Killing Processes From A List

[markiemrboo]

http://forums.overclockersclub.com/Would_A...ppl-t59981.html

 

Here you go chappy.. it's not a Window like you asked for though... just a simple console app, run it and it'll try and kill whatever's in the list. You can download the binary from http://bone.servebeer.com/EndTasks.zip Should be pretty self explanatory, stick the name of the processes you want to kill (get it from task manager) in KillList.txt and run the program.

 

Quite a neat idea if you're really that worried about processes running while gaming (I couldn't give a rats what's running in the background while gaming personally lol)

 

Warning: Incoming bad coding

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <psapi.h>
#include <assert.h>

int main(void) {
DWORD p[1024], count;
int numP, lines = 0, killed = 0;
HANDLE ph;
FILE *fp;
char fbuf[1024], **pKillList;

/* 
 * get process kill list info 
 */

/* open kill list file */
fp = fopen("KillList.txt", "r");
if (fp == NULL) {
 perror("fopen (KillList.txt)");
 system("pause");
 return 1;
}

/* get a line count for size of array */
while (!feof(fp)) {
 if (fgets(fbuf, 1024, fp) != NULL) {
 	lines++;
 }
}
fclose(fp);

/* the file must have at least one process to kill in it */
if (lines < 1) {
 fprintf(stderr, "You must have some processes to kill in killlist.txt\n");
 system("pause");
 return 1;
}

/* allocate memory for array */
pKillList = (char **)malloc(lines * sizeof(char *));
assert(pKillList != NULL);

for (int i = 0; i < lines; i++) {
 pKillList[i] = (char *)malloc(1024 * sizeof(char));
 assert(pKillList[i] != NULL);
}

/* put file contents in to kill list array */
fp = fopen("KillList.txt", "r");
if (fp == NULL) {
 perror("fopen (KillList.txt)");
 system("pause");
 return 1;
}

int currentLine = 0;
while (!feof(fp)) {
 if (fgets(pKillList[currentLine], 1024, fp) != NULL) {
 	/* remove new line character if it exists? */
 	if (pKillList[currentLine][strlen(pKillList[currentLine]) - 1] == '\n') {
   pKillList[currentLine][strlen(pKillList[currentLine]) - 1] = '\0';
 	}

 	/* make process name uppercase for string comparisions later on (windows has no strcasecmp? :( ) */
 	for (int k = 0; k < strlen(pKillList[currentLine]); k++) {
   pKillList[currentLine][k] = toupper(pKillList[currentLine][k]);
 	}

//  	printf("%s\n", pKillList[currentLine]);
 	currentLine++;
 } else {
 	if (!feof(fp)) {
   printf("some error occured!?\n");
 	}
 }
}
fclose(fp);

/* 
 * run through each process 
 */

/* get process list */
if (!EnumProcesses(p, sizeof(p), &count)) {
 perror("EnumProcesses");
 fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't get process list\n");
 system("pause");
 return 1;
}

/* number of processes in list */
numP = count / sizeof(DWORD);

/* for each process in the list */
for (int i = 0; i < numP; i++) {
 HMODULE hMod;
 DWORD cbneeded;
 char pName[1024];

 /* get a handle to the process with terminate privs */
 ph = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ | PROCESS_TERMINATE, FALSE, p[i]);

 /* get the name of the exe / file */
 if (EnumProcessModules(ph, &hMod, sizeof(hMod), &cbneeded)) {
 	GetModuleBaseName(ph, hMod, pName, 1024);

 	/* if this exe / file is in the kill list, kill it */
 	for (int j = 0; j < lines; j++) {
   /* make process name uppercase for string comparision with process kill list */
   for (int k = 0; k < strlen(pName); k++) {
   	pName[k] = toupper(pName[k]);
   }

   if (strcmp(pName, pKillList[j]) == 0) {
   	printf("Killing process %s\n", pKillList[j]);
   	TerminateProcess(ph, 0);
   	killed++;
   }
 	}
 }

 //printf("%d. %s\n", i, pName);

 CloseHandle(ph);
}

printf("Killed %d processes\n", killed); 

system("pause");
}

[OptikaliLLusion]

 

Thanks a lot man! Mind if I link to this on some other gaming sites I go to?

 

EDIT: Link times out :S

[markiemrboo]

 

Thanks a lot man! Mind if I link to this on some other gaming sites I go to?

 

EDIT: Link times out :S

608089[/snapback]

 

Well, if you're going to do that I would rather you find somewhere to actually host the file. I only have ADSL, it'd kill me (the link is to a webserver sitting in my cupboard lol)

 

As for it timing out, hm..... *looks in to issue* Thanks for pointing that out. Looks like noip has updated with an internal IP address for some reason. I'll sort that out.....

 

Also updated the program a bit so it can use other files but defaults to KillList.txt. Either drag a text file over the .exe (should work), or should be a command line like....

 

EndTasks.exe "GamingKillList.txt"

 

 

EDIT: Dont know why noip did that. Had to update it manually... try again!

[OptikaliLLusion]

K, gonna upload it to RapidShare thanks!

