Thread 106947997

I run a cleaning business that specializes in clearing out derelict properties. Today we were deep in an abandoned flat's basement in Rotterdam.

Behind a desk drawer, I found a clean USB stick. And Two SD cards were also on the floor nearby. To be precized they where near a closet. We want to return them, but my wife is screaming "VIRUS!"

The question: Is it safe to plug this into my main computer, or is this a textbook example of a shady usb. i have absolutly no experience in Tech stuff and my wife watched Mr.Robot and thats really it.

Need advice on the SAFEST way to check these without F-ing something up.

PS:
i am not a very well english writer i used AI to write this and added some sentences my self. I am very sorry for this. I also made a picture i dont know why but they look so clean.

Find a cheap ass device that's not connected to the internet and test it there.

>>106947997 (OP)
I'd say its pretty safe considering where you found it but there's always a non-zero chance its malicious. You could find a public library/computer to check whats on it before using it on your main PC.

>>106947997 (OP)
Probably some photographs left by a tourist or some work related.

>>106947997 (OP)
Buy a shit cheap laptop, install some shit like ubuntu really quick, don't connect to the internet, and check with that.
Always airgap sketchy shit like that. If you're feeling frisky, open the laptop and remove the wireless card entirely for extra security

>>106947997 (OP)
Your wife's bull says it's ok to plug into your PC.

>>106948057
Lol thats a bit overkill its probably only photos

>>106947997 (OP)
Odds are its safe. If you check it out, share with the class.

>>106947997 (OP)
>Is it safe to plug this into my main computer
No.
Plug them into an airgapped SBC and then destroy its microSD card after.

>>106947997 (OP)
This is how Iran's centrifuges were hacked.

>>106948077
>If you check it out, share with the class.
This. OP should plug it into his PC and share the contents.

>Westoids don't have Cyber Cafes
Where do you download your cp, print tax documents and scam boomers from?

Hey Guys OP here. My wife is getting her old laptop. Im still waiting on here thought to bring you guys an update. And i have to find a sd reader i dont have one. But today i plug just the USB to see. Ill keep you guys updated. I am following your advice that laptop is not connected to the network and there is nothing on it.

Literally 0.00% chance any potential malware will be able attack an android device

>>106948189
Nice

>>106947997 (OP)
>Is it safe to plug this into my main computer
Hell no.
Get something non-x86 (like a raspberry pi), run it isolated from the internet, check the drives, and format the raspi os drive afterwards.

>>106948160
>Trusting a cyber cafe computer with your tax documents
>>106947997 (OP)
You should plug it into your work computer asap

>>106948071
This is the type of guy the cyber team at your work warns you about.

Risk from the stick would be hid emulation if it's a bad USB device. I don't know of any malware that can auto execute from external storage, not since windows autorun which was as moronic as it sounds.

>>106947997 (OP)
>We want to return them
why do you need to see the contents for that? respect people's privacy, or alternatively just throw them in the trash

>>106948029
This. But also call the police if it's something illegal

>>106948071
Using the usb on some cheap e-waste-tier laptop isn't a bad idea, but worrying about internet access or removing wireless card is retarded.

>>106948189
laptops have sd card readers
boot linux first and then plug the drives in

>>106947997 (OP)
safe way would be to hardware passthrough an usb controller to a VM. then plug the usb AFTER starting the VM.
if its up to no good just nuke the VM.

>>106948057
>i have absolutly no experience in Tech stuff
>install ubuntu really quick
fucking retard
just buy a $20 chromebook

>>106948804
this is the only way OP, if you can't do this you WILL get your shit hacked

>>106947997 (OP)
It is in all likelihood not malware but you should probably buy a Raspberry Pi and use it to interact with the drives offline in a safe environment.

>>106948897
>only way
retard

>>106948900
But why? why spend money and time on this random ass shit?

Hello OP here, i fixed my wife's old laptop id had tu upgrade to windows 11. This laptop has not een sd reader or a cd drive. I ordered one through a dutch warehouse online store ill get it tomorrow. i opened the usb there is just a txt file and three files i cant open i just get an message. that i dont have a program to do that. and this laptop is not connected to the internet following your advice. i made screenshot though. I think its a trash USB. Really nothing to it. Sorry for waisting your time. But thanks for the raspberry PI idea seems like a fun thing to make.

