HxD does not respond after editing and checking a file with alternate streams.
Posted: 24 Jun 2021 22:30
How to reproduce:
Execute the following in a cmd shell to create a file with two alternate streams and display that it has been created
Should result in something like this
Open the file with HxD, modify it by adding 65 (e) and save it. Go back to cmd and type
Go back to Hxd -> hangs/unresponsive. Needs to be killed using task manager.
Execute the following in a cmd shell to create a file with two alternate streams and display that it has been created
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type nul > test_ads.txt && echo "text1 in stream" > test_ads.txt:stream1 && echo "text2 in stream" > test_ads.txt:stream2 && dir /r test_ads.txt
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24.06.2021 22:13 0 test_ads.txt
21 test_ads.txt:stream1:$DATA
21 test_ads.txt:stream2:$DATA
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dir /r test_ads.txt