hi,

don't know if this is the right place for this, but move it if you want.

on notebooks with a smartcard, you'll need software to use that smartcard.
one of the software is platinum secure or platinum secret.

with this software i've found a vulnerability to get in to windows without the smartcard:

first you need to get the password and username for windows, if it's you're own, that's easy!!

next you'll have to login.

now you will get the message to enter you're smartcard, otherwise you can not use windows.

now press <ctrl>+<shift>+<esc> for the taskmgr.

now keep pressing the "windows"-key to let the taskmgr popup.

now you can get to the processlist and kill "pcard.exe".

after this the whole security is gone!


haven't got the time to check for which version this works, but i've got an new notebook and here it works!

also haven't contacted the vendor, since i don't think they can solve it that easy, cause the process is getting started after the login, so actually it is more of a windows problem then of platinum secure...


if anyone else uses this software, please let me know if you can do this too....