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IDA Plugin Sample

This project requires the IDA SDK for compilation and includes a post-build event to deploy the compiled plugin to your IDA Pro installation directory.

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Getting Started

Requirements

1. IDA Pro 9.0 installed on your system.
2. IDA SDK:
   • The IDA SDK is not included in this repository. You need to download it separately and place it in the vendor/SDK/ directory.
   • The folder structure should look like this:

     mutatePlugin/
     ├── src/
     ├── vendor/
         └── SDK/
             ├── include/
             ├── lib/
             └── other_sdk_files...
     

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Post-Build Event

This project includes a post-build command in the Visual Studio project file that copies the compiled plugin to your IDA Pro plugins folder automatically after a successful build.

Default Post-Build Command:

<PostBuildEvent>
    <Command>xcopy /Y "$(TargetPath)" "$(ProgramFiles)\IDA Professional 9.0\plugins\"</Command>
</PostBuildEvent>

Modifying the Post-Build Command

If your IDA Pro installation is in a different location, or you do not have write permissions to the Program Files directory, you must update the post-build event.

Steps to Modify:

1. Open the project in Visual Studio.
2. Go to Project Properties → Build Events → Post-Build Event Command Line.
3. Update the command to match your IDA installation path:

   xcopy /Y "$(TargetPath)" "C:\Path\To\Your\IDA\plugins\"
   

4. Alternatively, you can disable the post-build event and manually copy the compiled .dll file to the plugins directory.

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Building the Plugin

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mutatePlugin.git
   cd mutatePlugin

2. Add the IDA SDK to vendor/SDK/.

3. Open the mutatePlugin.sln file in Visual Studio 2022.

4. Build the project.

5. (Optional) If the post-build event is configured, the plugin will be automatically copied to your IDA plugins directory. If not, manually copy the .dll to the directory.