Techniques for parsing electronic files are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for parsing electronic files comprising an input module operable to read one or more electronic files, a syntax element store, associated with one or more syntax elements, a mutation module operable to mutate one or more of the one or more syntax elements and parse the one or more electronic files read from the input module, and an output module operable to create one or more normalized electronic files from the one or more parsed electronic files.