Prevent EXE Decompilation

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lpalacio
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Prevent EXE Decompilation

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I was reading this post

viewtopic.php?f=12&p=63359

And I was wondering how to prevent this. Is there a way to flag an executable so that support will not decompile it on request?
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Alexander Riedel
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Re: Prevent EXE Decompilation

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Not really, but if your concern is that we would send your code to just about anybody, we don't.
We require that a request to extract code comes from the owner of the license or at the very least be authorized by that person.
However, the packager does not provide ultimate security. Due to the nature of PowerShell, at some point the code must exist in clear text in memory.
We highly advise to not contain any sensitive information in your code, but to use encrypted files or other means of storing any sensitive information.
Alexander Riedel
SAPIEN Technologies, Inc.
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