winget install --id=hasherezade.PE-bear -e
PE-bear is a multiplatform reversing tool for PE files. Its objective is to deliver fast and flexible “first view” for malware analysts, stable and capable to handle malformed PE files.
PE-bear is a multiplatform reversing tool designed for analyzing Portable Executable (PE) files. It provides malware analysts with a fast, flexible, and stable solution to examine PE files, including those that are malformed or corrupted.
Key Features:
Audience & Benefit: Ideal for malware analysts, security researchers, and incident responders who require a reliable tool to quickly assess PE files. PE-bear streamlines initial analysis by providing essential information about file structure, headers, sections, imports, and exports, enabling faster identification of malicious behavior or anomalies.
PE-bear can be installed via winget, ensuring easy setup across supported platforms.
PE-bear is a multiplatform reversing tool for PE files. Its objective is to deliver fast and flexible “first view” for malware analysts, stable and capable to handle malformed PE files.
Signatures for PE-bear:
📦 ⚙️ Download the latest release.
Available also via:
winget install pe-bear
)🧪 Fresh test builds (ahead of the official release) can be downloaded from the AppVeyor build server. They are created on each commit to the branch. You can download them by clicking on the build version, then choosing the tab . WARNING: those builds may be unstable.
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Artifacts
> An archive of old releases is available here: https://github.com/hasherezade/pe-bear-releases
The Linux build requires appropriate version of Qt to be installed.
The Windows build with vs13 suffix(built with Visual Studio 2013) has no external dependencies.
The Windows build with vs19 suffix (built with Visual Studio 2019) requires the redistributable package for Visual Studio 2015 - 2022.
The Windows build with vs10 suffix is built with Qt4 (legacy) - in contrast to the other builds that are with Qt5 (recommended). It is prepared for the purpose of backward compatibility with old versions of Windows (i.e. XP), and may be lacking some of the features.
Use recursive clone to get the repo together with submodules:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/hasherezade/pe-bear.git
Use CMake to generate a Visual Studio project. Open in Visual Studio and build.
To build it on Linux or MacOS you can use the given scripts:
To generate the .app
bundle on MacOS you can use:
More info on 📖 Wiki.
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