unpacker

unpacker
a) One who, or that which, unpacks.

All packed malware consists of the unpacker code and packed data, which typically look like random data. The benefit of packed malware, from a malicious authors point of view, is that it cannot be analyzed until it is properly unpacked.

b) A software program that decompresses code or data.

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