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How to dump all USB files without the user knowing

Martin Brinkmann
Sep 15, 2006
Updated • May 13, 2013
Windows, Windows XP
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USBdumper runs silently as a background process once started and copies the complete contents of every connected usb device to the system without the knowledge of the user. It creates a directory with the current date and begins the background copying process. The user has no indication that the files stored on the USB device are copied from the USB to the local system.

The only indication to find out is to find the process listed in the Windows Task Manager or a third party process manager, or to accidentally stumble upon the directory the files are copied to.

The program itself is listed in the Task Manager but you would still have to investigate further to find out what it is doing and that requires sophisticated programs that monitor the system so that you can check out all the activities and events that happen on it.

Just imagine this tool running on a public computer with no access to the task manager or a software like Process Explorer. You would not know that the files are copied. What could you do to protect against this program? You could encrypt your data, if you use a tool like True Crypt for example. Even if the files are copied they are useless unless the "attacker" knows your passphrase. That is of course, unless you decide to mount the encrypted container to make the files accessible on the PC.

The files are automatically stored in the directory the program is started in. Depending on the size of the drives that get connected to the PC, enough storage space needs to be available on the drive the program is executed from.

The program can obviously be used for other than malicious purposes, for instance to automatically backup the data on USB flash drives that are connected to the PC without having to worry about that at all.

It has a very low memory threshold and should not have any impact on the performance of the operating system while it is running. While initially designed for Windows XP, it appears to work fine under newer versions of Windows as well.

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  1. ANONYMOUS said on June 14, 2014 at 3:29 am
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    Ruchier… Why is the majority of your dump malwares Or Trojans Or spies?

  2. yogender said on April 11, 2013 at 11:43 am
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    you can access data of password protected PC through USB drive using booytable USB
    follow this link
    http://hackyogi.com/how-to-boot-system-using-usb-drive/

  3. Ruchir Bansal said on June 16, 2010 at 12:27 am
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    Sorry that was incomplete pasting.Below is the complete analysis of USBDumper,plz delete my first post and read only this report——————–

