Top "Decompiling" questions

Decompilers analyze binary code outputting source code in a higher level language such as C. The output is generally not any easier to analyze than the original assembler due to loss of information during compilation.

Is there a way to get the source code from an APK file?

The hard drive on my laptop just crashed and I lost all the source code for an app that I …

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Is it possible to "decompile" a Windows .exe? Or at least view the Assembly?

A friend of mine downloaded some malware from Facebook, and I'm curious to see what it does without infecting myself. …

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How do I decompile a .NET EXE into readable C# source code?

I wrote a C# application for a client a couple of years ago, but I no longer have the source …

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Extract source code from .jar file

Is there a way to extract the source code from an executable .jar file (Java ME)?

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Reverse engineering from an APK file to a project

I accidently erased my project from Eclipse, and all I have left is the APK file which I transferred to …

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Is there a C++ decompiler?

I have a program in which I've lost the C++ source code. Are there any good C++ decompilers out there? …

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Is it possible to decompile a compiled .pyc file into a .py file?

Is it possible to get some information out of the .pyc file that is generated from a .py file?

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How to decompile an APK or DEX file on Android platform?

Is it possible to decompile an APK package or DEX file on Android platform? Are there any tools that can …

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What tool can decompile a DLL into C++ source code?

I have an old DLL that stopped working (log2vis.dll) and I want to look inside it to see …

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How do you decompile a swf file

I am the maintainer of a site that has allegedly 'lost' the source code to a flash swf file. How …

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