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Err, what do you think decompilers are for then?

• verroq 15y ago
  Well in reversing applications, most people use disassemblers and debuggers to step/trace/analyse the machine code. Just because they exist doesn't mean what they provide is of any practical value, as you said it yourself they decompile badly.
  • swolchok 15y ago
    The Hex-Rays decompiler is very good, and I've used it for reversing several times. In particular, it was extremely useful for our analysis of the Green Dam censorware system (http://www.cse.umich.edu/~jhalderm/pub/gd/ http://www.cse.umich.edu/~jhalderm/pub/gd/).
    • Luyt 15y ago
      Thanks for exposing that shipwreck of government-mandated Horrorware. From the Wikipedia article: "As of 30 June 2009, the mandatory pre-installation of the Green Dam software on new computers has been delayed to an undetermined date." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dam
  • DCoder 15y ago
    The decompilation quality really depends on how obfuscated the original code was, and how much time you care to invest. For example, I'm using Hex-Rays to decompile Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and extend it, and now its output looks like [1] , which is a lot better than raw assembly menemonics. Though I've been digging into this game since late 2008, which is a long time. [1] http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1188/hexrayscpp.png http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1188/hexrayscpp.png