# # Simple script to patch any appearance of a specific call # The script was used in the following Youtube video: # # https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlEcfRlw9rU # # By Joxean Koret # # Public Domain # import idc import idaapi import ida_idp text_to_search = "call CreateMenu" start_ea = idc.get_inf_attr(idc.INF_MIN_EA) end_ea = idc.get_inf_attr(idc.INF_MAX_EA) ea = start_ea while ea < end_ea and ea != BADADDR: ea = idc.find_text(ea+1, idc.SEARCH_DOWN, 0, 0, text_to_search) if ea != BADADDR: size = idc.get_item_size(ea) if size == 5: ida_idp.assemble(ea, 0, ea, True, "mov eax, 1") # Alternatively, you can NOP the whole instruction by uncommenting this #idaapi.patch_bytes(ea, b"\x90"*size)