Slightly More Advanced Basic Batch

Step 4 BAT2EXE: Hiding your Haxing

Ok, so you've made a nice lil shutdown Batch for yourself, but now how do you go about keeping the file a secret?

Sure, you could name the .bat to something like "Anti-Shutdown.bat" or something, but you can still read it, and edit it by Right-Clicking and selecting "Edit"

The safest way is to make your .bat into a .exe!

Yes! Perfect! That'll keep it hidden!

But how do you do that?

You use a Bat to Exe converter from F2ko.de.

It's a pretty neat website, actually, because they have an Online batch converter as well, in case you're paranoid about downloading files from the internets.

I've uploaded the file to Instructables for your convenience, but you can simply download the original from F2ko.de, or even use their online version.

That's it for this edition!

~Seeya!~

Comments

[Doublegforce]

Nice work, you explained it easily and thoroughly, I commend you on your work.

[leggomylegoeggo]

my friend showed me this;
for /l %%n in (1,1,____) do md %%n (inset a number for the ___)
it will make however many empty folders as you specify in the location that th file is in. my question is how does it work? "what does it mean?!"
*ahem* sorry. reference to double rainbow song..

[fretmelter]

im confused when type the shutdown command in cmd it works. But when i put it in my batch file the window pops up like it should but it types it over and over agian and never does any thing. Why is it doing this?

[messmaker]

try making it a shortcut. desktop>>right-click>>new>>shortcut. shutdown -s -f -t 15 -c "type a message here" read my instructables to learn how to send it =]

[Mintell]

I think that net send and shutdown -m are fun.

[will421]

Shutdown -m? What does that do?

[michaelb958]

shutdown -m \\computername
does:
shuts down the computer computername

Of course, one still needs to specify -s [shutdown], -r [restart], or -a [abort] to actually do something. (-L [logoff] doesn't work with -m]

So, if you wanted to cause trouble with the person using computer bedroom, then the command would be:
shutdown -r -m \\bedroom -f -t 0

[messmaker]

yea they are fun. or just run, shutdown -i (remote shutdown dialogue) that does the same thing.

[dspent]

In order to make this work on XP and above you need to run it in compatibility mode (win 95). Also make sure all of the files you include (icon, dlls etc) are in the same directory as bat_to_exe_converter.exe. and don't forget to set the saveas attribute if you wish for it to create the exe file in some other directory.

[tanman37]

Ok, how do i use bat2exe, ive trieds using different methods, it doesnt work!! argh!!!

[ee0u30eb]

Convert them youself.... go and download Bloodshed Dev C++, then make a new c program. Use this basic structure: #include int main(void) { BATCHCODE } Now where I have written BATCHCODE you must gett he program to make system calls that will call the batch commands. So for example: system("echo This is a batch command"); The only thing you need to remember is that the system command will require escape codes to process everything. For example if you want it output a system command that has a backslask in it, then to make it work you will need to use two backslashes instead of one. So if your batch comand was: cd c:\windows your new command is: system("cd:\\windows"); REMEMBER the semi colon at the end of the line! When you have finished, compile it and run it, you will now have an exe file. It will need repackaging to include an icon if you want one.

[Neodudeman]

Make sure you're in the same directory as the bat2exe.com using the CD command. Also make sure that the bat file you want to turn into an exe file is in the same directory too. Then just use the command bat2exe and then type the name of the .bat file.

[sk8terboi3600]

i downloaded that bat2exe file. problem is when i open it, it doesn't stay open. it just closes. Any way to fix that?

[tw]

you can click on the batch file and drag it to bat2exe and it will convert it

[Neodudeman]

The bat2exe.com is not a standalone file, and must be run through the command prompt, or run through a bat file. If you add a Pause at the end of the bat file, it will keep the window open.

[mmzdaniel]

it wont... i have the same problem... my batch file is named b.bat and the conversion is bat2exe b.bat and it wont work...

[Neodudeman]

are you sure you're in the same directory? =/

[mmzdaniel]

yes and short name

[Neodudeman]

Ok, the problem might be due to the fact that bat2exe.com is a really old file. I've updated my instructable, and included a newer version of a similar converter, and also a link to an online converter.

[mmzdaniel]

ok ill try them now... btw AVG said the old bat2exe was a virus...

[Neodudeman]

Are you serious? Screw it then. Don't use bat2exe anymore. I'm removing it now; it's just been nothing but problematic.

[maker12]

@echo off echo lol pause>nul

[maker12]

@ECHO off ECHO text here cscript.exe /nologo "target file here" ECHO text here

[QwertyuioLP]

what does this do?? I have tried it but when i open int CMD flashes for like 2 seconds and then closes

[cowen]

You have to make a script to run. cscript is the DOS command script utility vbs is windows version. Java is the same way dos and windows functions. nologo causes it not to prompt. This is all good but I have disabled most of these from the local system and have the commands networked in only during boot then close that path out when it is done. my lil hax to stop kiddys from playing. anything I need is on a secure thumb drive. bios is blocked, usbs disabled. and I monitor for things being unplugged upon doing that the system emits a loud constant tone which can only be stopped by admins. cd and floppy are shut off and all policies are intact. also a run list in the register for allowed programs. and reg tools are removed from users so you can not make urself an admin account. cmd.exe is disabled. I like to follow these sites most of the tips on here are good for 12 year old to play with but if things are proper all you can do is work. Sorry guys but hey I like the tips so I can secure things and shut down un needed ports on the firewall to filter content.

[mmzdaniel]

okay... but can you tell us how it works? cause that way we could make our own converter lol....

[Neodudeman]

Honestly, I would if I could; but I don't know how it works. lol.

[mmzdaniel]

oh well....lol

[Neodudeman]

But did the new one work out well for you?

[mmzdaniel]

i did not try it yet but thanks for helping me!

[fredricksburgthethird]

my school blocks access to batch files, hopefully it wont stop my new.exe file!
:1
netsend * you got haxed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
goto 1

[J.W]

bloody noobs, none of you know nothing about programming, you just wanna make viruses.

[themasterpyro]

ummmm isnt that why we learn programing in the first place?so we can crash the whole world whenever we want as if its a pass time?

[zeco]

How do you make this into an autorun. thank you

[Neodudeman]

Depends on what you mean by 'autorun.'

If you want it to autorun off of a CD, you make it into a .exe file using the method I mentioned in Step 4. You put the .exe file in your CD, or USB drive, and create a text file in the root of the device with the name "autorun.inf." In the file, simply type:
[autorun]
open=(Path of Batchfile, ex: \batchexe\batch.exe or batch.exe)

If you want to autorun it whenever you start up your computer, simply go to your Start menu, find a folder called "StartUp" and right click it, and select 'Explore.' Then drop the .bat or .exe file in the folder.

[Neodudeman]

that Autorun above actually has two brackets around it. Instructables seems to turn it into a link.

[autorun]open=\files\batch.exe 

is how it should look

[mutant]

Hey for a really advanced .bat file, download my Esheep Master Loader here: My site. It is open source, so all mods are welcome.

[Wuzzy]

Too bad, that if i use doscommands in the batchfile, the dosbox still appears. Any way to fix that problem? Like if i use the following command in a batchfile: dir > c:\test.txt

[angusmca]

You can use runh.exe to do this, with your exe'd batch file as a parameter. See http://thin.msterminalservices.org/runh.cfm for details.

[KBlackfox]

just so people know, you have to rename the .com file above to bat2exe, because it will say "FIMBK67913ES176JDT". Just FYI, because it took me a while to catch on lol.