Reviews of Hide Folders XP

1. 
   ark2000

   Reviewing 2.9.8 (Sep 12, 2008)

   this software is a joke, so easily defeated it's a shame to ask money for it...
2. 
   Adrian79

   Reviewing 2.9 (Sep 27, 2007)

   "I have NO programming or OS knowledge and defeated the utility easily with no tool."
   
   ya buddy, ummm my girlfriend wont figure out all that cmd, z/xc crap u mention... so dont be a nerd and try to show off how ur a "hacker" by mentioning your having no knowledge, when OBVIOUSLY u have some!
   
   keeps harrasing gf's w/ NO pc skills off ur exgirlz pics :p
3. 
   Stabilis

   Reviewing 2.7 Beta (Jan 12, 2007)

   It's not terribly secure!! It took me 3 minutes to break the security with absolutely no tools.
   
   Basically, the utility transforms folders into rootkit (hidden folders). The problem is that the content of the hidden rootkit folder can be copied to an unhidden folder just using windows commands.
   
   1. Open registry. Look key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\HFXP2\Parameters. All hidden "rootkit" folders by Hide Folders XP are listed there with lame encryption (one caracter s***ed to the left!). So if I created an "hidden" folder named c:\coco, I will have this entry D;]dpdp]04. (The number 04 is the level of security (01=none, 02=protected, 03=hidden, 04=both)
   
   2.Now that you know the name of the hidden folder, open cmd and type the following:
   
   xcopy c:\coco c:\coco1 /e /h
   
   There you go. All your files are copied, unhidden, unprotected.
   
   I have NO programming or OS knowledge and defeated the utility easily with no tool.
   
   Now, an utility that creates rootkits without telling it is not especially well-advised considering it is used mainly by virus and trojans. I understand the "secrecy" lies in the fact the hidden folder IS a rootkit, but this is not a very secure way to hide private data and rootkit removers may delete these precious "hidden" folders. So it's not only unsecure, but also dangerous.
   
   Finally, asking 30$ for such tool is, IMHO, a ripp-off.
4. 
   darkxiii_ndp

   Reviewing 2.5 Beta 2 (Oct 2, 2006)

   Last time I use this program is 2 year ago. Hide, scan disk (Error checking in Windows XP) then boom. It's unhide. You may want to check it.
   NTFS is better.
5. 
   Adrian79

   Reviewing 2.4 Beta 1 (Jun 26, 2006)

   gonna try it again :-)

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