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Driver to Hide Processes and Files

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In this article, we describe the driver we created to hide processes and files in a system.
#include <windows.h>
#include <winioctl.h>
#include "winsvc.h"

#include "DriverWork.h"
#include "HandleGuard.h"
#include "FormatError.h"

namespace utils
{
void DriverWork::Install(LPCTSTR driverName,LPCTSTR driverExec,DWORD startType)
{
    SC_HANDLE hSCManager = OpenSCManager(NULL,NULL,SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);
    if(hSCManager == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
        throw std::runtime_error("Can't open service manager: " + GetLastErrorStr());

    ServiceHandleGuard guard(hSCManager);    

    SC_HANDLE hService =
        CreateService ( hSCManager,    
                        driverName,                
                        driverName,                
                        SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS,        
                        SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER,    
                        startType,                
                        SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL,    
                        driverExec,                
                        NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
    if (hService == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) 
        throw std::runtime_error("Can't create service: " + GetLastErrorStr());

    CloseServiceHandle(hService);
}
void OpenServiceImpl(LPCTSTR driverName,ServiceHandleGuard* pGuard)
{
    SC_HANDLE hSCManager = OpenSCManager(NULL,NULL,SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);
    if(hSCManager == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
        throw std::runtime_error("Can't open service manager: " + GetLastErrorStr());

    ServiceHandleGuard guard(hSCManager);    

    SC_HANDLE hService = OpenService (hSCManager, driverName, SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS);
    if (hService == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) 
        throw std::runtime_error("Can't open service: " + GetLastErrorStr());

    pGuard->reset(hService);
}
void DriverWork::Remove(LPCTSTR driverName,LPCTSTR driverExec)
{
    ServiceHandleGuard guard;
    OpenServiceImpl(driverName,&guard);

    if ( DeleteService(guard.get()) == FALSE ) 
    {
        throw std::runtime_error("Can't delete service: " + GetLastErrorStr());
    } 
}
void DriverWork::Start(LPCTSTR driverName)
{
    ServiceHandleGuard guard;
    OpenServiceImpl(driverName,&guard);

    if ( StartService(guard.get(),0,NULL) == FALSE ) 
    {
        throw std::runtime_error("Can't start service: " + GetLastErrorStr());
    } 
}
void DriverWork::Stop(LPCTSTR driverName)
{
    ServiceHandleGuard guard;
    OpenServiceImpl(driverName,&guard);  

    SERVICE_STATUS serviceStatus;
    BOOL ret = ControlService(guard.get(), SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP, &serviceStatus);
    if ( ret == FALSE ) 
    {
        throw std::runtime_error("Can't stop service: " + GetLastErrorStr());
    } 
}
void DriverWork::Exchange(LPCTSTR driverName,       
                          unsigned long ioctlCode,    
                          PWCHAR pInStr,            
                          DWORD inStr_size,            
                          PWCHAR pOutStr,            
                          DWORD outStr_size,        
                          PDWORD bytesReturned)        
{
    HANDLE hHandle = 
        CreateFile( driverName,
                    GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
                    FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
                    NULL,
                    OPEN_EXISTING,
                    FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
                    NULL );
    if(hHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
        throw std::runtime_error("Can't get handle to driver: " + GetLastErrorStr());

    HandleGuard guard1(hHandle);

    if( !DeviceIoControl(hHandle,
                         ioctlCode,
                         pInStr, inStr_size,  // Input
                         pOutStr, outStr_size,// Output
                         bytesReturned,
                         NULL) )
    {
        throw std::runtime_error("Driver communication error: " + GetLastErrorStr());
    }
}
}// namespace utils

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