Best way to hide strings on an .exe

[ricardo]

Thanks to everybody for your help

[ricardo]

This still works to hide strings, right?
Is there any way that people can see the string using any of this ways? Which one is better of this 3 methods?

Im not talking about the NASA or the FBI, just a user or a normal hacker.

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String$ = Chr('R'+abs) + Chr('i'+abs) + Chr('c'+abs) + Chr('a'+abs) + Chr('r'+abs) + Chr('d'+abs) + Chr('o'+abs)
Debug String$

abc = 2
String$ = Chr(80+abc) + Chr(103+abc) + Chr(97+abc) + Chr(95+abc) + Chr(112+abc) + Chr(98+abc) + Chr(109+abc)
Debug String$

abc = 2
String$ = Chr(80+abc+aq) + Chr(103+abc+aq) + Chr(97+abc+aq) + Chr(95+abc+aq) + Chr(112+abc+aq) + Chr(98+abc+aq) + Chr(109+abc+aq)
Debug String$

[PB]

I use this to hide strings from being viewed:

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a$=Chr('h'+_)+Chr('i'+_)

Doesn't show up in a hex editor or OllyDbg.

[ricardo]

I use this to hide strings from being viewed:

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a$=Chr('h'+_)+Chr('i'+_)

Doesn't show up in a hex editor or OllyDbg.

Is different to use _ that any other string name? I ask to understand and learn

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a$=Chr('h'+_)+Chr('i'+_)
a$=Chr('h'+asdfgh)+Chr('i'+asdfgh)
a$=Chr('h'+qwerty)+Chr('i'+asd)

Are the same the 3 lines?

[PB]

The _ is just an unused variable name.

So yes, all three lines you posted work the same,
as long as the variables "qwerty" etc are set to 0.

[ricardo]

The _ is just an unused variable name.

So yes, all three lines you posted work the same,
as long as the variables "qwerty" etc are set to 0.

Thanks for your reply.

Yes variables must be cero, unless i previously put the value of the chr -2 to be able to put the variable as 2, per example. But maybe all is the same, right?

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abc = 2
String$ = Chr(80+abc) + Chr(103+abc) + Chr(97+abc) + Chr(95+abc) + Chr(112+abc) + Chr(98+abc) + Chr(109+abc)
Debug String$

[PB]

I don't know what happens if the vars aren't 0. Test it.