I am currently attempting to keep my information and personal belongings safe. And in this case I have had the idea to register my USB Flash Drive on:
[url]http://www.ihoundsoftware.com[/url]
What this software does is that whenever a user opens a specific file that's located on my USB Flash Drive, it automatically generates a report of the users PC. Things such as IP address, possible location, machine name...etc are logged. And if the user is connected to the Internet, this report gets sent to my email.
Hence an attempt to catch thieves stealing my stuff.
Now, this file that the user needs to open is currently called 'BackupPasswords.exe'. Is it possible to disguise the file extension to something which appears harmless like a '.txt' file, while it still performs normally like a '.exe' file? Or can I just set this exe to hide its file extension on every PC?
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
Or you could get an auto executing switchblade to do it automatically, there are some that check for a text file in C:\ and if it can't find it, it does what you listed.
[QUOTE=Sirkorv;17281816]Or you could get an auto executing switchblade to do it automatically, there are some that check for a text file in C:\ and if it can't find it, it does what you listed.[/QUOTE]
By this this automatically opens the file once the USB Flash Device is connected?
Chances are that I would mostly use my USB Flash Drive very often considering it will be used by me while I am in college. Meaning I wouldn't want to recieve an email or a full report analysis everytime I use it for normal means.
But at the end of your sentence, it does have the possible options to hide/change file extensions?
I will look into it. Thanks.
[b]Edit:[/b]
I created an INF file named autorun.inf. This is what it contains, with a few minor editing to be posted here:
[code][autorun]
icon=[IconNameHere].ico
icoopen=PasswordBackups.exe
action=Open folder to browse files.
label=[YourNameHere] - Mobile:[MobileNumberHere] USB Deviceshell\open\
command=PasswordBackups.exeshell\
open=Open folder to browse files.[/code]
I know I can set it so it automatically runs the exe, but I just had a thought. Couldn't I make a spare file called 'PasswordBackups.txt', and whenever someone opens it, it automatically opens another hidden file called 'PasswordBackups.exe'?
I'm still rather new, so what commands will I need to issue to achieve this?
[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;17281881]By this this automatically opens the file once the USB Flash Device is connected?
Chances are that I would mostly use my USB Flash Drive very often considering it will be used by me while I am in college. Meaning I wouldn't want to recieve an email or a full report analysis everytime I use it for normal means.
But at the end of your sentence, it does have the possible options to hide/change file extensions?
I will look into it. Thanks.
[b]Edit:[/b]
I created an INF file named autorun.inf. This is what it contains, with a few minor editing to be posted here:
[code][autorun]
icon=[IconNameHere].ico
icoopen=PasswordBackups.exe
action=Open folder to browse files.
label=[YourNameHere] - Mobile:[MobileNumberHere] USB Deviceshell\open\
command=PasswordBackups.exeshell\
open=Open folder to browse files.[/code]
I know I can set it so it automatically runs the exe, but I just had a thought. Couldn't I make a spare file called 'PasswordBackups.txt', and whenever someone opens it, it automatically opens another hidden file called 'PasswordBackups.exe'?
I'm still rather new, so what commands will I need to issue to achieve this?[/QUOTE]
File with .txt extensions open with a text editor. So no, you cannot have a txt file open a executable.
You can name the file BackupPasswords.txt.exe since Windows hides file extensions by default. So it'll just show up as BackupPasswords.txt, and most people won't think twice about it.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;17287326]You can name the file BackupPasswords.txt.exe since Windows hides file extensions by default. So it'll just show up as BackupPasswords.txt, and most people won't think twice about it.[/QUOTE]
Thanks! So far this only works as long if "Hide extension for known file types" is checked in the 'Folder Options' in Windows.
But this doesn't mean that the programs disguise is compromised, as it is most PCs don't have that option checked, and neither are most users knowledgeable about it.
The only real downside is if you right click on the file and select 'Properties'. From there it shows the true file type. But again, most average users will probably overlook it until they actually open it. This is especially considered since the icon for the file is a Notepad icon.
Thank you.
[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;17289604]Thanks! So far this only works as long if "Hide extension for known file types" is checked in the 'Folder Options' in Windows.
But this doesn't mean that the programs disguise is compromised, as it is most PCs don't have that option checked, and neither are most users knowledgeable about it.
The only real downside is if you right click on the file and select 'Properties'. From there it shows the true file type. But again, most average users will probably overlook it until they actually open it. This is especially considered since the icon for the file is a Notepad icon.
Thank you.[/QUOTE]Too bad some users use Notepad++ and have that as their default text reader. Therefore a notepad icon would give it away. And most users have that option checked, so it hides the .txt extension, so having a file called BACKUPPASSOWRDZ-OPEN-4PASSWORDZ.txt would give it away.
[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;17281881]By this this automatically opens the file once the USB Flash Device is connected?
Chances are that I would mostly use my USB Flash Drive very often considering it will be used by me while I am in college. Meaning I wouldn't want to recieve an email or a full report analysis everytime I use it for normal means.
But at the end of your sentence, it does have the possible options to hide/change file extensions?
I will look into it. Thanks.
[b]Edit:[/b]
I created an INF file named autorun.inf. This is what it contains, with a few minor editing to be posted here:
[code][autorun]
icon=[IconNameHere].ico
icoopen=PasswordBackups.exe
action=Open folder to browse files.
label=[YourNameHere] - Mobile:[MobileNumberHere] USB Deviceshell\open\
command=PasswordBackups.exeshell\
open=Open folder to browse files.[/code]
I know I can set it so it automatically runs the exe, but I just had a thought. Couldn't I make a spare file called 'PasswordBackups.txt', and whenever someone opens it, it automatically opens another hidden file called 'PasswordBackups.exe'?
I'm still rather new, so what commands will I need to issue to achieve this?[/QUOTE]
1. You can disable "tracking" for your deviced on Ihound, so it doesn't alert you if you get the message. If you lose your USB drive, enable "tracking".
2. When the auto-play dialog box comes up instead of clicking "autoplay" just go down to the bottom and click "explore". Or when you plug it in, ignore/close out of the autoplay box and instead naviage to where your drive is inside My Computer, right click, and hit "explore". This bypasses the autoplay exe from going off.
have windows hide file extensions (which it does by default) and add .txt to the end. The real filename will be PaswordBackups.txt.exe, but to the user it will look like PasswordBackups.txt
Maybe have your autorun run a script that edits the registry to turn file extensions off?
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