Contraband

File Format
Name	Contraband
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Encryption Steganography Contraband
Released	<1998

Contraband by Julius B. Thyssen & Hens Zimmerman of Immortalware / JTHZ Productions is a steganography program that hides data in true-color BMP.

It comes in a few different variations:

• Contraband 9h - Win16 GUI, scrambling
• Contraband Hell Edition - Win32 GUI, encryption
• Example - Win32 command-line program with source

Links

• Homepage (archived)
• Older homepage (archived)
• Original homepage at http://www.GalaxyCorp.com/009 (no archive)
• Contraband 9h + sourcecode (Win16) (original distribution without source)
• Contraband 9g (Win16)
• Contraband Hell Edition Beta (Win32)
• Contraband Hell Edition (Win32) - may need something that can unpack ACE if SFX doesn't work
• Contraband Hell Edition Source Code
• Example (Borland C++ Builder 5 PRO source)
• Example (Borland C++ Builder 4 PRO source)
• Uncontra by Massimiliano will extract Contraband files
• crack.c by sanity_sync
• Different approaches to cracking Contraband