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  How to obfuscate VBA code? "BOB" <B@OB.com> - 2014-01-15 15:06 +0100
    Re: How to obfuscate VBA code? JJ <duh@nah.meh> - 2014-01-16 01:58 +0700
      Re: How to obfuscate VBA code? "BOB" <B@OB.com> - 2014-01-16 07:53 +0100
        Re: How to obfuscate VBA code? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2014-01-18 17:39 +0100
          Re: How to obfuscate VBA code? "BOB" <B@OB.com> - 2014-01-18 18:43 +0100
            Re: How to obfuscate VBA code? JJ <duh@nah.meh> - 2014-01-19 19:14 +0700
              Re: How to obfuscate VBA code? "BOB" <B@OB.com> - 2014-01-19 16:04 +0100
                Re: How to obfuscate VBA code? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2014-01-19 16:47 +0100
                  Re: How to obfuscate VBA code? "BOB" <B@OB.com> - 2014-01-21 21:06 +0100
                    Re: How to obfuscate VBA code? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2014-01-26 16:26 +0100
                      Re: How to obfuscate VBA code? "BOB" <B@OB.com> - 2014-01-28 05:48 +0100

#4065 — How to obfuscate VBA code?

I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
VBA (Word) code.
Applications should run but their
code should be difficult to read.

Any suggestions would be very
much appreciated.

Regards
BOB

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#4067

On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:06:27 +0100, BOB wrote:
> I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
> VBA (Word) code.
> Applications should run but their
> code should be difficult to read.
> 
> Any suggestions would be very
> much appreciated.

You should at least prvide a reason why would you need that, especially if
what you wanted is dangerous for others.

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#4068

>> I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
>> VBA (Word) code.
>> Applications should run but their
>> code should be difficult to read.
>> 
>> Any suggestions would be very
>> much appreciated.

> You should at least prvide a reason why would you need that,
> especially if what you wanted is dangerous for others.

Dangerous for others? Are you OK?
When someone steals my code it can be "dangerous" only for me.

BOB

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#4069

On 16-01-2014 07:53, BOB wrote:
>>> I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
>>> VBA (Word) code.
>>> Applications should run but their
>>> code should be difficult to read.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions would be very
>>> much appreciated.
>
>> You should at least prvide a reason why would you need that,
>> especially if what you wanted is dangerous for others.
>
> Dangerous for others? Are you OK?
> When someone steals my code it can be "dangerous" only for me.
>
> BOB

If your code has a line like this:
shell("notepad.exe")
it will not hurt,

But what if you have a line like this:
shell("format c:")

or (don't try this at home):
shell("cd \ & del *.* /F /S /Q")

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#4070

>>>> I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
>>>> VBA (Word) code.
>>>> Applications should run but their
>>>> code should be difficult to read.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions would be very
>>>> much appreciated.
>>
>>> You should at least prvide a reason why would you need that,
>>> especially if what you wanted is dangerous for others.
>>
>> Dangerous for others? Are you OK?
>> When someone steals my code it can be "dangerous" only for me.

> If your code has a line like this:
> shell("notepad.exe")
> it will not hurt,
> 
> But what if you have a line like this:
> shell("format c:")
> 
> or (don't try this at home):
> shell("cd \ & del *.* /F /S /Q")

I thought that for people in this group it'd be obvious
that applications should run exactly like without 
the changes.
When I give my application to anyone I am not
anonymous. :-)

BOB

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#4071

On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 18:43:16 +0100, BOB wrote:
>>>>> I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
>>>>> VBA (Word) code.
>>>>> Applications should run but their
>>>>> code should be difficult to read.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions would be very
>>>>> much appreciated.
>>>
>>>> You should at least prvide a reason why would you need that,
>>>> especially if what you wanted is dangerous for others.
>>>
>>> Dangerous for others? Are you OK?
>>> When someone steals my code it can be "dangerous" only for me.
> 
>> If your code has a line like this:
>> shell("notepad.exe")
>> it will not hurt,
>> 
>> But what if you have a line like this:
>> shell("format c:")
>> 
>> or (don't try this at home):
>> shell("cd \ & del *.* /F /S /Q")
> 
> I thought that for people in this group it'd be obvious
> that applications should run exactly like without 
> the changes.
> When I give my application to anyone I am not
> anonymous. :-)

Giving an application to someone can be anonymous, even if the application
contains user names and passwords. You just need to know how.

