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VB6 decompiler?

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By the time the executable has been made, it has been so meddled and mingled with other files, libraries, optimizations, etc. that it become unreadable. The only decompilers, decompile to asm. its usually a nightmare and only the best hackers can understand it.

Higher level decompilers can only do snippets of code.

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Originally posted by Goalie_CA

By the time the executable has been made, it has been so meddled and mingled with other files, libraries, optimizations, etc. that it become unreadable. The only decompilers, decompile to asm. its usually a nightmare and only the best hackers can understand it.

Higher level decompilers can only do snippets of code.

True... but I don't call myself a hacker! :D

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Originally posted by Goalie_CA

By the time the executable has been made, it has been so meddled and mingled with other files, libraries, optimizations, etc. that it become unreadable. The only decompilers, decompile to asm. its usually a nightmare and only the best hackers can understand it.

Higher level decompilers can only do snippets of code.

nope, vb is different.

ever decompiled java? it keeps the syntax and even variable names. same with vB.

only thing you have to protect yourself is visual source safe. as long as it hasn't touched the file, then you're golden to decompile and hack away :D

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