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Definition[]

Cryptor is

[a] tool that may be used, legitimately, or illegitimately, to protect an application from being reverse-engineered, or otherwise analyzed. These tools use encryption to obfuscate the content of an application, often for the purposes of avoiding detection and hindering analysis.[1]

References[]

  1. Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Security Glossary (Oct. 29, 2002, rev. May 20, 2005) (full-text).