>>106948922
A Pi 1 is like $15. If you want to risk installing a cryptominer on your smartfridge you can plug it into your Wangblows desktop I don't give a shit, I'm just trying to provide helpful information.

don't be a pussy, plug it into your work laptop

>>106948936
bro don't just doxx people and post what looks like passwords online what the hell's wrong with you

>>106948936
>upgraded to W11
>not connected to the internet
lol

Also that is some spooky latin shit. Keys to the gate of death?

>>106948403
stfu zoomer, autorun was kino
nothing like the pleasure of putting a disk to install a cool new game and watching the installer pop up.

>>106948941
why are you telling someone with absolutly no experience in tech to buy a pi instead of an old laptop?

>>106948953
don't worry, it's from 1995, these people are long dead

>>106948953
its a honey pot thread

>>106948980
what is that?

>>106948960
yeah i translated it with gemini its some weird stuff

>>106948953
oh sorry how can i delete it

>>106948936
>Really nothing to it.
The fuck you mean, Anon?

Quick ChatGPT analysis;
The .txt content contains real Latin phrases mixed with invented/coded words:

Clear Latin: Porta Mortis (gate/door of death), Clavis Portae Mortis (key of the gate of death), MorsAperitPortam (death opens the gate).

Non-Latin / suspicious tokens: Zodum, Zodacar, Vovim, BUSDIRDEOL95, and numeric sequences 754 & 321 (and their reversal).

The other files show exact sizes that stand out:

4,194,304 bytes (exactly 4 × 10242 = 4 MiB)

2,097,152 bytes (exactly 2 × 10242 = 2 MiB)

Exact power-of-two sizes usually mean files are padded, generated, or are binary blobs/containers — not typical for real video files, which rarely hit perfect MiB boundaries.

Filenames and content: Clavis = key in Latin. Someone naming a file “Clavis Thil.txt” suggests that file is meant as a key/clue, not ordinary notes.

>>106948936
God, please OP, please deliver

>>106949019
spoopy

>>106949019
This. OP should upload these files so we can try to figure out what they are. Alternatively OP could upload a pic of the files in a hex editor and the headers could tell us some more information, but he's probably too retarded to do that himself.

>>106949019
no its 4,194,304 kbytes
2,097,152 kbytes

oh im gonna throw it away thank you

>>106949047
yes i am desu. is there a guide the files are 4 and 2 gb. i can upload the txt file.

>>106949048
Bro put the files on mega or something before you do that my curiosity is piqued. It is clearly not malware.

>>106949048
No you won't. You'll upload the files for anons to analyze.

>>106949057
The .txt isn't useful because you already showed us the contents of it, you need to upload the other 3 files.

>>106949067
This doesn't look like anything remotely crypto-related, the other files on the device look like binaries.

>>106949067
Looks more like a small encrypted container, soo likely cheese of some kind... I recommend getting rid of that ASAP and not uploading it anywhere lest you be charged with spreading CSAM.

>>106949048
>>106949058
upload it desu. could be interesting.
also go check for deleted files in the usb. the owner might not have written over the prior content.

>>106949048
>oh im gonna throw it away
Please do, if you give in to peer pressure you WILL be legally responsible for whatever is found to be on there.

>>106949084
The files are 2MiB and 4MiB respectively there is practically zero chance there are any images of anything at all on this drive, I don't know why you're fear mongering about this miniscule amount of data. Even if it is a crypto wallet or something, OP has no obligation to destroy the files.

>>106949116
>noooo my 'tism is tickled he NEEDS to upload this so i can play with it
how about no

Comfy tinfoil hat thread

>>106949116
no its GB not mb

>>106949116
Oh nevermind the files are much larger than that. Maybe OP should actually just keep this to himself after all, or destroy the device.

>>106949057
>files are 4 and 2 gb
not like op hadn't said as much...

>>106948936
>16 gb USB drive
>Last modification: 05/09/1995
>tfw reading another mid ARG

Check for deleted files. If there's anything interesting on those cards, it's probably going to be in something hidden.

>>106947997 (OP)
as a teen my friends and I found an usb stick at a festival.
This was ca. 2006/07.
Stick was full of porn. Mostly regular porn and some beastiality (Women fucked by a Pig in 144p). Highlight was a Porn version of Pirates of the Caribbean.
So my bet is:
It is eigher porn (97%), something cool (1%) or broken (2%).

>>106949173
You got it, or more like just a spookylarp. See you guys on Reddit and YouTube.

Hello guys, i think this is my final update im gonna ask a tech friend of mine if he can look at it i whatsapped him im waiting for a reply. i am kind of scared of uploading these files bc i dont know whats on them. My wife is kind of mad that i shared them with you guys. So she is telling me to just destroy the usb and throw it away. I still am kind of intrested in the files so i screenshotted the details.

i have to work now ill see the updates later.

PS i dont think its a btc wallet bc of the dates.

LARP.
16gb drives didn't exist in ’95.
Exact power of 2 file sizes
All files last edited within a minute
OP is a faggot.

>>106949214
if its porn i hope for some classic parody movie porns. Not some weird shit desu.

>>106948936
use a file restore programm like pcinspector and restore deleted files from the stick.

>>106949227
>My wife is kind of mad that i shared them with you guys. So she is telling me to just destroy the usb and throw it away. I still am kind of intrested in the files so i screenshotted the details.
your wife is right, you can literally end in jail for this, "curiosity killed the cat" I reiterate destroy that shit dude

>>106949228
I have files from my camera from the 2030s. Time travel?

>>106949227
connect to the internet and upload those files to gofile
nothing is gonna happen to the laptop cause those files arent executables

>>106949265
>nothing is gonna happen to the laptop
yeah, except a confiscation from the cops...

OP is a larping faggot

>>106949216
Put me in the screenshot.

OP here. My wife's boyfriend who works as a freelance Mac repairman unlocked the encryption. The files were full of pictures of really, really big cocks. Needless to say I'm a faggot now and will be leaving my wife soon.

>>106949442
Thank you for this.

>>106949442
can i get the pictures

>>106947997 (OP)
Based respectful ESL trying to communicate like a monkey.

>>106949442
Very good, OP.

give it back juanita

>>106947997 (OP)
upload the files to somewhere and share a link you faggot.

it's obvious your brain is not equipped to deal with any of this.

update from the real OP. Why are people calling me faggot? my friend is looking at the files now he is checking some stuff if we know more ill update you. He finds the file sizes weird we gonna look at someting and update you

>>106948936
Anon if you are starting an ARG you shouldn't use taglines that directly copy already existing ARGs. Try harder next time

we have put the txt file in gemini. we concluded that the text Zodum from an Enochian Language is. He then just put the non latin text in the ai to translate from Enochian to english.

>>106950357
Im really not but oke then ill stop updating.

>>106950437
good

>>106949228
Well it's obvious someone just changed the files' dates. Surely no one believes they are literslly from 1995 lol.

>>106950676
yeah i dont know. i dont get it. i just gave him the usb drive im done.

>>106947997 (OP)
Take your ARG out of here faggot.

>>106950718
Hopefully he reports you to the cops for whatever he finds on there.

>>106947997 (OP)
bro get a RISC-V board and read it on the first gen linux that was supported enough to have keyboard input and read its serial tty with another raspberry pi that you ssh into from your main computer.

>>106950290
>Why are people calling me faggot?
Upload to a cloud share link faggot

>>106949084
>a whole 2 megabytes of CP
Amazing.

>>106948029
This.

>>106949442
kino ending

I have a Thinkpad X200 that can be disconnected with a switch on the side. Disconnect, try the devices, if they're full of AIDS just format.

>>106950437
The word "mortis" is an extreme red flag. Mortis.com is like the most well-known Arg adjacent "dark website".

"ZOL" and ZOD are just extremely common forms of sigils. People will recognize these and red flags will be raised. Enochain is played out, you really need to understand all the lore behind it, the higher planes and what not, to use it in a way that doesn't instantly out you.

>>106947997 (OP)
dude just boot fucking LIVE LOONIX DISTRO out of a flash drive, disconnect your own hdd and ssd from your PC.. boot some loonix, check the memory cards... done... you can even try to run some software for file recovery...

if you are lucky you will find Wallet.dat files (or files) and you will be cryptobillionaire

>>106947997 (OP)
I've found small usb kecyhain thing missing cap laying in the street.
It was full of modern russian music like 32 gigs of it.
I'm in Croatia so wtf, maybe lost by some ukro refugee.
Horrible music btw.

>>106950290
>He finds the file sizes weird
nothing really weird about it. most likely, the files were created in a virtualized environment and the files are either drive or memory images
1995 is a common placeholder date, and 4gb is commonly a limit of 32bit addressing.
Can't explain the text file but I think most likely explanation is the usb stick may contain a firmware update for some other device. You might be able to analyze the files with a hex editor an hopefully find some header or meta data that indicates what kind of files they are. I think the chances that it's something valuable are pretty low.

I found a USB once with some guy's last will and testament saying he had cancer and was dying

I looked his name up online and there was his obituary

>>106948888
>noooo, it’s hard to install Ubuntu!!!! Don’t even attempt that it’s going to be very hard I can assure you please trust me
>noooo, don’t install GNU/Linux for privacy, buy a Google(tm) Linux(tm) laptop, it’s _totally_ the same just easier
glowie detected, kys

>>106948029
This. NEVER plug these "Found USBs" into your main system. Always a test/air-gapped system you can wipe immediately after.

>>106953275
>and then the phone ringed
>I looked up the number bc it's weird, nobody ever calls me
>its said 666
>I got nervous
>I decided to answer
>'h-hello'
>a creepy, hollow, deep voice answered
>'Is this Anon?'
>my hands were all sweaty
>my reply was almost a whisper
>'y-yeah'
>'I know you have my USB'
>'it's okay you can keep it, I don't have much use for it here'
>'there's one condition though'
>'you must-'
>the call suddenly stopped
>I couldn't even start processing what happened and then somebody knocked at my door
>a really loud knock, almost like they wanted to tear it down.
>I was too afraid t answer
>after a while it stopped
>a piece of paper sled under the door
>I picked it up
>it was a photo of the USB
>I turned the photo to see if there was something in the back
>there was
>in red ink, dark as blood, written behind it there was a message
>I slowly read it, my heart was being like crazy
>on the verge of a hearth attack
>my eyes couldn't believe what the message said
>what was written
>two words
>'the game'

>>106953820
make me kek a little

>>106949084
It's this. Looks like fat32 max size encrypted containers. Best to just nuke it.

>>106949227
4GB is not a bitcoin wallet. That is some guy's CP stash. Get rid of it.

>>106949228
The modified date is broken from something, the size is because fat32 has a 4GB limit on filesizes. Why would someone upload 4GB of random data? well if you check the headers they'll be encrypted filesystems. Why would someone hide a USB full of encrypted data? uh oh

>usb
>sd card's
>usb called E:\Films

Brother that's just CP

>>106949019
>facebook frog
>here's what a chatbot hallucinated:
ebin

An anticlimactic ending but still fun nonetheless.

>>106947997 (OP)
Boot Tails and don't connect to the internet
there is a chance the USB is a BadUSB meant to destroy your USB port, but that's a small chance. The SD cards are safe to insert, hardware-wise thougg

>>106953034
OP he My friend told me the same. i finished work a couple hours back. found nothing intrestng there. Even he thinks its just a guy that maybe downlaoded illegal movies. im trying tomorrow with gemini to do a hex editor and see what happens. Its just a mysterious txt file nothing to it. i found desu in a different room a cabinet that was destroyed and trashed so there is a possibilty that someone tresspassed and dropped it by accident. Or a different theory that someone was photographing there and dropped the SD cards. There are a lot of logical explenations now.

>>106954314
OP here yeah im sorry its just looked intresting

>>106947997 (OP)
You need to change permissions on a file to make it executable in Linux. Download PhotoRec to recover deleted files.

>>106954642
The text file might contain passwords for the respective files if they are encrypted....kinda defeats the purpose of having both the file and password on the same drive but who knows.
Since they are all 16gb, drives were probably last used ~15 years ago or less. You could cross-reference that with the property to identify the potential owner, and if they are in a specific field of work, that may indicate the nature of software used. I'm going off the assumption that the drive is boring work-related stuff since that is the most likely scenario.
But if the data is illegal for you to possess, you should really just give it to law enforcement and detach yourself from it. Illegal could be nasty pictures but it could also be customer data/medical records, etc.

>>106948941
a pi zero is like 8 euro. new

>>106947997 (OP)
go to a store that has usable laptops on display and plug it in, preferaably without any clerk seeing you

SD cards are the shittiest storage format in history. powered off for a long period of time they just corrupt.
you might be able to still read the file table, but the data is toast.

Posting on /x/ is too played out now huh? Well, whatever, at least it's not another ragebait thread.

>>106948071
What if it wasn't?