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A896: add warning about coverage plugin impacting taint results
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the header consisting of the PANDA build date and the execution time. Note
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that the header is written out each time coverage collection is enabled.
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N.B. Loading the coverage plugin, even if it is disabled, impacts taint
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collection and propagation. It is not advisable to load the coverage plugin
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while taint is being collected as the results may be different than what would
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be produced if the coverage plugin were not loaded.
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This plugin can be used with the included `coverage.py` script in IDAPython.
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`coverage.py` colorizes the dissasembly in IDA Pro using the CSV file produced
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by this plugin. It also provides options to add comments to the blocks noting

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