Easy money

[enhehehe]

I have a brainstorm, and I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this or if anyone here would even know anything about it... never hurts to ask though.


TL:DR  make programs run stealthed (or modify them)


Ok, so I got this new job for a big company a few weeks back.  The job pays pretty good and it's the first job I've had that offered benefits, so that's cool.  Anyway, job requires many repetitive tasks and I got really really bored really really fast.


Idea: automate some of the repetitive tasks to increase productivity and make the job easier.


Problem: company has numerous programs installed on the computer and only wants those particular programs running and nothing else (no solitaire ).


Sure, I could play solitaire during down time, but I'm pretty sure at least one one of those programs monitors what programs are running on the computer at any given point in time... catch a program that is not supposed to be running and bip, bop, you're out of there.


This is not about solitaire though, what I want to do is run software that will actually be productive, but hide it so that whatever software is monitoring the computer will not be able to know that any unwanted program is running.  I'm pretty sure hiding it from the task-bar won't do the trick, and after googling for a while I did end up finding some programs that would hide running programs... but that kinda defeats the purpose.


Thus my question to all you wonderful people on here is: How can I modify or otherwise go about hiding a program from my company's software?  Also a little information on how that kind of software works would help a lot!


Thanks,
Enhehehe


More info: I noticed that I used software and program interchangeably... sorry if that's confusing/annoying.

[Kulverstukas]

Bring a laptop.

[proxx]

If you don't even have a clue whatever software is used , how do you even expect an answer.
Apart from that , the sysadmin is going to kick your ass anyway, just don't be an idiot.

[gray-fox]

Idea: automate some of the repetitive tasks to increase productivity and make the job easier.


Problem: company has numerous programs installed on the computer and only wants those particular programs running and nothing else

If you had really came up with solution that greatly increases workers productivity in your work place you wouldn't be asking these questions in here. If you told this idea to your superiors and they turn it down, it just means your idea sucked and i'm quit sure it had nothing to do with company's computer software policies.

[proxx]

Did you try Ub3rR@t?

[enhehehe]

Haha you got me, thanks for the replies anyway


I suppose I'll feed the trolls enhehehe


@Kulverstukas
laptop: not ideal for the effect I want to create.


@proxx
I know exactly what software is used, but I don't think that's the main focus here.  More I want to say, "hey, I have this program running here in the background that doesn't list a process name or otherwise show that it's running or be able to be detected"


@gray-fox
Idea is sound, but not workers... just worker, me, singular.  Ever hear of Samantha West? that's the effect I want to create, except I'll be able to interject and say, "jiggle it for me" since I'm using my own voice.

@proxx (again)
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Thanks again,
enhehehe

[proxx]

@proxx
I know exactly what software is used, but I don't think that's the main focus here.  More I want to say, "hey, I have this program running here in the background that doesn't list a process name or otherwise show that it's running or be able to be detected"

The method of detection is directly related to the software used to control the env.

[Comm4nd0]

This all seems a bit strange but the way i would go about it is, identify the software that monitors what you're running. Next step would be to ether try to dissable the software or find a work around for it. Do you know what the software is called?

Chances are that if your company is running software like that then they have probably dissabled the abilty to install software of your own. So that would be another hurdle to get around.

[Xires]

You need a basic rootkit, essentially.  The process tree is basically just a linked-list in Windows so theoretically, assuming you can get your code running properly, it should be a matter of the 'prev' and 'next' links in the chain to skip the current process.  That, of course, needs to be monitored as processes can exit, restart, etc.  I'm sure any good information on Windows rootkits should help you understand this process.  If you can do it properly, you might consider using Windows' automation scripting support.  You may also be able to abuse svchost to do what you need as it is undoubtedly an allowed process.