Best tool/way to block USB ports including whitelist/blacklist option

[J4NY4R]

Hi!

 

Looking for the best method to restrict USB ports, allowing only authorized USB dongles.

Edited January 7 by J4NY4R

[ARMOUR]

Try this:

GiliSoft USB Lock:

http://www.gilisoft.com/product-usb-lock.htm

https://download.gilisoft.com/gs/usb-lock.exe

 

Keygen:gilisoft-products-keygen-36in1/?do=findComment&comment=1801177

 

 

Note: Not tested myself

 

[m345]

Ratool (Removable Access tool) by Sordum

 

Current version 1.4.

Fully free standalone (no install required) simple and intuitive as most of all sordum apps.

Full control on USB ports and devices. two level blocking read only or totally block.

password protected to prevent others to bypass the policy.

 

Home page: https://www.sordum.org/8104/ratool-v1-4-removable-access-tool/

File: Ratool_x64.exe │  Virustotal 
MD5: 696ee9b9e12b9657c75f5fa4b60c7d5e
SHA1: f1bcc7b5b1736a46446d7855ec3d3f87fd39423e

File: Ratool.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 9c67c0c65b1e045662cbe9ade83742e7
SHA1: bebe8c2a2bc0eb74d18ff2e82987303c49a81e20

Direct download:  https://www.sordum.org/files/download/ratool/Ratool.zip

956.18kb

or mirror including manual in a pdf document: https://mir.cr/FHXYSXIO

1.23 mb

Spoiler

Removable Access Tool (a.k.a. Ratool) is a simple to use portable freeware application which aids in the control of external storage devices such as USB flash drives, CD/DVD drives, as well as floppy, tape and WPD devices. Ratool can disable USB storage access or enable write protection on all USB flash drives, thus preventing data from being modified or deleted, protecting your confidential data from being copied by others.

There are many such tools available online, but they are often easily circumvented. For example, if you use one of these USB disablers to disable a flash drive, someone could simply use another tool and enable it again. This means these tools are not actually protecting your USB ports, which is why we created Ratool. By using Ratool, you won’t have to worry about this, as other tools cannot easily break Ratool’s protection.

 

Ratool v1.4 What is new: (Wednesday , 20. May 2020)
1. [Fixed] – Ratool Password protection can be cracked – (critical)
2. [Fixed] – Ratool can’t block CD&DVDRom device on Windows Home and single language
3. [Fixed] – Ratool can’t block WPD device (Smartphone etc.) on Windows Home & Single lang.
4. [Fixed] – Ratool can’t Unblock USB ports Which blocked by Bitlocker
5. [Fixed] – Ratool settings can’t apply immediately in Windows Home and single Language
6. [Fixed] – If there is no TEMP Folder, Ratool Doesn’t work (Error line 10.)
7. [Fixed] – Prevent Installation of USB devices feature (White List) Doesn’t work
8. [Fixed] – Ratool GUI is too small
9. [Added] – x64 Version, Some code improvements and minor BUG fixes

 

Ratool allows the following actions:
1. Block USB Storage Devices: disables all USB storage devices access to your PC

 

How to block all USB devices except yours (White List Mode)

a. Plug in Your USB device (You can plug in more than one)
b. In the Options menu, click “Prevent Installation of USB devices”
Currently plugged in devices will be excluded (allowed), all other USB devices will be blocked.

 

2. Allow Read Only: Makes USB storage devices Read-Only. Write access is disabled. In certain situations, you may wish to prevent data from being written to the device.

 

3. Allow Read & Write (Default): resets everything back to normal so that USB storage devices function normally.

 

4. In the Options menu, you can choose to block or unblock removable drives, allow or deny access to them, or disable Autorun (a security measure preventing malware from using the Autorun feature to launch itself). There is also an option to show hidden files on the drive, and one to safely remove hardware.

 

How to Block Smart Phone USB connection

1. Choose Options – WPD devices
2. Click Block device , Then you can not access your mobile phone which is connected by cable

 

5. Under the Settings menu, you can set a password to prevent unauthorized changes.

 

6. Also under Settings is the option to switch languages (English, German and Turkish are pre-installed). The Translate option allows you to edit the language and translate the GUI into your own language

 

The Translate window allows you to translate each row individually

 

1. Select your own language (this is important for setting the correct language ID)
2. In the Your Translation field, type your translation. (for example, if your language is Japanese, type Japanese words)
3. If you wish, you can save the translation
4. Click the ‘Copy to Clipboard’ button
5. Finally, click the “Send translated data” button to send us your translation

 

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 11 , Windows 10 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 8 , Windows 7 (both x86 and x64)
Windows Vista and Winsows xp – Not fully featured (both x86 and x64)
Supported Languages: English , Turkish , German , Japanese , Persian , Vietnamese , Russian , Ukrainian , Hungarian , Greek , Arabic , Simplified Chinese , Chinese Traditional , Swedish , French , Polish , Spanish , Italian , Korean , Serbian , Portuguese , Portuguese (Brazilian) , Indonesian , Uyghur , Thai , Slovenian , Hebrew , Bulgarian , Dutch (Nederlands) , Romanian , Lithuanian

 

Edited January 18 by m345

[J4NY4R]

Thank you for your cares but these tools aren't able to do what I want. An option to block all USBs except one with specific hardware ID. Just one USB is authorized to plug to a system.

[UberGeek]

15 hours ago, J4NY4R said:

Thank you for your cares but these tools aren't able to do what I want. An option to block all USBs except one with specific hardware ID. Just one USB is authorized to plug to a system.

Not sure whether this is helpful I use ESET Endpoint Antivirus . . . but, have never tried the following (multi-rule based) feature available as a security module within it:--

 

[TrojanK]

On 1/7/2025 at 3:07 PM, J4NY4R said:

Hi!

 

Looking for the best method to restrict USB ports, allowing only authorized USB dongles.

Hi J4NY4R!

 

You can (create backup) and try the following

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/79149-hide-specific-drives-windows.html

[J4NY4R]

6 hours ago, UberGeek said:

Not sure whether this is helpful I use ESET Endpoint Antivirus . . . but, have never tried the following (multi-rule based) feature available as a security module within it:--

 

There are some security systems including similar feature but is this with a medicine?

[UberGeek]

@J4NY4R  My copy came preinstalled with my computer . . . however, have seen the ESET Endpoint Antivirus (with medicine) on these pages (please do search . . . just about to get myself into bed.)

 

If you don't like the Endpoint, this module might also exist in the other flavors of ESET (hope someone else can help you with that.)

 

As my contribution, I'd like to share one more screenshot which might help you gain a clearer picture:--

 

 

Nonetheless, if you decide to like the Endpoint . . . don't take my word at face value (backup/image your entire system before taking the plunge . . . it's a huge decision.)