Disk Scout is a lightweight tool built with Rust for scanning Windows disks — including hidden files — and generating a clean, readable HTML report. It optionally adds itself to Windows startup for persistence and runs silently with no console window.
⚠️ For ethical use only. Intended for cybersecurity education, red teaming, or system diagnostics.
- 📂 Recursively scans folders (default:
C:\) - 🕵️ Detects hidden files using Windows API flags
- 📄 Outputs results as a human-friendly
output.html - 🧼 Silent background execution — no console window
- 🔁 Optional autorun persistence via registry (
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run) - 🦀 Built in Rust using crates like
winapi,walkdir, andsysinfo
- Rust
- Windows OS (10+)
git clone https://github.com/ManU4kym/disk_scout.git
cd disk_scout
cargo build --release --features windows-autoruncargo run --release --features windows-autorun➡️ Output: output.html in the working directory
📂 Hidden files and folders are marked in red
🗂 Regular files and directories are categorized
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Uses
walkdirto traverse directories -
Hidden files are detected via:
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDENon Windows.prefix on Unix (if extended)
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HTML output is styled with tags:
[HIDDEN],[DIR],[FILE] -
Autorun registry key is added under:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- Security audit of removable drives
- Teaching malware persistence and file enumeration
- Personal system inspection
- Red team tooling (ethical use only)
MIT License — Free to use, modify, and distribute. Attribution appreciated.
Description:
Scan disks for hidden files and generate clean HTML reports using Rust and Windows APIs.
Tags / Topics:
rust
windows
disk-scanner
cybersecurity
hidden-files
autorun
red-team
sysinfo
walkdir
html-report
This software is intended for educational and ethical purposes. Do not deploy, distribute, or execute this tool on machines you do not own or have explicit permission to analyze.
Use responsibly.