01-09-2013, 03:58 PM
In new QM removed the Compress option. Because of possible problems with antivirus software. Most malware is compressed, therefore all compressed exe look suspicious. Some AV generate false positives even for upx.exe. Upx was used in previous QM versions to compress exe files. It also can be used to decompress. If you want to hide macro strings in exe, it is safer to encrypt the macro. If you want to make exe 50% smaller, you can download upx and use an 'After' function that runs upx. Then test your exe with https://www.virustotal.com/. Some AV probably will report false positives, just because it is compressed.