[markiemrboo]

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <psapi.h>
#include <assert.h>

#define MAX_P_SIZE 1024
#define DEBUG 0

/*
* Structures :-)
*/
struct ListNode {
ListNode *next;
char pKill[MAX_P_SIZE];
} ListNode_t;

struct LinkedList {
ListNode *head;
ListNode *tail;
ListNode *cur;
} LinkedList_t;

/*
* Function prototypes
*/ 
void AddToList(LinkedList *, char *);
void ConvertToUpperCase(char *);
void SetListCurToStart(LinkedList *);

/*
* Convert each character in a string to upper case
*/
void ConvertToUpperCase(char *str) {
int strLen = strlen(str);

for (int i = 0; i < strLen; i++) {
 str[i] = toupper(str[i]);
}
}

/*
* Add item to linked list
*/
void AddToList(LinkedList *list, char *data) {
if (list->head == NULL) {
#if DEBUG
 printf("Adding list head\n");
#endif
 list->head = (ListNode *)malloc(sizeof(ListNode));
 assert(list->head != NULL);
 list->cur = list->head;
 list->tail = list->head;
} else {
#if DEBUG
 printf("Adding list item\n");
#endif
 list->cur->next = (ListNode *)malloc(sizeof(ListNode));
 assert(list->cur->next != NULL);
 list->cur = list->cur->next;
 list->tail = list->cur;
}

strcpy(list->tail->pKill, data);
list->tail->next = NULL;
}

/*
* Run through list and free each node, starting from head.
*/ 
void FreeList(LinkedList *list) {
ListNode *tmp;

SetListCurToStart(list);
while (list->cur != NULL) {
#if DEBUG
 printf("Freeing list node with data content: %s\n", list->cur->pKill);
#endif
 tmp = list->cur->next;
 free(list->cur);
 list->cur = tmp;
}

list->head = NULL;
list->tail = NULL;
list->cur = NULL;
}

void SetListCurToStart(LinkedList *list) {
list->cur = list->head;
}

/*
* Good old main
*/
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
DWORD p[MAX_P_SIZE], count;
int numP, lines = 0, killed = 0;
HANDLE ph;
FILE *fp;
char fbuf[MAX_P_SIZE], *filename = "KillList.txt";
LinkedList lKillList;

/* make all variables null */
memset(&lKillList, 0, sizeof(LinkedList));

/* if there's a filename passed in to use, use it instead of the default KillList.txt */
if (argc > 1) {
 filename = argv[1];
}

printf("Using kill list: %s\n", filename);

/* 
 * get process kill list info 
 */
/* open kill list file */
fp = fopen(filename, "r");
if (fp == NULL) {
 perror("fopen");
 system("pause");
 return 1;
}

/* put file contents in to linked list and count lines */
while (!feof(fp)) {
 if (fgets(fbuf, MAX_P_SIZE, fp) != NULL) {
 	/* remove new line character from string if it's there */
 	if (fbuf[strlen(fbuf) - 1] == '\n') {
   fbuf[strlen(fbuf) - 1] = '\0';	
 	}

 	/* make text uppercase */
 	ConvertToUpperCase(fbuf);

 	/* add to list */
 	AddToList(&lKillList, fbuf);
 	lines++;  	
 }
}
fclose(fp);

/* the file must have at least one process to kill in it */
if (lines < 1) {
 fprintf(stderr, "You must have some processes to kill in %s\n", filename);
 system("pause");
 return 1;
}

/* 
 * run through each process 
 */
/* get process list */
if (!EnumProcesses(p, sizeof(p), &count)) {
 perror("EnumProcesses");
 fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't get process list\n");
 system("pause");
 return 1;
}

/* number of processes in list */
numP = count / sizeof(DWORD);

/* for each process in the list */
for (int i = 0; i < numP; i++) {
 HMODULE hMod;
 DWORD cbneeded;
 char pName[MAX_P_SIZE];

 /* get a handle to the process with terminate privs */
 ph = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ | PROCESS_TERMINATE, FALSE, p[i]);

 /* get the name of the exe / file */
 if (EnumProcessModules(ph, &hMod, sizeof(hMod), &cbneeded)) {
 	GetModuleBaseName(ph, hMod, pName, MAX_P_SIZE);

 	/* make process name uppercase */
 	ConvertToUpperCase(pName);

 	/* if this exe / file is in the kill list, kill it */
 	SetListCurToStart(&lKillList);
 	while (lKillList.cur != NULL) {
   if (strcmp(pName, lKillList.cur->pKill) == 0) {
   	printf("Killing process %s\n", lKillList.cur->pKill);
   	TerminateProcess(ph, 0);
   	killed++;
   }

   lKillList.cur = lKillList.cur->next;
 	}
 }

#if DEBUG
 printf("%d. %s\n", i, pName);
#endif

 CloseHandle(ph);
}

FreeList(&lKillList);
printf("Killed %d processes\n", killed); 

system("pause");
}

 

Should be a slightly better way of doing it as you dont need to go through the file twice this way Also fixed a silly toupper() mistake, put it in the wrong bit of the loop is all... doesn't actually break anything, just wastes a bit of CPU time. You wont be able to notice the difference between this one and the old one to be honest, but I have put up the binary anyway.

 

http://bone.servebeer.com/EndTasks2.zip