Have you ever wondered if it is possible to automatically and silently hack into a computer to steal important data or plant a backdoor by just inserting a USB flash drive? It was possible on Windows XP computers by using a U3 smart drive due to the weak built-in security on the operating system. A U3 smart drive by SanDisk or Memorex looks exactly the same like any other normal USB flash drive except it comes with an additional emulated read-only CD-ROM partition along with the removable storage disk drive. Plugging in a U3 smart drive will show up 2 drive letters in Computer rather than just 1.
U3 USB keys show up as two drives on the PC. The first drive (assigned the letter 'F:' on our PC) fools the system into thinking it's a CD-ROM drive so it can AutoPlay the LaunchPad manager. The U3 Launchpad (LaunchU3.exe) is a Windows program manager that is preinstalled on every U3 smart drive. The U3 Launchpad automatically starts at insertion of a U3 enabled device. U3 applications To be fully U3 compliant, an application has to be programmed to clean up its own data from the local machine. Download U3 Launchpad Removal Tool - Simple-to-use software program whose purpose is to help you turn any U3 smart drive into a regular USB storage device by erasing all the resilient files. U3 was originally developed to enable downloading portable applications to run from flash drives without installing on a computer. Currently, all U3 application download servers supporting the U3 Central Downloads and Cruzer Download Wizard features of U3 Launchpad have been taken offline. Thinking particularly of Office, as that’s the only one I use. It’s a horrible experience. Even on a decent fibre-broadband connection, there is often a lag between hitting a key and the page updating which leads to all sorts of typing errors and other frustrations.
First of all insert your USB flash drive into an available USB port, then go to the website: and click the link that says: SanDisk: U3 LaunchPad Installer (LPInstaller.exe). Popular Alternatives to U3 Launchpad for Windows, Web.NET Framework, Wine, Software as a Service (SaaS) and more. Explore 17 apps like U3 Launchpad, all suggested and ranked by the AlternativeTo user community.
The original purpose for a U3 to have an emulated CD-ROM on a USB flash drive is to automatically run applications such as the U3 Launchpad which is similar to the Windows start menu when the U3 smart drive is inserted to a computer using the Windows AutoRun feature. This is similar to inserting a software installation disc to a computer and an installer menu will automatically appear. To turn your U3 USB smart drive into an ultimate hack tool, all you need to do is modify the content on the emulated CD-ROM such as the autorun.inf to instruct Windows to automatically run your payload instead of the U3 Launchpad when the drive is connected to a computer.
One of the most popular and easy to use payload is called USB SwitchBlade. The package comes with a universal customizer tool that writes a custom ISO image file to the U3 partition and the payload that is copied to the storage drive can be configured by running the application and check the appropriate boxes. Here are the steps to install USB SwitchBlade payload to a U3 smart drive.1. Plug in your U3 smart drive to your computer.
2. Download Universal U3 CD-ROM Customizer (Universal_Customizer.exe) and extract to a new folder.
3. Run Universal_Customizer.exe as admin (Right click > Run as Administrator). If you received an error message like the one shown below, you are probably using an older version 1.0.0.8 that only works on XP. Make sure you download the Universal Customizer version 1.0.5.5 from the link provided by us.
U3 Customizer can only customize one device at a time. Please eject all devices except the one you want to customize.
4. Select Accept and click Next.
5. Click Next again.
6. Change the location of the backup if you need to and specify a password to protect the backup file.
7. Click Next and the updater tool will start backing up your files from your U3 smart drive and then write the USB SwitchBlade payload to the emulated CD-ROM drive.
8. Download -=GonZor=- Payload Config tool and extract the files from archive to the storage drive of the U3 smart drive.
9. Run SBConfig-V2.1.5.exe from the storage drive and check the boxes that you want the payload to be active. For example, checking the “Dump Firefox Passwords” option will attempt to extract all the passwords saved in Firefox and save it to the storage drive.
10. Click the Update Config button once you’ve completed selecting the payload options.
Your ultimate USB hack tool is now ready. Simply plug in the U3 smart drive to an unpatched Windows XP computer and it will automatically run the payload invisibly to extract and save the information to the storage drive on your U3 smart drive. The whole process should take about 30 seconds to a minute to complete depending on the speed of the computer and also the amount of data to dump.
Page 2 contains instructions on how to update the tools within the payload and also important information about this technology.
12Next › View AllDoes this still work in windows 7 and higher or has this been blocked?
ReplyCool this actually worked. Tested it in a vm found some old SanDisk u3 uses lying around I use this a lot back in the day. Worked on windows 10
Replyserved in windows 7 and 8 ?
Replywhat the password please…
for
Universal_Customizer_1.4.0.2.zip
GonZors_SwitchBlade-V2.1B.zip
Password is listed on the download page…
Replywhere?
ReplyOn the download page…
Replythanks.
Replyreally awesome hack
ReplyHello
I have tested it.it’s very cool.
wow.
ReplyI managed to combine the Amish Payload, ipod switchblade, and Silvernions Technique. It ROCKS, buts it takes about 45-50 seconds for it finish…. (hey there are downsides to all acts of brilliant hacking)
ReplyThis worked great on my workgroup at home.
Replythanks man it worked. Weblogic 12c download for windows 64 bit. Thanks a lot!!!!
Replythanks for sharing this cool news. now i am also going to try some hack. thanks a lot.
ReplyLol, I must admit that this is a good hack. Though the people asking for software are annoying. You shouldn’t be allowed to use this method if you can’t write your own payload software. By the way, half the the things that the payload does are blocked by a decent firewall. Like Comodo. It warns of things like silent processes and that.
Replythanks for the info
Replynice post by the way
ReplyHehe. good tips :)
ReplyHey Raymond, You rock man!!!… i had a u3 device from long time but didn’t knew that it can be used for such purposes also… this is better then a keylogger which is detected somehow. but no chance for this tool get caught.
Thanks a lot….
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