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Process Scanning?

red_ice · 2006-09-17 22:28:11

hey guys, im trying to help some friends code an anti-cheat program. Is there any way i could use vb to scan processes and export them to a notepad? The basic goal would be to get a list like in task manager. Image name | User Name | Mem Usage svchost.exe system 4,999k firefox.exe Administrator 10,000k and so on.. Any…

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17-09-2006 11:28pm

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red_ice

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hey guys, im trying to help some friends code an anti-cheat program. Is there any way i could use vb to scan processes and export them to a notepad?

The basic goal would be to get a list like in task manager.

Image name | User Name | Mem Usage
svchost.exe system 4,999k
firefox.exe Administrator 10,000k

and so on.. Any Alternatives would be cool!

Cheers

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#2 17-09-2006 11:31pm
Karoma

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PsList > file.txt ?

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#3 17-09-2006 11:38pm
pH

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Step by Step example in VB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q187913/

Mind you with rootkits, cheat tools are a little harder to find these days

[edited to add]
And yes it goes without saying that you shouldn't really be trying to write a tool like this in VB

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