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* This is accomplished through Fido (https://github.com/pbatard/Fido), a *SIGNED* PowerShell script, that is downloaded from GitHub and that resides in memory for the duration of a session. * The reason we use a downloaded PS script, rather than an embedded on, is because: - Microsoft have regularly been changing the deal with regards to how retail ISOs can be downloaded, and not for the better, so we can't simply embed a static means of downloading ISOs and expect that to work forever. - By using an external script, we can immediately respond to whatever new means of *ANNOYING* their legitimate users Microsoft will come up with next, as well as make sure that, the minute a new retail version of Windows becomes available, it also becomes available for download in Rufus. * Note that if you are concerned about downloading a remote PS script that is being run at the same level as an elevated application, you should understand that: - Only scripts downloaded from GitHub, from an account that is protected with 2FA, are allowed to run (i.e. someone would first have to steal a *physical* 2FA key to be in a position to upload a malicious script). - On top of this, only scripts that are signed with a separate private key (RSA + AES-256), that is itself also protected with a strong unique password which only a single person knows (and must manually enter each time they want to make a new version of the script available for download), are allowed to run. The above means that there's about as much chance for someone to manage to upload a malicious script on the GitHub servers, that Rufus would allow to run, as there is for someone to upload a malicious version of Rufus itself. Still, if you are paranoid and have concerns that, even as you can validate from its source that Rufus does not attempt to execute any remote script unless a user actively selected and clicked the DOWNLOAD button, you can also completely disable the remote script download feature, if you just set the update check to disabled (which, by the way, Rufus *EXPLICITLY* asks you to choose whether you want to enable or not, the very first time you run the application). * Also remove _unlinkU() which duplicates what DeleteFileU() already does. |
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README.md
Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
Features
- Format USB, flash card and virtual drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS
- Create DOS bootable USB drives, using FreeDOS or MS-DOS (Windows 8.1 or earlier)
- Create BIOS or UEFI bootable drives, including UEFI bootable NTFS
- Create bootable drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
- Create bootable drives from bootable disk images, including compressed ones
- Create Windows To Go drives
- Compute MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256 checksums of the selected image
- Twice as fast as Microsoft's USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin, on ISO -> USB creation (1)
- Perform bad blocks checks, including detection of "fake" flash drives
- Modern and familiar UI, with 39 languages natively supported
- Small footprint. No installation required.
- Portable
- 100% Free Software (GPL v3)
Compilation
Use either Visual Studio 2017 (version 15.8 or later with SDK 10.0.17134 installed) or MinGW and
then invoke the .sln or configure/make respectively.
Visual Studio
Note that, since Rufus is an OSI compliant Open Source project, you are entitled to download and use the freely available Visual Studio Community Edition to build, run or develop for Rufus. As per the Visual Studio Community Edition license this applies regardless of whether you are an individual or a corporate user.
Additional information
Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, either through its easily accessible log, or through the Windows debug facility.
Enhancements/Bugs
Please use the GitHub issue tracker for reporting problems or suggesting new features.
(1) Tests carried out with a 16 GB USB 3.0 ADATA pen drive on a Core 2 duo/4 GB RAM platform running Windows 7 x64.
ISO: en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso
| Name of tool | Version | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Windows USB/DVD Download Tool | v1.0.30 | 8 mins 10s |
| UNetbootin | v1.1.1.1 | 6 mins 20s |
| Rufus | v1.1.0 | 3 mins 25s |