Sometimes I want to check a malware sample with XORSearch, but I can’t because my AV will delete it. My solution is to work with a hexdump of the file.

Option -x allows XORSearch to work with a hexdump.

XORSearch_V1_11_1.zip (https)
MD5: D5EA1E30B2C2C7FEBE7AE7AD6E826BF5
SHA256: 15E9AAE87E7F25CF7966CDF0F8DFCB2648099585D08EAD522737E72C5FACA50A