    File USBDumper.exe received on 2010.03.10 06:10:24 (UTC)
    Current status: finished
    Result: 37/42 (88.10%)
    Compact Compact
    Print results Print results
    Antivirus Version Last Update Result
    a-squared 4.5.0.50 2010.03.10 Riskware.RiskTool.Win32.USBDump.a!IK
    AhnLab-V3 5.0.0.2 2010.03.09 Win-Trojan/Usbdump.45056
    AntiVir 8.2.1.180 2010.03.09 SPR/Spy.USBDumper.A
    Antiy-AVL 2.0.3.7 2010.03.09 RiskTool/Win32.USBDump.gen
    Authentium 5.2.0.5 2010.03.10 W32/HackTool.GD
    Avast 4.8.1351.0 2010.03.09 Win32:USBDump
    Avast5 5.0.332.0 2010.03.09 Win32:USBDump
    AVG 9.0.0.787 2010.03.09 PSW.Generic2.OBL
    BitDefender 7.2 2010.03.10 Application.Spy.Usbdump.A
    CAT-QuickHeal 10.00 2010.03.10 Trojan.Agent.ATV
    ClamAV 0.96.0.0-git 2010.03.09 Trojan.Spy.USBDump
    Comodo 4091 2010.02.28 UnclassifiedMalware
    DrWeb 5.0.1.12222 2010.03.10 Trojan.DownLoad.37552
    eSafe 7.0.17.0 2010.03.09 Win32.Spy.BusDmp
    eTrust-Vet 35.2.7350 2010.03.10 –
    F-Prot 4.5.1.85 2010.03.09 W32/HackTool.GD
    F-Secure 9.0.15370.0 2010.03.10 Application.Spy.Usbdump.A
    Fortinet 4.0.14.0 2010.03.09 W32/BUSDMP.A!tr
    GData 19 2010.03.10 Application.Spy.Usbdump.A
    Ikarus T3.1.1.80.0 2010.03.10 not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.USBDump.a
    Jiangmin 13.0.900 2010.03.10 –
    K7AntiVirus 7.10.993 2010.03.09 Non-Virus:RiskTool.Win32.USBDump.a
    Kaspersky 7.0.0.125 2010.03.10 not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.USBDump.a
    McAfee 5915 2010.03.09 Spy-BusDmp
    McAfee+Artemis 5915 2010.03.09 Spy-BusDmp
    McAfee-GW-Edition 6.8.5 2010.03.10 Riskware.Spy.USBDumper.A
    Microsoft 1.5502 2010.03.09 –
    NOD32 4930 2010.03.09 a variant of Win32/RiskWare.USBDump.A
    Norman 6.04.08 2010.03.09 –
    nProtect 2009.1.8.0 2010.03.09 –
    Panda 10.0.2.2 2010.03.09 Application/USBDumper.A
    PCTools 7.0.3.5 2010.03.09 Trojan-PSW.Gasval
    Prevx 3.0 2010.03.10 Medium Risk Malware
    Rising 22.38.02.02 2010.03.10 Trojan.Spy.UsbDump.b
    Sophos 4.51.0 2010.03.10 USB Dumper
    Sunbelt 5811 2010.03.10 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
    Symantec 20091.2.0.41 2010.03.10 Infostealer.Gasval
    TheHacker 6.5.2.0.228 2010.03.10 Trojan/Spy.USBDump.a
    TrendMicro 9.120.0.1004 2010.03.10 TROJ_BUSDMP.A
    VBA32 3.12.12.2 2010.03.09 Trojan-Spy.Win32.USBDump.a
    ViRobot 2010.3.10.2219 2010.03.10 Not_a_virus:RiskTool.USBDump.45056
    VirusBuster 5.0.27.0 2010.03.09 RiskTool.USBDump.F
    Additional information
    File size: 45056 bytes
    MD5 : 984dbc9abdf9b3053852331911a2fd81
    SHA1 : 0459e1f2c98a3fdb123c908411566a5430508951
    SHA256: 19882c712c33ec2e9798fc3a268f10350d1d154bbea2407678c3bd738db47dfa
    PEInfo: PE Structure information

    ( base data )
    entrypointaddress.: 0x19CC
    timedatestamp…..: 0x43F8A3BA (Sun Feb 19 17:58:34 2006)
    machinetype…….: 0x14C (Intel I386)

    ( 3 sections )
    name viradd virsiz rawdsiz ntrpy md5
    .text 0x1000 0x529F 0x6000 6.09 25ecc03ea0dd23afdbe831995d7939a3
    .rdata 0x7000 0xA8C 0x1000 4.06 04f8ed203500412d24352231a69fed73
    .data 0x8000 0x4068 0x3000 0.56 ee46501ef16a84edcc9317615f3cd280

    ( 2 imports )

    > kernel32.dll: CopyFileA, GetLocalTime, FindClose, FindNextFileA, FindFirstFileA, SetStdHandle, GetStringTypeW, GetStringTypeA, LCMapStringW, LCMapStringA, MultiByteToWideChar, SetFilePointer, FlushFileBuffers, LoadLibraryA, GetProcAddress, GetCurrentDirectoryA, GetFullPathNameA, GetDriveTypeA, GetLastError, CreateDirectoryA, GetModuleHandleA, GetStartupInfoA, GetCommandLineA, GetVersion, ExitProcess, HeapAlloc, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetModuleFileNameA, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, WideCharToMultiByte, GetEnvironmentStrings, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, GetStdHandle, GetFileType, GetEnvironmentVariableA, GetVersionExA, HeapDestroy, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, HeapFree, RtlUnwind, WriteFile, VirtualAlloc, HeapReAlloc, GetCPInfo, GetACP, GetOEMCP, CloseHandle
    > user32.dll: DefWindowProcA, wsprintfA, RegisterClassExA, CreateWindowExA, ShowWindow, RegisterDeviceNotificationA, GetMessageA, TranslateMessage, DispatchMessageA