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#4072

>>>>>> I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
>>>>>> VBA (Word) code.
>>>>>> Applications should run but their
>>>>>> code should be difficult to read.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions would be very
>>>>>> much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>> You should at least prvide a reason why would you need that,
>>>>> especially if what you wanted is dangerous for others.
>>>>
>>>> Dangerous for others? Are you OK?
>>>> When someone steals my code it can be "dangerous" only for me.
>>
>>> If your code has a line like this:
>>> shell("notepad.exe")
>>> it will not hurt,
>>>
>>> But what if you have a line like this:
>>> shell("format c:")
>>>
>>> or (don't try this at home):
>>> shell("cd \ & del *.* /F /S /Q")
>>
>> I thought that for people in this group it'd be obvious
>> that applications should run exactly like without
>> the changes.
>> When I give my application to anyone I am not
>> anonymous. :-)
>
> Giving an application to someone can be anonymous, even if the application
> contains user names and passwords. You just need to know how.

That's not the point. I only wanted to say that because I am not
anonymous there is no risk that my application can be dangerous
for a user, at least not intentionally.

What about any tool to obfuscate my code?

Regards
BOB 

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#4073

On 19-01-2014 16:04, BOB wrote:
>>>>>>> I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
>>>>>>> VBA (Word) code.
>>>>>>> Applications should run but their
>>>>>>> code should be difficult to read.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any suggestions would be very
>>>>>>> much appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>> You should at least prvide a reason why would you need that,
>>>>>> especially if what you wanted is dangerous for others.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dangerous for others? Are you OK?
>>>>> When someone steals my code it can be "dangerous" only for me.
>>>
>>>> If your code has a line like this:
>>>> shell("notepad.exe")
>>>> it will not hurt,
>>>>
>>>> But what if you have a line like this:
>>>> shell("format c:")
>>>>
>>>> or (don't try this at home):
>>>> shell("cd \ & del *.* /F /S /Q")
>>>
>>> I thought that for people in this group it'd be obvious
>>> that applications should run exactly like without
>>> the changes.
>>> When I give my application to anyone I am not
>>> anonymous. :-)
>>
>> Giving an application to someone can be anonymous, even if the
>> application
>> contains user names and passwords. You just need to know how.
>
> That's not the point. I only wanted to say that because I am not
> anonymous there is no risk that my application can be dangerous
> for a user, at least not intentionally.
>
> What about any tool to obfuscate my code?
>
> Regards
> BOB

Googleing for:
obfuscate vba code free
with the optional addition of: libreoffice
does find some links.....

i did not test, but i dont need to obfuscate code in an excel marco... ;)

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#4074

>>>>>>>> I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
>>>>>>>> VBA (Word) code.
>>>>>>>> Applications should run but their
>>>>>>>> code should be difficult to read.

Maybe there are any examples in the Internet
with obfuscating prepared manually?
Does anyone of you know about anything like this?

Regards
BOB

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#4084

On 21-01-2014 21:06, BOB wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
>>>>>>>>> VBA (Word) code.
>>>>>>>>> Applications should run but their
>>>>>>>>> code should be difficult to read.
>
> Maybe there are any examples in the Internet
> with obfuscating prepared manually?
> Does anyone of you know about anything like this?
>
> Regards
> BOB

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh977082(v=vs.107).aspx

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2525/net-obfuscation-tools-strategy

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#4090

>>>>>>>>>> I am looking for a tool to obfuscate
>>>>>>>>>> VBA (Word) code.
>>>>>>>>>> Applications should run but their
>>>>>>>>>> code should be difficult to read.

>> Maybe there are any examples in the Internet
>> with obfuscating prepared manually?
>> Does anyone of you know about anything like this?

> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh977082(v=vs.107).aspx
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2525/net-obfuscation-tools-strategy

Thank you very much.
I browsed the pages. Unfortunately they concern VB.NET.
I don't know yet if I'll be able to use anything from them
for VBA/Word/Office 2007.

Regards
BOB

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