EXE-files compressing utility. Using of this utility allows to reduce 2 through 3 times
the size of large DOS executables (100K and more bytes). The effect is less noticeable for small EXE-files. The compressed executable can be
run the same way as the original. But EXE-files that use overlays cannot be executed after compression, and the utility warns about such
the situations.
The AINEXE utility is very effective when applied to EXE-files obtained with the aid of such software development packages as
Clipper etc.
The useful side effect from using this utility is that the compressed
form of an executable is protected from direct modification of its contents, so it becomes very difficult both to change the text of a
program message and to break a dynamic protection mechanism (if any).
Attempts to change the EXE-file contents will make it most likely
unable to be executed. From the other hand, it is a very difficult task, to restore the original form of the
executeble.