Hide a process in Task Manager

vasanth arivali

Hai Friends I want to hide a application process in the task manager from the process list. It only for the security purpose, the user could not be uninstalled or end the process from the process list and also remove from the Control Panel once it installed. thank you Vasanth.A

Lost User

If you install the service/application in "SYSTEM" Mode, it can only be killed from administrator. If your user doesn't have any admin right, then your user cannot kill the process.

vasanth arivali

I installed the process in the Administrator System ie it is one of the server but it is not a main server. The main server track all the action of that particular system. so if it is possible to uninstall or kill my application in that client then how i track him.so i want to hide my process in that installation system. The main thing is he cannot kill my process even he is admin of that particular area. thanks Vasanth.A

Lost User

try this, it comes with your windows : http://www.watchingthenet.com/how-to-view-and-kill-processes-on-remote-windows-computers.html[^]

J4amieC

... and you'll get no help from me writing one. And trying to do it in C# is just dumb.

Pete OHanlon

What possible legitimate reason could you have for wanting to do this? Nobody is about to publish something on a public forum that will allow you to write a virus. Even if you don't want to write one, simply making this information available here would allow others to do it.

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Dave Kreskowiak

There is no way to hide the app from Task Manager. Your only hope is to prevent the user from running Task Manager, which is easily done in Group policy. But, if the user is an admin on the machine, he can still use command line tools to find and kill the app.

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