Executable compression utility developed by Alexey Solodovnikov. capable of reducing the file size of 32-bit Windows programs by as much as 70% (ASPack's compression ratio improves upon the industry-standard zip file format by as much as 10-20%.) ASPack makes Windows 95/98/NT programs and libraries smaller, and decrease load times across networks, and download times from the internet; it also protects programs against reverse engineering by non-professional hackers. Programs compressed with ASPack are self-contained and run exactly as before. embedded Windows applications require significantly less storage space. protects resources and code against peeking, disassemblers and decompilers. compatible with executables created by Microsoft Visual C , Visual Basic, Inprise (Borland) Delphi and C Builder, and other Win32 compilers