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IDA Pro guide

This is a practical guide to reading a binary in IDA Pro. It covers opening a Mach-O, PE, or ELF file and waiting for auto-analysis, the windows and keys used to move around, walking from an anchor function, reading pseudocode, and using cross-references. A later section covers patching and scripting.

Targets: Binary
Category: Learning resources
Relationship: Learning resource
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 27
Last commit: 2026-09-30
License (GitHub): MIT

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IDA Pro.
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@misc{ida-pro-guide,
  title = {{IDA Pro guide}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/shiedless/ida-pro-guide}},
  url = {https://github.com/shiedless/ida-pro-guide},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ida-pro-guide/}}
}

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IDA Pro guide. https://github.com/shiedless/ida-pro-guide (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ida-pro-guide/

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README.md GitHub · shiedless/ida-pro-guide · Revision 925dc73