Kon Boot is a prototype software which edits the contents of the operating system's kernel on the fly while booting allowing the user to bypass the security log in screen. Therefore you can access a secured account without knowledge of the credentials for that specific account. Kon Boot works for most Linux distributions and also for Windows Operating System. This post will aim at bypassing Windows Passwords. In the future Linux will be covered!
This post will guide you though the steps for preparing a Bootable USB drive for Kon Boot. In the same manner in which we are creating a bootable USB drive you can also create a bootable CD or Floppy. This is not recommended because CD's can be bulky and new computers don't come with the capability to read floppy disks. A USB stick is the best way to go. Insert , boot and you're into the system. With that said, let's start the simple process of making a bootable Kon Boot USB drive.
Firstly you'll need a USB drive. Size doesn't matter because Kon Boot is fairly small (a few megabytes). You'll also need the following files:
Download and save these files in a suitable location such as you desktop. These files will be needed shortly.
Insert your USB drive into your computer. If you have any information on this drive, you will need to back up the data because the drive has to be formatted. To format a drive, Go to "Computer" or "My Computer" and right click on the USB drive and select format. Ensure QuickFormat is selected so the process takes less time.
Now that you've formatted the drive, you have to extract the floppy image (.img file) from the Kon Boot Image file (kon-boot-all.zip). Double click and open the compressed folder.
Look for the file "FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip *", double click once more and you'll be required to enter a password. The password is "kon-boot" without the quotes. Extract the .img file to your desktop.
The next step is to launch the UNetBootin Software. Select the "Diskimage" option and from the drop down menu choose "FLOPPY". Now click on the button with the 3 dots and navigate to the path where you extracted the .img file. To the bottom of the window, ensure Type is set to "USB Drive" and then select the Drive in which the USB is plugged into your computer. If you are unsure of the drive, navigate to "My Computer", note the letter of the USB Drive location and then select that drive letter in UNetBootin. Click Ok and then the bootable USB drive will be created. If prompted by your antivirus, allow the software.
The final setup is to copy two files(chain.c32 & syslinux.cfg) to the USB drive once UNetBootin is finished creating the drive. These files can be found in the downloaded file - USB Kon Boot Files. Open the compressed folder and then extract the two files to the USB drive. You are now finished creating the bootable Kon Boot USB drive.
If you have any problems with this guide or any suggestions, please leave a comment. In Part 2 - we'll test out Kon Boot on a Windows 7 Operating System. You can also watch my Youtube Tutorial of this guide.
Thanks and I hope you enjoyed my quick guide!
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