808105e3914a92c53fb0bc856b83382f

aurora · Post by **aurora** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:00 pm

mmm ... i am apparently missing something ... do i have to have in-depth knowledge about the fileformat? (MZ/PE) i seem to be unable to get any file out of this with MD5 8081... nor am i able to execute it nor does any disassembler / inspector i am aware of know how to handle the file i have ...

MatRush · Post by **MatRush** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:25 am

aurora wrote:mmm ... i am apparently missing something ... do i have to have in-depth knowledge about the fileformat? (MZ/PE) i seem to be unable to get any file out of this with MD5 8081... nor am i able to execute it nor does any disassembler / inspector i am aware of know how to handle the file i have ...

You only need to recognize some file header, and if you on the right track, you will get a file with an icon.

klogk · Post by **klogk** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:35 pm

MatRush wrote:
aurora wrote:mmm ... i am apparently missing something ... do i have to have in-depth knowledge about the fileformat? (MZ/PE) i seem to be unable to get any file out of this with MD5 8081... nor am i able to execute it nor does any disassembler / inspector i am aware of know how to handle the file i have ...
You only need to recognize some file header, and if you on the right track, you will get a file with an icon.

Do any tools I need to extract the icon？

dangermouse · Post by **dangermouse** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:37 pm

I used a powerful image manipulation tool for the first part of this challenge!

MatRush · Post by **MatRush** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:25 am

What it is? I want to have a look!