Mmm... hex

[Rusty_S]

So I just started with hex editing today, and was wondering. In the hex editing program, it shows the offset, actuall hexidecimal data, and the translation. Some of the translation I can read. A lot if it I cannot. So what is the part that I cannot read? Is it the machine code? Is there anyway It can be read? I included an image to show what I mean…

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/11399/2002614637847140476_rs.jpg

[Addis]

An executable file will have machine code, which is why you can’t read it. If you want to know what instructions are being executed (in a very low level) then use a disassembler, but you need a thorough understanding of assembly programming to be able to make sense of it.