12-01-2025, 11:04 AM
Would getting the EXE digitally signed get windows or the AV off your back ? I have the same problem from Mcafee but I was lucky. I made 1 line code change and bam it activated on starting. The common thing I was also using shell commands, but nothing extra fancy. Just using the start command to execute a dos level program. Never got to the dos level program. Died on just starting. Some kind of runtime code, that the compiler never got dinged for. Worst part Mcafee never said what it didn't like about it.
IF I SCREW UP LIKE AN IDIOT AND INFECT MY MACHINE, I'LL REINSTALL WINDOWS MYSELF AND FIX IT!!!
@Steve look at clonezilla.org. I have saved my self and friends many times from infections. You can restore a drive to exactly to the day you saved it. I do it monthly, nobody says you can't do it weekly. The trick is to use an external drive. Should be the size of twice a normal backup. Old image + new image. Best part it's a booting linux disk. Doesn't involve using windows. The drive can be any format for any O/S. The drive doesn't need to be the booting drive. I could be a data device.
IF I SCREW UP LIKE AN IDIOT AND INFECT MY MACHINE, I'LL REINSTALL WINDOWS MYSELF AND FIX IT!!!
@Steve look at clonezilla.org. I have saved my self and friends many times from infections. You can restore a drive to exactly to the day you saved it. I do it monthly, nobody says you can't do it weekly. The trick is to use an external drive. Should be the size of twice a normal backup. Old image + new image. Best part it's a booting linux disk. Doesn't involve using windows. The drive can be any format for any O/S. The drive doesn't need to be the booting drive. I could be a data device.