    ( 0 exports )
    TrID : File type identification
    Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (65.2%)
    Win32 Executable Generic (14.7%)
    Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (13.1%)
    Generic Win/DOS Executable (3.4%)
    DOS Executable Generic (3.4%)
    ThreatExpert: http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=984dbc9abdf9b3053852331911a2fd81
    ssdeep: 384:9PWcaTCSS4cXZLOelasgeP0SYoHKr4esjd/ECehPcfYyO6JO33+3csH7i0Jt1B:9O/CSmXZ5apetxq2Tcdv7HXsO0Jtn
    sigcheck: publisher….: n/a
    copyright….: n/a
    product……: n/a
    description..: n/a
    original name: n/a
    internal name: n/a
    file version.: n/a
    comments…..: n/a
    signers……: –
    signing date.: –
    verified…..: Unsigned
    Prevx Info: http://info.prevx.com/aboutprogramtext.asp?PX5=F52E7D9C000AB040B06100A2497F8200984A3755
    PEiD : Armadillo v1.71
    CWSandbox: http://research.sunbelt-software.com/partnerresource/MD5.aspx?md5=984dbc9abdf9b3053852331911a2fd81
    RDS : NSRL Reference Data Set

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    1. Martin said on June 16, 2010 at 8:53 am
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      Well the program has all the traits of a malicious program but that does not make it malicious by default.

  4. Akuma Kigen said on November 4, 2006 at 6:16 am
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    Welll there are similar versions here as well as some that do a whole lot more damage:

    http://www.usbhacks.com

  5. Ike said on November 4, 2006 at 6:08 am
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    HI
    do any of you know if there is a new version USBdumper program out there???,- the first version does not work any more once you update your antivirus program! It just delete the USBdumper.exe from your devise! If any of you know please post it here
    thank you
    Ike

  6. Chris mankey said on November 3, 2006 at 4:33 am
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    Right Chris this would work at home but not on public terminals. The keyfile would be stored on the stick as well.

    True, but you better have alot of files on the stick so they can’t figure out which one you used! Better yet, do private things in private!

  7. Ken Westin said on September 17, 2006 at 10:17 pm
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    Here is the original source of the video and more info/links etc:

    http://www.watchyourend.com/2006/09/15/usbdumper-endpoint-security-hack-video-demonstration/

  8. tash said on September 16, 2006 at 5:10 pm
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    Quasimodo has a good point =]

  9. Quasimodo said on September 16, 2006 at 11:24 am
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    Simple lesson:
    Don’t use public computers for personal things.
    Ever.

  10. Martin said on September 16, 2006 at 8:26 am
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    Right Chris this would work at home but not on public terminals. The keyfile would be stored on the stick as well.

  11. Chris mankey said on September 16, 2006 at 4:52 am
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    But true crypt allows you to use keyfiles, so If they have the password but not the keyfile it would be useless for them!

  12. Martin said on September 15, 2006 at 11:03 pm
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    tash that is true of course. If a keylogger is running as well and the encrypted files are accessed the “hacker” will have everything he needs.

    Remember that some usb devices don’t have leds, especially those small ones that are plugged into a port on the back..

    If you want 100% security don’t use them at computers that you can’t check. Buy a second one with unimportant data only and use that one on public terminals.

  13. tash said on September 15, 2006 at 9:22 pm
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    Interesting.. Though if someone has a number of large files on their usb drive, they might notice the led on it being in use more than it should be. And the thing about truecrypt or any encryption; if someones willing to copy all your files, they can easily run a keylogger with it.. The encryption becomes useless(assuming you accessed the encrypted files.. if you don’t type your password, you’re still safe)

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