Editing Obfuscation (software) (section)

=== Notifying users of obfuscated code ===
Some anti-virus softwares, such as [[AVG AntiVirus]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-21 |title=Blocking website and only way to fix is disabling HTTPS s... {{!}} AVG |url=https://support.avg.com/answers?id=9060N000000gbDLQAY |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=support.avg.com |language=en |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204155910/https://support.avg.com/answers?id=9060N000000gbDLQAY |url-status=live }}</ref> will also alert their users when they land on a website with code that is manually obfuscated, as one of the purposes of obfuscation can be to hide malicious code. However, some developers may employ code obfuscation for the purpose of reducing file size or increasing security. The average user may not expect their antivirus software to provide alerts about an otherwise harmless piece of code, especially from trusted corporations, so such a feature may actually deter users from using legitimate software.

Mozilla and Google disallow browser extensions containing obfuscated code in their add-ons store.<ref>{{Cite web |last=at 05:01 |first=Thomas Claburn in San Francisco 2 Oct 2018 |title=Google taking action against disguised code in Chrome Web Store |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/02/google_chrome_web_store/ |access-date=2019-11-12 |website=www.theregister.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112154156/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/02/google_chrome_web_store/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cimpanu |first=Catalin |title=Mozilla announces ban on Firefox extensions containing obfuscated code |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-announces-ban-on-firefox-extensions-containing-obfuscated-code/ |access-date=2019-11-12 |website=ZDNet |language=en |archive-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305184837/https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-announces-ban-on-firefox-extensions-containing-obfuscated-code/ |url-status=live }}</ref>