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Despite the naive temptation to download and test the software, the author’s innate skepticism kicked in. Instead of blindly executing the file, he chose a much smarter route: reverse engineering to uncover the true nature of this suspicious program.
The First Steps: Analyzing the Binary
As any experienced reverse engineer would do, the author started by running the "strings" command on the binary to extract potential clues about its functionalities. The output hinted that the file was not a game at all but was, in fact, malware.