README.md

anonlink

Command line tool to automatically patch link.exe to remove Rich PE Header

Why?

TL;DR: when you building exe file with MSVC toolchain, Microsoft leaks some info about your development tools, such as version of compiler and number of C/C++ source files

For more advanced users: The Undocumented Microsoft "Rich" Header

Installing from crates.io

cargo install anonlink

Building

cargo build --release

Usage

:: run as administrator!
cargo run --release

linker path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.41.34120\bin\Hostx64\x64\link.exe
Found call instruction at address 140051A96
Found add instruction at address 140051AAA
Patching bytes [03, CF] => [90, 90]