How to trap the event of a new process starting with wmi

[placid]

gel wrote:
> gel wrote:
>
> > Below is how it is down with vbscript.  What is the best way to convert
> > this to python?
> >
> > strComputer = "."
> > Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
> >     & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer &
> > "\root\cimv2")
> > Set colMonitoredProcesses = objWMIService. _
> >     ExecNotificationQuery("select * from __instancecreationevent " _
> >         & " within 1 where TargetInstance isa 'Win32_Process'")
> > i = 0
> >
> > Do While i = 0
> >     Set objLatestProcess = colMonitoredProcesses.NextEvent
> >     Wscript.Echo objLatestProcess.TargetInstance.Name
> > Loop
>
> A better question might be is there a method or guide for converting
> from vbs wmi to python wmi?

Dont know about converting vbs to python but using Tim Golden's wmi
module to trap the event of a new process starting is easy.

wmi module can be found at http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi.html

>>>  import wmi
>>>  c = wmi.WMI()
>>>  watcher = c.watch_for (
>>>       notification_type="Creation"
>>>       wmi_class="Win32_Process"
>>>       delay_secs=2,
>>>       Name='calc.exe'
>>>  )
>>>  calc_created = watcher ()
>>>  print calc_created

and if you want to trap closing down of processes then change
notification_type to "Deletion"


-Cheers