python-oletools is a package of python tools to analyze Microsoft OLE2 files (also called Structured Storage, Compound File Binary Format or Compound Document File Format), such as Microsoft Office documents or Outlook messages, mainly for malware analysis, forensics and debugging. It is based on the olefile parser. See http://www.decalage.info/python/oletools for more info.
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Note: python-oletools is not related to OLETools published by BeCubed Software.
To use python-oletools from the command line as analysis tools, you may simply download the latest release archive and extract the files into the directory of your choice.
You may also download the latest development version with the most recent features.
Another possibility is to use a git client to clone the repository (https://github.com/decalage2/oletools.git) into a folder. You can then update it easily in the future.
If you plan to use python-oletools with other Python applications or your own scripts, then the simplest solution is to use "pip install oletools" or "easy_install oletools" to download and install in one go. Otherwise you may download/extract the zip archive and run "setup.py install".
Important: to update oletools if it is already installed, you must run "pip install -U oletools", otherwise pip will not update it.
The latest version of the documentation can be found online, otherwise a copy is provided in the doc subfolder of the package.
This is a personal open-source project, developed on my spare time. Any contribution, suggestion, feedback or bug report is welcome.
To suggest improvements, report a bug or any issue, please use the issue reporting page, providing all the information and files to reproduce the problem.
You may also contact the author directly to provide feedback.
The code is available in a GitHub repository. You may use it to submit enhancements using forks and pull requests.
This license applies to the python-oletools package, apart from the thirdparty folder which contains third-party files published with their own license.
The python-oletools package is copyright (c) 2012-2016 Philippe Lagadec (http://www.decalage.info)
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