How to obscure hard coded password in code?

Question

I would like to obscure a password in my VB6 code, such that it cannot be revealed even via decompilation.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

If you program has access to it in plaintext, then it's possible to somehow retrieve it. You are better off getting your security in other ways. How to do this really depends on your specific application. Do you have to store the password in your application? Can you simply store a pre-computed hash and compare against that?