Shareware Programming - Password Potect an exe

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Password Potect an exe

Nige

2006-01-10, 3:56 am

Hi all,

Im looking for a piece of software that will add password protection to a
Win32 .EXE file and importantly allow you to pass the parameter on the
command line.
ie myprotectedexe.exe /p:mypassword << or
similar

Ive come across loads that will password protect exe's, but they all splodge
a windows dialog box for you to input the password... This is no good to me
at all.

Thanks in advance

N

Scott Kane

2006-01-10, 3:56 am

"Nige" <nkarnold@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:OD0tf.64607$vl2.17010@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

> Im looking for a piece of software that will add password protection to a
> Win32 .EXE file and importantly allow you to pass the parameter on the
> command line.
> ie myprotectedexe.exe /p:mypassword << or
> similar

Take a look at http://www.siliconrealms.com for Armadillo
or http://www.asprotect.com for ASProtect.

Both allow you to not show a password dialog and both are very
secure, or as about secure is one is going to find - everything is
crackable.

Scott Kane

Nige

2006-01-10, 3:56 am

Thanks for the info.

Problem is, these products don't address my problem, I'll try and explain

I have an application, which I have written, which relys on a 3rd Party .EXE
being called at somepoint. The developer of the 3rd party .EXE has requested
I do not allow this exe to be run from outside of my program and he himself
is unwilling to change the code.

So he has suggested wrapping his .EXE file up with a password protector, so
if someone tries to call his program from XP or a DOS prompt, they will get
prompted for a Password.

"Scott Kane" <scott@proherp.com> wrote in message
news:43b4a282$0$4184$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> "Nige" <nkarnold@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OD0tf.64607$vl2.17010@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>
>
>
> Take a look at http://www.siliconrealms.com for Armadillo
> or http://www.asprotect.com for ASProtect.
>
> Both allow you to not show a password dialog and both are very
> secure, or as about secure is one is going to find - everything is
> crackable.
>
> Scott Kane
>
>

Scott Kane

2006-01-10, 3:56 am

"Nige" <nkarnold@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:lQ8tf.39024$D47.20129@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

> Thanks for the info.
>
> Problem is, these products don't address my problem, I'll try and explain
>
> I have an application, which I have written, which relys on a 3rd Party
..EXE
> being called at somepoint. The developer of the 3rd party .EXE has
requested
> I do not allow this exe to be run from outside of my program and he
himself
> is unwilling to change the code.
>
> So he has suggested wrapping his .EXE file up with a password protector,
so
> if someone tries to call his program from XP or a DOS prompt, they will
get
> prompted for a Password.

Well, that is awkward. Here's a few thoughts:

1. Put the application in question into a zip file with a password and call
the
zip file on the command line using the password, unzip, use and then delete
the file when the application finishes. You could make both hidden files
and
they will be safe from 99% of people.

2. Just make the program hidden and your application can implement the
password and access the file, unknown to anyone - again 99% of people
won't know how it is done.

Scott

Jim Lawless

2006-01-10, 3:56 am

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:27:13 GMT, "Nige" <nkarnold@blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:

>I have an application, which I have written, which relys on a 3rd Party .EXE
>being called at somepoint. The developer of the 3rd party .EXE has requested
>I do not allow this exe to be run from outside of my program and he himself
>is unwilling to change the code.

You may have to roll your own EXE encryptor. Take a look at this
article:

http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/peprotector1.asp

You might also take a look at the UPX source as the author of the
above mentions.

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asking for, but the third-party EXE would be visible on the filesystem
for the duration of your program's exection.

CMD2EXE basically packs together a group of files into a single EXE.
When that EXE is launched, it unpacks the files and launches a
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SoftComplete

2006-01-11, 7:55 am

Nige wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Im looking for a piece of software that will add password protection to a
> Win32 .EXE file and importantly allow you to pass the parameter on the
> command line.
> ie myprotectedexe.exe /p:mypassword << or
> similar
>
> Ive come across loads that will password protect exe's, but they all splodge
> a windows dialog box for you to input the password... This is no good to me
> at all.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> N

Take a look of EXECryptor http://www.strongbit.com

SoftComplete

2006-08-18, 5:11 am

All mentioned protections are cracked except EXECryptor http://www.strongbit.com. EXECryptor 2.x version starting to use
Code morphing launched in July
2004 remains uncracked. Whatever anybody says in practice 2 years to be
unbroken I think it's very good for an app protector

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