ProduKey V1.42    Suggested by Andrew Lee - Updated by Checker on 28 Jun 2010 64KB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (2009) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (12) - Post comment - Permalink

Posted comments:

 XL: I clicked on download but BitDefender locked the page saying this one has a virus. [2007-08-05 08:26]

 a: erm... http://www.nirsoft.net/faq.html [2007-08-05 09:25]

 Webfork: For those of you who don't know how to do that "/nosavereg" thing described above, here's how.

1. Make sure that you have file extensions turned on. Goto "My Computer" - "Tools" - "Folder Options" - "View". Then uncheck boxes next to both "Hide extensions for known file types" and "Hide protected operating system files).

2. Create a simple text file using notepad and save it into the produkey folder with only the following text:

ProduKey.exe /nosavereg

... then rename it "RUNME.bat" (no quotes) ... double click this file whenever you use the program. [2007-08-05 22:00]

 Joseph: @webfork- you don't have to do step 1, and for step2 you might want to put this in the bat file instead so the cmd window doesn't remain open in windows xp.

@start produkey /nosavereg [2008-02-11 10:12]

 scrounger: I cannot save the exe to my usb stick. I can save the .txt and the .chm but not the .exe. All of these files can be extracted to my hard drive though. When I try to copy the .exe file for ProductKey to my usb stick it appears to copy but then nothing is there. Any suggestions? [2008-02-26 07:06]

 Wormsign: When ran by double clicking on the .exe it works as it should, but when ran from bat file with the commands:
@start produkey /nosavereg, it runs but no keys show up. This happens when ran from HD or USB drive. [2008-03-13 10:49]

 NµLL: lol @ screenshot. are those valid? [2008-03-13 23:47]

 r0oL: Nico tool but SIW (the ever hand systemtool) discovered more licenses. [2008-05-05 02:56]

 Jackling: BEWARE **** Most Nirsoft utilities are spyware even though the author claims it isn't. Check them with virustotal.com. [2009-01-27 22:43]

 carbonize: Should say beware, Jackling is an idiot. A lot of Nirsoft's program use hooks to retrieve information from Windows and although these hooks are officially documented by Microsoft a lot of anti virus programs still report this behaviour as malicious. [2010-01-13 06:54]

 Voidwhereprohibited: Antivirus programs have a tendency to quarantine or delete Produkey, HeapMemView, and a few of Nir's password recovery tools as well. 90% of Nirsoft utils will pass inspection just fine. Nirsoft is NOT malware by design, and so long as you keep your firewall, user accounts and security updates reasonably current, you'll do just fine. I suppose, in the wrong hands, some of the tools might be mildly threatening to low-security systems. Chances are, though, if a skilled cracker set out to compromise your system, they'd likely use something stronger than Nir's utilities to do it. [2010-04-02 04:12]

 Faust: What carbonize and Void said.

Nirsoft's utils are not malware and will not damage your system. However, because they usually poke around in your system looking for info, they use methods that malware often uses, and which causes antivirus programs to identify them as malware. [2010-06-07 15:00]

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