Disabling keyboard keys
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I am working on a windows application .This application will be running in the background and capturing all the keystrokes .All the short-cut keys need to be disabled i.e. Alt+F4 or windows+M etc by this application.If the user presses alt+ctrl+8 he should be shown a login screen and if he is authorised the keys should be enabled according to his permission level i.e Admin ,user etc. If this application has got the focus then only it captures events , but as the case mostly is ,there is some other application running which will have focus but I still want to get these keystroke events in my application .Any help please. Thank you.
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I am working on a windows application .This application will be running in the background and capturing all the keystrokes .All the short-cut keys need to be disabled i.e. Alt+F4 or windows+M etc by this application.If the user presses alt+ctrl+8 he should be shown a login screen and if he is authorised the keys should be enabled according to his permission level i.e Admin ,user etc. If this application has got the focus then only it captures events , but as the case mostly is ,there is some other application running which will have focus but I still want to get these keystroke events in my application .Any help please. Thank you.
That sounds like either a) a virus or b) some other form of malware you are writing there. If im wrong, then please feel free to explain a legit reason to have this functionality! Until then I hope nobody gives you any advice. Current blacklist svmilky - Extremely rude | FeRtoll - Rude personal emails | ironstrike1 - Rude & Obnoxious behaviour
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That sounds like either a) a virus or b) some other form of malware you are writing there. If im wrong, then please feel free to explain a legit reason to have this functionality! Until then I hope nobody gives you any advice. Current blacklist svmilky - Extremely rude | FeRtoll - Rude personal emails | ironstrike1 - Rude & Obnoxious behaviour
I am neither creating a virus nor any malware . I am working in a company whose product is kiosk .For its security purpose I need to implement this functunality so please help .
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That sounds like either a) a virus or b) some other form of malware you are writing there. If im wrong, then please feel free to explain a legit reason to have this functionality! Until then I hope nobody gives you any advice. Current blacklist svmilky - Extremely rude | FeRtoll - Rude personal emails | ironstrike1 - Rude & Obnoxious behaviour
Well, you wil finds solution anything what it needs for. Watch this code project article: Low-level Windows API hooks from C# to stop unwanted keystrokes [^] Goodluck with virus or whatevar. Worry is not needed Im sure, to be infected at my pc. I use McAfee. Be sure to use .Net 1.1... or your virus won't run on as many Windows installations...
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I am neither creating a virus nor any malware . I am working in a company whose product is kiosk .For its security purpose I need to implement this functunality so please help .
Kiosks dont use traditional keyboards, so why would you need to deactivate keyboard input? Current blacklist svmilky - Extremely rude | FeRtoll - Rude personal emails | ironstrike1 - Rude & Obnoxious behaviour
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Well, you wil finds solution anything what it needs for. Watch this code project article: Low-level Windows API hooks from C# to stop unwanted keystrokes [^] Goodluck with virus or whatevar. Worry is not needed Im sure, to be infected at my pc. I use McAfee. Be sure to use .Net 1.1... or your virus won't run on as many Windows installations...
I am unaware of the users intentions, however there can be legit reasons for wanting to do so. For example, an internet cafe owner may wish to disallow the paying customer from doing anythign else other than IE. A school's public computer might want to restrict the 'children' from installing stuff and/or fiddling around with the windows registry. An internet kiosk (like the one at airports ... and they usually have normal keyboards embedded in metal) where public can't be trusted enough from installing stuff and/or gaining access rights on the Pc ... etc ... Use your imagination ... Jedi
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Well, you wil finds solution anything what it needs for. Watch this code project article: Low-level Windows API hooks from C# to stop unwanted keystrokes [^] Goodluck with virus or whatevar. Worry is not needed Im sure, to be infected at my pc. I use McAfee. Be sure to use .Net 1.1... or your virus won't run on as many Windows installations...
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nueer wrote:
Goodluck with virus or whatevar. Worry is not needed Im sure, to be infected at my pc. I use McAfee.
Maybe. I've recently written a keyboard/mouse hook app and Symantec AV didn't bat an eye at it.
Yes... But why in heaven's name would one create a virus that runs on the .Net framework? I'm very naive when it comes to viruses and such, possibly because I've never been seriously affected by one... Does it ever make sense to write your virus using C# .Net? Unless it exploits the .Net Framework specifically... Sorry, thats off-topic. Hooking key-strokes is a handy little thingy. Can't see why someone would immediately assume it's a virus. Sorry for my poor grammar... boredom at work... it's a curse and a blessing.
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Yes... But why in heaven's name would one create a virus that runs on the .Net framework? I'm very naive when it comes to viruses and such, possibly because I've never been seriously affected by one... Does it ever make sense to write your virus using C# .Net? Unless it exploits the .Net Framework specifically... Sorry, thats off-topic. Hooking key-strokes is a handy little thingy. Can't see why someone would immediately assume it's a virus. Sorry for my poor grammar... boredom at work... it's a curse and a blessing.
nueer wrote:
Sorry, thats off-topic. Hooking key-strokes is a handy little thingy. Can't see why someone would immediately assume it's a virus.
Mainly I think it's a case of better safe than sorry. On anything viruslike the working rule here seems to be guilty until proven innocent. A legit sounding reason for wanting something is treated as proof of innocence, when combined and the assumption that a kidiot won't be able to come up with a legit sounding reason if cornered. I'm not sure it's the best solution but can't think of anything better myself.
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Kiosks dont use traditional keyboards, so why would you need to deactivate keyboard input? Current blacklist svmilky - Extremely rude | FeRtoll - Rude personal emails | ironstrike1 - Rude & Obnoxious behaviour
For some reasons my company is using traditional keyboards with all the keys.