Validate Authenticode signature on EXE – C++ without CAPICOM

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You should use CryptQueryObject.

This KB-article demonstrates the use: How To Get Information from Authenticode Signed Executables.

To the commenter that asked about how to do it without the Windows-APIs, I am not aware of any library that can do it, but the format is documented here: Windows Authenticode Portable Executable Signature Format

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