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How to dump a binary file in Ida?
If that is not possible, load any of them in IDA and go to File -> Load file -> Additional binary file to load each file one after another. After selecting the file, IDA will display the following dialog: Here you have to make sure that each part is loaded at the right offset.
How to load a memory dump in Windows?
You can load complete memory dumps and kernel memory dumps with standard symbolic debuggers, such as I386kd.exe. I386kd.exe is included with the Windows 2000 Support CD-ROM. Load small memory dumps by using Dumpchk.exe. You can also use Dumpchk.exe to verify that a memory dump file has been created correctly.
When to write debugging information to memory dump file?
The debugging information can be written to different file formats (also known as memory dump files) when your computer stops unexpectedly because of a Stop error (also known as a blue screen, system crash, or bug check). You can also configure Windows not to write debugging information to a memory dump file.
What are the conditions for a memory dump?
If you select the Complete memory dump option, you must have a paging file on the boot volume that is sufficient to hold all the physical RAM plus 1 megabyte (MB). If the following conditions are true, the previous file is overwritten. A second problem occurs. Another complete memory dump (or kernel memory dump) file is created.
Is there a way to patch the Ida database?
We can use the options presented above to change the Ida database, which we can later use to create a new patched binary executable. If the Patch program submenu in the Edit menu is not present, we need to change the idagui.cfg configuration file and change the DISPLAY_PATCH_SUBMENU configuration option to YES as we can see on the picture below:
What kind of files can I create with Ida?
We can see that Ida is capable of creating various file formats, like ASM, EXE, HTML, C, etc. Let’s describe what each of the options in the Produce file can be used for. Ida can be used to produce the following file formats: MAP: files that contain information about symbol names from the executable.
How can I change a byte in Ida?
The Edit – Patch program – Change byte option can be used to change one or more bytes in the Ida database. Let’s first switch to the hexadecimal view, which can be seen on the picture below: