Bypass SecureLOCK on USB stick

[ryangarfield]

I happened to find a USB stick in a parking lot a few weeks back. I popped it into my computer to see if maybe there was something on it that would tell me whos it was and had no such luck. It says that its a 1 gig stick but when i pop it into my computer it recognizes it as 2 drives both F and G. The F drive has nothing but an icon for the SecureLock program while the G drive is only just over 400 MB and has about four of the owners files on it. Because i Dont have the password for it, is it useless? can you bypass the security? I already have a usb stick and dont really need another one but dont want to throw it out if its still good and dont know who the owner is. Its a Swissbit 1GB usbstick if that makes any difference. Thanks

[redwudz]

Not so easy. You may be able to boot your computer with a program like Windows PE and access the drive. There are probably Linux solutions that may be able to do this also. I suspect you will have to attack it with a OS or setup other than XP and get into the drive VIA a backdoor. Have you went to the drive's site? They may have a program to get into the drive if it's password protected. It's unlikely you can recover the data, but you should be able to reformat the drive for you own use.

[Supreme2k]

I've had to crack some encryptions on drives like that (with the owner's permission).

It is as simple as taking it to a different OS (Mac, in my case), reformat/wipe, then reformat on the PC.

There's also the rootkit option.

[Bjs]

Do the right thing first ... those file's may be important to the owner ... so be considerate .

Take it to nearest police station ... if after 30 day's it is not claimed ... you can claim it .

After that point , lookup manufacturer's info on device to unlock device or to reformat it .