This makes absolutely no sense from a design perspective, except as a vector for malware and trojans. Why not store the file in multiple locations on the harddrive? Your in-memory requirement screams VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS.
∞ Andy Badera ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=(andrew+badera)+OR+(andy+badera) On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 4:38 AM, Marcus<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > > I need to store a small exe file in memory. I want to do this because > I want some sabotage protection in my app. If the user removes this > essential file from the harddrive, my app will not work the next time > it is to be launched. > > So I want to read this exe file into memory initially when my program > starts up. Then I will use a timer that at some interval checks if > this file is present on the file system. If not, then my app writes it > back from memory to the harddrive. > > Could someone please give an example how to do this. It should be a > pretty small piece of could I reccon, but I can not figure it out. > > Thanks > >
