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Do my Windows system binaries contain sensitive information?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP 25 5 I have a dataset from a malware detection project that others want to use. Part of that dataset is system binaries that I had retrieved from my PC by searching for *.exe files (to serve as a benign dataset). Is it safe to share these files or can they contain sensitive information about accounts/identity etc.? windows sensitive-data-exposure share | improve this question asked Mar 3 at 3:57 Niket Bhodia Niket Bhodia 129 2 4 Are any system (or other important) binaries .NET assemblies? Those are compiled to native code at runtime. Could this compilation process (NGEN I think) incorporate additional information which then gets cached and unintentionally shared? – DaveInCaz Mar 3 at 13:31 1 Another thing to watch out for is the legality of what you intend to do. Copyright laws could be getting in the way of this. Sharing a virus infect executable could potentially be violating the c