Reverse EXE

Question

I am new to c #. After I create an EXE object, can it be reversed to get the original code? Thank you.

Frankie Yu · Answer

ok. Thanks.

Vulpes · Answer

In a word, no. You can obfuscate the .NET code but even this can be disassembled by a determined hacker. There are even hacker tools which target particular obfuscators. Check out: http://jcooney.net/post/2010/06/06/The-sad-(but-inevitable)-state-of-NET-Obfuscation.aspx Java is no better in this respect and, whilst unmanaged languages such as C or C++ are much harder to disassemble, they're certainly not immune.

Frankie Yu · Answer

So in a word, is there any safe way(s) to protect C# code? Thanks.

Vulpes · Answer

Notice that there are certain aspects of the source code which you won't be able to recover, notably comments and local variable names. The former are removed altogether by the compilation process and the latter are replaced by numbered storage locations.

Akkiraju Ivaturi · Answer

There is no direct way to get the code from exe. Reflector and its add-in FileDisassembler . Reflector will allow to see the source code. FileDisassembler will allow you to convert it into a VS solution. You may follow the below link: http://malakablog.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/retrieve-c-code-out-of-exe-assembly/ If you do not have the Reflector available as it was not free you can look below link: http://www.telerik.com/products/decompiler.aspx