Results are checked against the Microsoft specification. PeStudio implements a rich set of features that are specially designed to retrieve every single detail of an executable file. Since the file being analyzed is never started, you can inspect unknown or malicious executable file, trojan and ransomware without any risk of infection. The tool uses a powerful parser and a flexible set of configuration files that are used to detect various types of indicators and determine thresholds.

The goal of PeStudio is to spot these artifacts in order to ease and accelerate Malware Initial Assessment. In doing so, it often leaves suspicious patterns, unexpected metadata, anomalies and other indicators. Malicious software often attempts to hide its intents in order to evade early detection and static analysis.

It is used by many Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT) worldwide in order to perform malware initial assessments. It does not change the system or leaves anything behind. PeStudio runs on any Windows Platform and is fully portable, no installation is required. PeStudio is a free tool that allows you to do the static investigation of any Windows executable binary.Ī file being analyzed with PeStudio is never launched, therefore you can evaluate unknown executable and even malware with no risk.

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