UPX 2.90 review

UPX is a versatile executable packer. Here are some key features of "UPX": · excellent compression ratio: typically compresses be

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UPX is a versatile executable packer.

Here are some key features of "UPX":
excellent compression ratio: typically compresses better than WinZip/zip/gzip, use UPX to decrease the size of your distribution !
very fast decompression: ~10 MB/sec on an ancient Pentium 133, ~200 MB/sec on an Athlon XP 2000+.
no memory overhead for your compressed executables because of in-place decompression.
safe: you can list, test and unpack your executables. Also, a checksum of both the compressed and uncompressed file is maintained internally.
universal: UPX can pack a number of executable formats:
atari/tos
djgpp2/coff
dos/com
dos/exe
dos/sys
linux/386
rtm32/pe
tmt/adam
watcom/le (supporting DOS4G, PMODE/W, DOS32a and CauseWay)
win32/pe
portable: UPX is written in portable endian-neutral C++
extendable: because of the class layout it's very easy to add new executable formats or new compression algorithms
free: UPX is distributed with full source code under the GNU General Public License, and may be used freely even with commercial programs.

What's New in This Release:
This release adds support for FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD and introduces optional LZMA compression.