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Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application?

From Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application?
Date 2017-03-31 16:59 -0400
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On 31/03/2017 18:51, Ken Brody wrote:
>
>
> In the general sense, you can't generate source code from an 
> executable file.  (You can't turn hamburger back into a cow.)  In some 
> cases, it may be possible, if you know a lot about the compiler and 
> environment used to build it.  (And debug info helps with that.)
>
> I'm curious what sort of "private" things could you see in the release 
> version of the program.  Unless your compiler/makefile/whatever is not 
> configured properly, a "release" build should have no extra debug info 
> in the file.
>

File folders etc in which they can see my real name because I use my 
real name when working on a windows system or at work.  Something like this:

> Hello-World02 Hello_World02 <Module> mscorlib Console ReadLine 
> WriteLine GuidAttribute DebuggableAttribute ComVisibleAttribute 
> AssemblyTitleAttribute AssemblyTrademarkAttribute 
> TargetFrameworkAttribute AssemblyFileVersionAttribute 
> AssemblyConfigurationAttribute AssemblyDescriptionAttribute 
> CompilationRelaxationsAttribute AssemblyProductAttribute 
> AssemblyCopyrightAttribute AssemblyCompanyAttribute 
> RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute Hello-World02.exe 
> System.Runtime.Versioning Program System Main System.Reflection .ctor 
> System.Diagnostics System.Runtime.InteropServices 
> System.Runtime.CompilerServices DebuggingModes args Object  H e l l 
> o   W o r l 
> d ! €*tˆæÌI™þƒØnÄD#          ·z\V4à‰  
>        TWrapNonExceptionThrows      
> Hello-World02       Copyright ©  2017  ) 
> $5de8c72a-9cb0-49ee-a263-660854fc0047    1.0.0.0  M 
> .NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2 TFrameworkDisplayName.NET Framework 
> 4.5.2       2¿ÞX         €&  € RSDS>rB}M–š‚3ÿYù   
> c:\users\xxxxxxxxxxx\documents\visual studio 
> 2017\Projects\Hello-World02\Hello-World02\obj\Release\Hello-World02.pdb 


Sometimes I post real working programs on some crack sites and now I am 
worried that people would know who is the real person distributing them.

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How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2017-03-30 12:59 -0500
  Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-03-30 18:45 +0000
    Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2017-03-30 16:45 -0500
      Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-03-30 18:53 -0400
      Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-03-31 13:56 -0400
        Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-03-31 11:49 -0700
  Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2017-03-30 20:29 +0000
  Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-03-30 14:06 -0700
  Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? gordonb.1bihd@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2017-03-30 18:52 -0500
  Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2017-03-30 20:01 -0400
  Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-31 09:38 +0200
  Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 00:56 -0700
  Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-03-31 08:59 -0700
    Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2017-03-31 12:00 -0500
  Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-03-31 13:51 -0400
    Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-03-31 12:29 -0700
    Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2017-03-31 16:59 -0400
      Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2017-04-01 06:05 +0000
      Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-01 01:35 -0500
      OT: private info in .exe files from VS (was Re: How to stop Reverse Engineer a C, C++, VB or C# application?) Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-03 12:39 -0400

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