pGina is a pluggable, open source credential provider (and GINA) replacement. It allows for alternate methods of interactive user authentication and access management on machines running the Windows operating system.
A typical fake activator script (often shared on YouTube videos or shady forums) might contain commands like:
taskkill /f /im Bandicam.exe
reg delete "HKCU\Software\Bandicam" /f
echo 127.0.0.1 bandicam.com >> %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
start Bandicam.exe
While these commands look technical and convincing, modern versions of Bandicam (v5.0+) have built-in anti-tampering mechanisms. Run such scripts, and you will likely download malware disguised as an activator. bandicam activator cmd top
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Open Task Scheduler (taskschd.msc) and look for suspicious tasks named "BandicamActivator", "UpdateService", or random strings. Disable and delete them.
If you already downloaded and executed a "Bandicam activator cmd top" script, act now:
pGina comes with a lot of plugins out of the box (MySQL, LDAP, Logging, Single User, ...). All of the built-in plugins are documented in our documentation pages. However, the whole point of having a plugin model is so that you, the end user, can choose the method and style of user authentication, authorization and management that you wish to use.