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Totally hiding windows application?
August 30, 2000 04:54 PM
Hey guys & girls how are doing?
I''m sure everyone of you know what happened when we press CTRL+ALT+DEL in windows right? My question is how to hide my program so that it doesn''t appear in that list? Anybody know how to do this?
Ok, thanks a lot for the time. Please tell me if you know. Thanks again.
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August 30, 2000 06:26 PM
I don''t think that is possible. Even the Foolproof clone that my school uses appears there 
And that is supposed to not be there (something about plausible deniability and area 51 )
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You are unique. Just like everybody else.
"Mechanical engineers design weapons; civil engineers design targets."
"Sensitivity is adjustable, so you can set it to detect elephants and other small creatures." -- Product Description for a vibration sensor
August 30, 2000 06:45 PM
Yes, is possible. There is a API function called RegisterServiceProcess (or something similar).
You can''t call this function directly, you must get a pointer to it with GetProcAddress.
It accepts a boolean, TRUE hides your application, FALSE is a normal application.
Although it hides your application from the CTRL+ALT+DEL dialog box, in NT and W2000 it continues appearing at the procces dialog box.
If you have problems using it, tell me. I succesfully made a joke-program with that method.
Sorry for my english ''8-)
You can''t call this function directly, you must get a pointer to it with GetProcAddress.
It accepts a boolean, TRUE hides your application, FALSE is a normal application.
Although it hides your application from the CTRL+ALT+DEL dialog box, in NT and W2000 it continues appearing at the procces dialog box.
If you have problems using it, tell me. I succesfully made a joke-program with that method.
Sorry for my english ''8-)
124
August 30, 2000 06:48 PM
When is your new virus of some sort coming out? Can I have a copy?
122
August 30, 2000 07:00 PM
The Anonymous was me :-)
No, my program isn''t a virus. Is a programs that show a window every 8 seconds with a semi-x picture and there is no manner of closing it. Well, if you have NT or a program for closing processes you can, but with Win9x you can''t.
I made it for a friend, he didn''t know how to close it. And finally his boss saw it (he was at work) and he didn''t laught much. 8-d
No, my program isn''t a virus. Is a programs that show a window every 8 seconds with a semi-x picture and there is no manner of closing it. Well, if you have NT or a program for closing processes you can, but with Win9x you can''t.
I made it for a friend, he didn''t know how to close it. And finally his boss saw it (he was at work) and he didn''t laught much. 8-d
122
August 31, 2000 02:30 AM
You are not a real programmer unless you think that obscure API calls are way cool!
I just had to look it up in MSDN and it appears that if you call RegisterServiceProcess() you can keep your app running even after the user logs off. Sweet...
I just had to look it up in MSDN and it appears that if you call RegisterServiceProcess() you can keep your app running even after the user logs off. Sweet...
August 31, 2000 09:39 AM
Thanks a lot guys, I can''t wait to go home and try it. Do you guys know if there is a forum like this Great Gamedev forum out there that discuss about getting around security programs in Windows 9x.
ok, thanks again.
ok, thanks again.
124
August 31, 2000 05:02 PM
Why not create a new thread in ANOTHER process...
Hook it into the explorer or something
Hook it into the explorer or something
122
September 01, 2000 10:24 AM
there is a source code i wrote in my site
pls let me know if it helped ya
good luck
http://qsoft.cjb.net/
go to tutorials-->windows
then you''ll see it
pls let me know if it helped ya
good luck
http://qsoft.cjb.net/
go to tutorials-->windows
then you''ll see it
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September 01, 2000 11:40 AM
I have the source code for a program that hides hotline in the manner previously described at my web page Useless Code.
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