CA_Launcher v.0.1

[CALauncher]

CA_Launcher is a small program that goes through all the running processes and checks them against a list of prohibited programs. If none of them are found, it runs Combat Arms. If one of them is found, the program will tell the user to close the program and exits.

The idea of the program was to prevent accidental bans by the enhanced server logs, as it's known on the CA EU community. By accidental bans I mean bans that are caused when the user, for example, hacks in a single player game with Cheat Engine and forgets to close it before running CA. Or the user hacks in a Facebook game with Autoclick and isn't aware that running it together with CA is bannable.

The uses for this community that I have come up with so far are these:
- You could play safely with your real account without the risk of some running process getting detected.
- Modders don't need their tools running when the game starts so this program could make sure that none of them is running when the game starts. I think at least some of them are bannable.

I have many features in my mind that I might be able to implement. It could basically automate almost anything that needs to be done or checked before running CA. I won't however go through the trouble of implementing any additional features if no one finds this useful.

There isn't much to screen in this program because it usually only flashes before it runs CA. This is the message that will pop up when blacklisted software is found.



How to use it:

1. Download the program and extract the files to your Combat Arms folder.
2. When you want to play CA, click "CA_Launcher" instead of "Combat Arms". Note that you need to run CA_Launcher as administrator or it won't be able to start Combat Arms (you can change it to automatically run as administrator).

For convenience you can change your Combat Arms shortcut to run CA_Launcher instead of Combat Arms:
1. Right click your Combat Arms shortcut and choose properties.
2. Change "*Path-to-your-CA-folder*\CombatArms.exe" to "*Path-to-your-CA-folder*\CA_Launcher.exe"
3. You might also need change the icon back to Combat Arms icon.

The current blacklist (all of these are bannable in CA EU):

Cheat Engine 64-bit
Cheat Engine 32-bit
Sandboxie Controller (Removed for testing purposes)
Auto Mouse
Ghost Mouse
NetLimiter
Big Macro Tool
Process Explorer
ResourceHacker
Process Hacker
Auto Click
Auto Hotkey
TSearch
ArtMoney v7.37
AC Tool
(I have already added a couple of programs to my own list, I will give an update when the program has been approved (only a couple of lines are needed to add to the Programs.ini). It will also add Sandboxie since it's not allowed in CA EU.)

You can add programs to the list manually by opening the file "Programs.ini" and adding a new entry. The format for the entry is: "Process_name:Program_name", for example: "cheatengine-x86_64.exe:Cheat Engine 64-bit". That entry tells the program to search for a process named "cheatengine-x86_64.exe" and when it's found, it will be called "Cheat Engine 64-bit".

If you want to play with your real account without risks, you can add the your hacking programs (injectors etc.) to the list and the program should detect them and prevent you from running CA while they are running. It's highly recommended that you test that the program really detects the specific cheats before you start relying on it.

Virus scans:
VirusTotal - Free Online Virus, Malware and URL Scanner
CA_Launcher v.0.1.zip MD5:b9b88625d9a8088f2bb60d5a07bc3303 - VirSCAN.org Scanners did not find malware!

The files in the zip are:
CA_launcher.exe (The actual program)
Programs.ini (The blacklist)
QtCore4.dll (A dll that's needed for the GUI because it uses Qt)
QtGui4.dll (Same as above)

The CA_launcher.exe and Programs.ini are files that I have created myself. QtCore4.dll and QtGui4.dll are from the prebuilt Qt 4.7.3 binaries built for Visual Studio 2008.

If there are any problems with it, contact me and we can figure it out.

Update 17.8:
Added an update for the blacklist. Just replace the "Programs.ini" with the file "Programs.ini.txt" (you have to remove the ".txt" or just copy and paste the content into the original file).

This update adds the following programs to the blacklist:
- Sandboxie
- Olly Debugger
- IDA Pro

[Sync]

Looks Nice Bud.

[SmartAlley]

@CALauncher

The second virus scan doesnt match with the file

Try making both virus scan from the same file or wont get approved

[CALauncher]

I guess it showed the previous scan. I'll remake it.

@SmartAlley

Should be fixed.

[[MPGH]AVGN]

[CALauncher]

This version has to be run inside the Combat Arms folder. It looks for Combat Arms.exe inside the same folder it's run in. I'll later update it so that it automatically finds the path to CA. It also has to be run as administrator for it to be able to run it.

But thanks for the approval.

EDIT:

@SmartAlley @AVGN

The update file needs to be approved. It only adds three lines to the "Programs.ini" to add the programs to the blacklist.

Also, could someone replace the text in the first post of the old topic with a link to this one? Here's the topic: https://www.mpgh.net/forum/292-combat...r-v-0-1-a.html

[flameswor10]

cheatengine-x86_64.exe:Cheat Engine 64-bit
cheatengine-i386.exe:Cheat Engine 32-bit
SbieCtrl.exe:Sandboxie Controller
Auto Mouse.exe:Auto Mouse
GhostMouse.exe:Ghost Mouse
NLClientApp.exe:NetLimiter
BigMacroTool.exe:Big Macro Tool
bigmacrotoolsetup.exe:Big Macro Tool
procexp64.exe:Process Explorer
procexp.exe:Process Explorer
ResHacker.exe:ResourceHacker
ProcessHacker.exe:Process Hacker
AutoClick.exe:Auto Click
AutoHotkey.exe:Auto Hotkey
TSearch.exe:TSearch
am737.exe:ArtMoney v7.37
ACTool.exe:AC Tool
OLLYDBG.EXE:Olly Dbg
idag.exe:IDA Pro

Text inside the .txt document.
/approved

[avri5500]

lawl!!!! Nice!!!

[CALauncher]

Update:

It seems that Nexon is banning for all programs that are used to hide files because "they can be used to hide hacks". Because of this, I'm adding "My Lockbox" to the blacklist. It would probably be better to add any program that is used to hide files to the list but I'm not very familiar with these programs so I'm only adding this one now.

Replace the content of "Programs.ini" with this to add "My Lockbox" to the blacklist:

cheatengine-x86_64.exe:Cheat Engine 64-bit
cheatengine-i386.exe:Cheat Engine 32-bit
SbieCtrl.exe:Sandboxie Controller
Auto Mouse.exe:Auto Mouse
GhostMouse.exe:Ghost Mouse
NLClientApp.exe:NetLimiter
BigMacroTool.exe:Big Macro Tool
bigmacrotoolsetup.exe:Big Macro Tool
procexp64.exe:Process Explorer
procexp.exe:Process Explorer
ResHacker.exe:ResourceHacker
ProcessHacker.exe:Process Hacker
AutoClick.exe:Auto Click
AutoHotkey.exe:Auto Hotkey
TSearch.exe:TSearch
am737.exe:ArtMoney v7.37
ACTool.exe:AC Tool
OLLYDBG.EXE:Olly Dbg
idag.exe:IDA Pro
mylbx.exe:My Lockbox