From: Kacper Borodziuk <lists@...>
Date: 2012-05-15T07:53:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Visibility of ruby applications

Peter Zotov wrote in post #1060745:
> Kacper Borodziuk писал 15.05.2012 02:30:
>> I have a question. is there a ruby command or set of commands that
>> can
>> hide working application from user? I want my application to work in
>> the
>> background instead of popping out to the desktop. How can I achieve
>> this??
>
> If a Ruby console window annoys you, start your script with rubyw.exe
> instead of ruby.exe.
>
>>
>> Also on related note is it possible to make ruby to not display
>> application name in the task manager? the process will still be there
>> but i would like the application to be completly hidden from user.
>
> This is not generally possible without a kernel-level rootkit on recent
> Windows OSes. Also, depending on your particular task this might be
> illegal
> in some cases.

Hmm... I am studying a computer security course at University of abertay 
dundee and as a part of my coursework i am developing non-malicious 
trojan application. more like a template or a rig and i was concerned 
with the fact that my server application was visible to the user while 
running.

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