Thread: How to hide files in a picture

How to hide files in a picture without using complicated or/and stresful programs

You need only an Arhive Utility like WinRar or 7zip and a picture.

Example: We have 3 files, "file1.xls", "file2.doc" and "file3.txt"; and a picture where we want to hide the files ("picture.jpg"). All files in a folder (example: "Test" in C:\).



Step 1: We select the files we want to hide ("file1.xls", "file2.doc", "file3.txt") and add them into a arhive ("Right Click->Add To Archive") and results "Test.rar" or "Test.7z".

Step 2: We can delete the files because we have them in the archive.

How we can do an merge between the picture and archive without giving an error when we open the picture?

Step 3: Go to "Command Promt" ("Start->Run->cmd"). The default folder in comand promt is "C:\Documents and Settings\Username" so we have to go in "Test" folder in C:\, we can do this by typing the command line "cd C:\Test".

Step 4: How we can start the merge now?
Type the command line "copy /B picture.jpg + Test.rar(or 7z) secretpicture.jpg". (parameter "B" means binary copy, "picture.jpg" + "Test.rar" are files that we want to merge, and "secretpicture.jpg" is the new picture file where are the merged files).

Step 5: The merge has been done. We open "secretpicture.jpg" and is nothing suspicious on it (we don't see .xls .doc or .txt files, only the picture image). Instead this if we select the picture and then "Right Click -> WinRar -> Extract Here" we'll see that from the picture are extracting the "file1.xls", "file2.doc" and "file3.txt".

Notes:
- Can be used any type of Arhive Utility and what picture you want;
- Can be used any file directory.

Hope this is useful.

Cheers.

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This doesnt seem work on vista as cmd defaults to c:/system/system32 and when u try and merge anything in that folder, it says restricted or something along those lines. Im the administrator on this laptop and it wont allow it :( o well, nice tutorial otherwise :)

wow nice find. I think id actually use this for my flash drive. I have a 16GB flash drive that goes with me everywhere, and sometime i have my passwords stored as a backup...

damn bro this is amazing, i am gonna test this out with some files. Thanks.

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I had one a while ago that also did it all in a .bat file.

Originally Posted by GazzaNufc

This doesnt seem work on vista as cmd defaults to c:/system/system32 and when u try and merge anything in that folder, it says restricted or something along those lines. Im the administrator on this laptop and it wont allow it :( o well, nice tutorial otherwise :)

It for sure works for vista. You use the CD command to jump to another directory.

Problem with a solution

This only works on small images, if your trying on an large image(1600*1200) or smth, the files will get corrupted.

There is an automated fusion tool.. Not sure I can link it.. Its on ED and mentions CP..

Will I link it anyway?

A couple of years ago, when I lived with my parents, I hid over 1500 porn images in an 80x80 avatar image.

It was a bit of a giveaway when you mouse-over'd it and saw that the image was several hundred MB...

Cool... Gonna try that immediately... I only wonder if people wouldn't get suspicious when hiding a HD pr0n movie hidden in a picture.

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