# PackerScope

> PackerScope scans Windows PE executables for packer signatures and structural indicators, including entropy, sections, imports and entry-point instructions. It can invoke supported unpackers and check PE integrity, entropy and import-table recovery before generating reports.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary
- Category: Native analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/salmanmallah/packerscope>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/salmanmallah/packerscope/blob/db2ea6db6105ce45decd0fef0c01f16d87dc7225/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/packerscope/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/packerscope/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/packerscope/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Python 3.10–3.13 is listed as the supported range.
- **Prerequisites:** Capstone, yara-python and ppdeep are optional analysis dependencies.
- **Prerequisites:** UPX unpacking requires an external upx executable.
- **License:** MIT licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/salmanmallah/packerscope/blob/db2ea6db6105ce45decd0fef0c01f16d87dc7225/README.md>

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