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Remove the Authenticode Signature from an EXE or DLL

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Demonstrates how to remove the Authenticode signature from an EXE or DLL.

Note: Chilkat's code signing class was added in v9.5.0.97

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# You can verify a signed DLL or EXE.
$path = "c:/someDir/something.dll";

$codeSign = chilkat::CkCodeSign->new();

# If successful, the signature is removed from the EXE or DLL file.
$success = $codeSign->RemoveSignature($path);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $codeSign->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
}

print "success: " . $success . "\r\n";