ZHider is a tiny and easy-to-use utility that can instantly hide windows (programs) with a quick keystroke. Windows are hidden completely from view and from the task bar without a trace. The application provides features ranging from removing annoying, clutter windows (holding secret messages for yourself that you don't want to save or close, protecting privacy if someone wanders by, and yes -- even hiding windows from employers. Vie.
The application provides features ranging from removing annoying, clutter windows (holding secret messages for yourself that you don't want to save or close, protecting privacy if someone wanders by, and yes -- even hiding windows from employers. Vie.
Here are some key features of "ZHider":
· Global hotkeys arranged for discreet use and with keystroke combinations that allow you use from virtually any keyboard (101-keys, remote connections, etc.).
· Instant hide-and-add feature allows you to hide a window instantly and keep it in a list of windows to toggle hide/unhide (with another hotkey).
· Launches and operates silently and with great stealth: no windows, sounds, or even system tray icon is visible.
· List mode displays a fully-detailed list of all windows added to the list and a feature-rich interface for hiding, unhiding, and removing windows. You can even view the class name and window ID of each window!
· No bulky install / uninstall software package. You can grab-and-go, launch from a disk, etc. without ever modifying the Windows system registry, installing files to system directories, or risking detection by modifying the existing file system.
· The program file can be renamed for complete discretion.
· Tiny size makes the program fast to load and easy to hide.
· Includes optional Task Manager stealth, masking not only itself but any hidden applications from detection
· Allows command-line instructions for launching processes silently with full support for UNC-coded network paths and environment variable expansion
· Hidden/added window list is now partially transparent while moving it.
· You can supply ZHider with command-line instructions for launching processes forcibly hidden.
· Automatic pass-through of command-line instructions to a global instance
of ZHider.
· zHider now makes an attempt at hiding itself from the standard Task Manager using DLL injection and window subclassing.
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= ZHider basic instructions and help =
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Writen and released by:
Peter Souza IV
Zinious Software
www.zinious.com/contact.php
version 2.00, 05 Sep 2006
Please distribute freely with all original files.
This product is copyrighted 2003-2006. All rights reserved.
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= Included Files =
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Filename: ZHIDER.EXE
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Primary program file. Launch from anywhere. You can rename this
file to just about anything to hide it. It will make an attempt
to hide itself from the standward Windows Task Manager
(Ctrl+Alt+Del), but will be detectable via more sophisticated task-
listing applications.
Filename: KBHOOK.DLL
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Keyboard hook DLL required to perpetuate keystroke detection. You
can not rename this file. This file must be located either with
the program or in the DOS path environment (for example:
C:\WINDOWS\System32).
Filename: TASKHOOK.DLL
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Injection DLL required to hide processes from Task Manager. You
can not rename this file. This file must be located either with
the program or in the DOS path environment (for example:
C:\WINDOWS\System32). If you are using /noinjection, you do not
need to include this file.
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= Command-Line Parameters =
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Parameter name Description
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/noinjection Turns off DLL injection so ZHider and hidden windows
are not also hidden from Task Manager.
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/exec:| Launches a process that you wish to have ZHider run
silently. Must end with a pipe character. See
version notes for known issues.
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/param:| Supplies command-line information to a process you
wish to have ZHider launch hidden.
Requires /exec:
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/dir:| Supplies a custom working directory to a process you
wish to have ZHider launch hidden.
Requires /exec:
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Command-line parameters support UNC-coded network paths and environment
variable expansion.
Example:
zhider.exe "/noinjection /exec:notepad.exe| /param:%SystemRooT%\win.ini|"
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= Keystrokes =
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Primary Key Secondary Key Function
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CTRL+ALT+Z WIN+Z Adds currently-active window to the list of
windows to hide/unhide and immediately hides it.
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CTRL+ALT+X WIN+X Toggles hide/unhide to all added windows.
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CTRL+ALT+C WIN+C Immediately unhides all hidden windows and
clears the list of windows to hide/unhide.
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CTRL+ALT+L Displays a list of all added windows. The list
Can be manipulated by menu or by double-clicking
directly within the list. While the list is
open, all hotkeys are disabled until it is
closed. This also displays version information
in the lower-left hand corner of the window.
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CTRL+ALT+M Same as CTRL+ALT+C, but also exits ZHider.
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(Note: WIN+M is a special Windows keystroke that minimizes all windows and thus
will not exit ZHider. Likewise, WIN+L will lock Windows and will *not* display
the hidden window list.)
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= Version History =
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version 2.00 05 Sep 2006
Bugs fixed:
o ZHider will cease maintaining lists of windows to processes that have
terminated and/or no longer valid windows.
Features added:
o Hidden/added window list is now partially transparent while moving it.
o You can supply ZHider with command-line instructions for launching
processes forcibly hidden. Unfortunately, a process may decide to
create many (or no) windows, so it's not possible for ZHider to determine
which is the 'main' window for the application. As a result, ZHider
will add all top-level windows with a non-blank titlebar name that
the new process creates within 5 seconds to its list of managed/hidden
windows. See documentation for command-line usage.
o Automatic pass-through of command-line instructions to a global instance
of ZHider. You can use multiple command-line instructions without
spawning multiple instances of this program.
o zHider now makes an attempt at hiding itself from the standard Task
Manager using DLL injection and window subclassing. It will also
attempt to make invisible/hidden windows also hidden in Task Manager.
This method isn't foolproof as other task and process-listing applications
will be able to detect the processes such as Process Explorer from
www.SysInternals.com. You can use /noinjection to disable this feature.
Features removed:
o WIN+L has been removed from the hotkey list as it will not work on
current or future versions of Windows anyway (locks the computer).
Known issues:
o Occassionally, the Task Manager will freeze when it launches, requiring
it to be closed and re-opened. This is a byproduct of the DLL injection
process and cannot be fixed without displaying ZHider and its hidden
process list for a brief moment while Task Manager finishes loading.
If you launch ZHider with /noinjection, you should not experience this
problem (but will also not have processes hidden from Task Manager).
version 1.02 11 Nov 2003
Miscellaneous:
o Program renamed from Hider to ZHider.
version 1.01 10 Nov 2003
Features added:
o Window list can now close windows quietly (without displaying them).
o Window list now uses a grid that displays window ID and class ID of
windows in the list.
version 1.00 08 Nov 2003
Bugs fixed:
o Fixed a bug causing crashes and freezes whenever a second, third, etc.
window was removed before the first (not possible in version 'beta 0.01').
o Unhiding windows that were maximized caused them to show up in their
restored size instead of maximized.
Features updated:
o Changed program icon from yellow-green square to an uninteresting computer.
o Removed bloat/unnecessary code.
Features added:
o Added window list (CTRL+ALT+L and WIN+L) feature and version information.
version 0.01 06 Nov 2003
o First version release.
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