Free Good Obfuscation/Protection Tool???

[Hinder]

As much as I enjoy VB.Net, I think its security really stinks. I don't like the fact that I can release something public only for someone to run over to Remotesoft and have my work decompiled in 100% readable code in a matter of seconds. I also feel that any company who publicly displays how easy it is to decompile .Net code only to try and sell you a protection tool for $799.00 bucks is nothing but a bunch of d*mn crooks who will never get a red cent from my pocket. I remember seeing this when java was first released, people trying to cash in big on protection tools only to find now that there are 100's of free protection/obfuscation tools available now for the Java platform. Anyways now that I vented, does anyone know of any good free tools to secure my executable from prying eyes? Hell it doesn't even have to be free, I don't mind paying someone for their work if it's a fair reasonable price but as a hobbyist programmer, a 800.00 investment for something that will be free in no time is a joke.. Anyways any feedback would be appretiated...

[CoMMiE]

try
(sorry typo error)
http://www.preemptive.com/

there is a free community version

[Hinder]

Link doesn't work

[Edneeis]

Worked for me.

[PeeWee]

My 2 cents to this thread...

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

[hellswraith]

The new upgrade to VS.Net that is comming out soon will include a very simple one. Of course, the company that provides it is also selling a much more robust one for a profit (way toooo much if you ask me).

Here is a link to read about it:
http://preemptive.com/dotfuscator/

Here is some more things to look at (expensive though):
http://www.remotesoft.com/salamander/obfuscator.html
http://www.wiseowl.com/products/DemeanorEnterprise.aspx

And here is one more that is 'somewhat' reasonably priced...
(bottom of the page)
http://www.aspose.com/DesktopDefault...ndex=1&tabid=8