cmdow.exe

[Nucleus]

I know it's not a virus, and I know it wont harm my pc. Nevertheless, my antivirus (bitdefender) detects it as a hacking tool, and even if I know that it's not, I would like the option of a cmdow.exe alternative.

Is there one?

Thanks

[RogueSpear]

Search MSFN for "RunHiddenConsole.exe". The thread is probably buried to about page 30 by now so a search is your best option. It pretty much does the same thing though not quite as versatile.

[Nucleus]

Isn't cmdow.exe also responsible for making this window appear, instead of the black command window?

Will RunHiddenConsole.exe do that too?

[RogueSpear]

No cmdow has nothing to do with that window. That is part of the OS. Cmdow simply hides the command windows, just as RunHiddenConsole does.

EDIT: Another alternative would be to use NirCmd.exe. A Google of that filename will take you right to the publishers web site.

Edited November 2, 2006 by RogueSpear

[Gee]

Isn't cmdow.exe also responsible for making this window appear, instead of the black command window?

Will RunHiddenConsole.exe do that too?

That is done with RunOnceEx.cmd and the registry entries.

[Siginet]

Another tool is cmdhide.exe by yours truley.

But I think RunHiddenConsole is more popular.

[hhiggins]

Howdy,

I had the same issue. SAV 10.1.5 was detecting this is as a threat. To get around it in SAV they have an option called "Global Security Risk Exclusions" and I added "HackTool.HideWindow" to the list and it now dosen't bother it. Hopefully your AV vendor has some kind of exclusion list as well.