XLOADER
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
XLOADER is a DOS utility that converts an EXE file to a COM file that works the same. It was developed by "CyberMan and ST!LLS0N".
Format details
The generated COM file contains a copy of the original EXE file, except that the first two bytes (normally "MZ") are changed.
Identification
(Assuming v2.00.)
The first 600+ bytes of a generated COM file are probably always the same. The first 16 are fc 8c db 33 c0 8e c0 b8 61 03 26 a3 04 00 26 8c.
ASCII signature "CM/ST" appears at offset 616.
Software
- XLOADER v2.00
- EXE To COM Generic Remover - Utility to recover original file (Unverified, and apparently misspells XLOADER as "XLoder".)
