Disadvantages of Obfuscation
At best, obfuscation merely makes it time-consuming, but not impossible, to reverse engineer a program. In Java it also limits the use of the Reflection application programming interface on the obfuscated code. Some anti-virus software, such as AVG, will also alert their users when they land on a site with code obfuscated, as one of the purposes of obfuscation can be to hide malicious code. This however, can be a quick deterrent to most people, who do not expect a professional site to be flagged up by their anti-virus software.
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