Hide your files smartly

Posted by Ameya on February 20th, 2008 filed in Security, Tips & Trix

I just read a really cool trick on Sizlopedia I didn’t know about, how to hide any file inside a picture file. This is a smart way to hide your files and prevent unauthorized access. Apparently it’s very hard to trace and find these files, but I guess if someone really wants to it’s still not impossible. You will need Winrar to pull it off, so if you don’t have it, follow the link to download the trial (which you can actually use beyond the expiry date).First of all, you need to put the file you want to hide and the image in the same folder. Select both files and create a rar file out of them. This is easiest if you select both files right click on one of them, and select the add to rar archive option. Now you will have to open the command promt. This is found in the Start Menu, under accessories.

You will need to navigate to the folder where the files are. You can go to the parent folder using “cd..” and enter a folder using “cd foldername”. When you’re in the correct folder type “copy /b yourimage.jpg + yourrarfile.rar newimagename.jpg”. As you can see the original image file is first, then the rar file you created, and then you can specify the filename which you want to get in the end. Change its extension from .jpg to .rar anytime to access or extract the hidden file

Thanks to Sizlopedia for the article

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