Hiding things in pictures.

**Vicious88** · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: Hiding things in pictures.

There are a few different ways to do this, but this is the best way I've found. Make sure you read through this entirely before you attempt any of it or download any images or achives.

The first thing you'll need is a copy of WinRar. I've been using the trial for like... 4 years now? I love it, and if you do a lot of downloading, you probably already have it. If you don't you can get it from here.

Honestly you can use any archiver, but for today's purpose, we'll be using WinRar, along with an archive and image that I provide for you...

First, we'll give you the image. You can use any image you want, in any format you want. But JPG images are usually the smallest, and often times other formats will set off security programs if there is something hidden in them. Whether you decide to make an image of your own or use this one, make sure to save it directly to your root directory (C:\). This is the image I suggest you use:

This picture is actually one of the archive I'll be providing you with, as well as the simple little weather bug it contains. -- If you don't trust my image or my archive, don't use them - make your own. To make your own archive, simply select the items you want inside of it, right click on them, and select the "Add to Archive" option that comes with WinRar.

The archive, like the image, must be placed directly on the C:\ for ease of navigation, as you'll find out later. To download the archive, scroll to the bottom of this post, where you'll find it attached just below my signature.

Okay, so now you should be more or less ready to begin. Let's start by saving the picture as "pic.jpg" to the C:\ drive and saving the archive there as well, renaming it to "archive.zip".

Now what we need to do is fire up Command Prompt. The best way to do this is to click on your start button and find the "Run..." Button (Windows XP) or the Search Bar (Windows Vista) and typing in "CMD" (without the quotes).

A small black screen should appear that looks very similar to DOS, if you remember what that is, lol. It will have a line on it that reads something almost exactly like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\

The only way this line will look different is if the "Owner" space has been replaced with your profile name. That's perfectly acceptable since we'll be changing directory for ease of use anyway.

To change directory to the C:\ Drive type the following and press enter:

CD C:\

That CD command changes the directory and should put you exactly where you saved the pic.jpg and archive.zip files. Your command prompt should now be displaying the line "C:\" at the bottom of its list, which means you're ready for the fun to begin.

Enter the following command to complete the hide the archive within the image:

Copy /b pic.jpg + archive.zip newpic.jpg

Now once you've pressed enter, you can navigate to your C:/ via the my computer window and you should find a new image called "Newpic.jpg" it will look exactly like "pic.jpg" except that now, when you right click on it and go to "Open With..." you can open it with WinRar and find the EXE and EML files inside.

My follow up post will diagnose the command more in case you decide to go further with it.
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**Vicious88** · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

Okay, let's break apart that command...

**flozz** · Uploader Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 304 Location: UK

it does not work for me
when i try to open it says it is either unknown of damaged
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**Vicious88** · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:30 pm Post subject:

Then you might try making your own image and archive and binding the two of them together. Bare in mind that this archive I've provided is a ZIP archive, and most of the time I use RAR. Granted, WinRar will open both of these (and a whole lot more), but that may have something to do with it...
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