Bloat File Maker

[RizlaUK]

Hi guys,

iv been messing with PB and iv come up with this cool little app (after finding a small function on the PB forum and edited the life out of it)

i know theres already some of these apps around (after doing a google search) but i thought i would have a crack at it too

heres some info

Bloat File Creator is a small free program which creates files of any size up to 4 GB with ease. Very useful for disk speed test, CD burning test, network speed test, or simply create files to fool your friends.

Introduction - Why Bloat File Creator?

The idea was simply: a dummy file. Usually, a FTP site would include a dummy file of exactly 1 MB for people to test the speed of the FTP server.

Bloat File Creator fits right in the spot; it can easily create a file of any size up to 4 GB for testing network speed, or data transfer rate of a disk drive.

However, Bloat File Creator is not only useful for speed testing; it is also useful to make fake files.

Why would you need such fake files?

Prevent easy spread of illegal copies of your software - Imagine you just publish a new software with a size of 56MB onto a CD. You can fill the the remaining 644MB free CD space with fake files.

If you cannot stop the crackers, you can still slow them down. People who try to transfer your software over the internet will have to spend longer time, while the authentic users who purchased your CD will not be affected.

Fool people on peer-to-peer file sharing networks - Although most peer to peer network programs have built-in CRC/Hashing check to prevent malicious fake files, a person can still share fake files with the same file name or catching program/media title to confuse P-to-P users.

Enhance protection of exsiting encryption - put a few fake files along with your encrypted files. Investigators will have tough time finding/decrpyting your files, since they won't even know which one to start with!

and the thing i beginning to really like about PB, all this in a tiny 54.5kb exe

this version basically creates a empty file filled with white space, im working on generating random chars to help with the encryption protection and bring it up the standard that other apps of this type have

C&C Welcome, also any suggestions while i have PB open would be nice

iv also made a DLL version of this that can be used with apms, but im not going to publicly release it because of the potential malicious uses it could have, if you require this dll PM me with the details of your project and state exactly what you need the file for and i will send it to you

[wasim21k]

you dont need eve this file to create any file. try this
fsutil file createnew C:\testfile.txt 1000

its dos command

[RizlaUK]

yeah, i know, but not everyone else dose, and dose that command give you a visual progress on a 100mb/1gb file !!

and besides, i made this app in a bid to try and learn something, iv also made some small apps that i could have done with ams in 15/20 mins, its all about learning

[mystica]

Thanks RizlaUK,

I'm finding this very useful for obfuscation purposes.