[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it possible to execute a binary string stored within a python script > as executable code ? > > The script is run under Windows, and the binary code (a full executable > file) is stored in a variable in the script. > > I know I can use os.system() or os.popen() to run an external file, but > these functions take as argument a string evaluated as command-line. > > I also know I could save the binary code as a temporary file, execute > it and delete it afterwards, but this is not an alternative. > > Thanks. >
What you are asking is a virus/trojan "like" program. There's no reason you shouldn't be able to write the code to TEMP directory and execute it. -Larry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list