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 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
File: Ratool_x64.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 696ee9b9e12b9657c75f5fa4b60c7d5e
SHA1: f1bcc7b5b1736a46446d7855ec3d3f87fd39423e
File: Ratool.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 9c67c0c65b1e045662cbe9ade83742e7
SHA1: bebe8c2a2bc0eb74d18ff2e82987303c49a81e20
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Hi, I can’t remember the password for accessing the program anymore. How can I recover it
Hi, I can’t remember the password for accessing the program anymore. How can I recover it? Thanks
Check your email Please.
Sir good day, I am an IT technical support in a school. One of the students has installed this program on a computer in the computer laboratory. I would like to get important files of students from that computer but I can’t due to the fact that the student who installed it put a password to this program. I would like to know how I could get help in unlocking this program or resetting it and uninstalling it completely from the said computer. I would like to get contacted on my e-mail.
Hi Author, sorry to bother. Would need a way to reset the RATool password. Former IT officer left without giving the password and there is no hint given. Would really appreciate your help.
Many Thanks.
@Jake : First of all “Ratool” never create any user group, your problem is Not related with Ratool. Anyone easily can prove it.Just use Ratool on another windows 7 you will see that it is impossible what you say. My O.S is Windows 7 I use Ratool everey day.
Try resetting the settings from the menu above.
Options -> Allow Access to All Removable Drives
No signs on the (Prevent Installation of USB Devices)
Web Link …
@Author
@velociraptor
Dear velociraptor
Yep, after I use that program on windows 7 my pc can’t access any of my usb devices even after giving them write access
Now I’m MAD!
I am interested to have this source code, could I pay the source code, only for personal use.
Under normal circumstances, no one will remove a drive and plug it on the other computer. We did not tested it for such situation. You can test it in safe mode . Thank you
@Author
If I use Ratool to disable USB storage access to a drive, what happens if I unplug that drive and try to access it on another computer?
And what happens if I boot Windows in safe mode?
If Ratool doesn’t disable drive access under such conditions, then i find it rather silly that it has an option for passwords. Furthermore, that would provide a false sense of security for many user.
Regardless, I can see where Ratool can still be useful. I will give it a try. Thanks!
請問是否能提供方法將應用程式的密碼載入，讓使用者開啟密碼直接設定好?
Is it possible to provide a way to load the application’s password and let the user set the password directly?
Dear Author,
Could you help me recover the password?
I installed this software more than 4 years ago and I forgot the password and also no password hint. I have to recover the password, because I need to use USB on my desktop.
oi boa tarde poderia repassar o código fonte do Ratool.
Hi Author, I know its repetitive, appreciate if you could guide on password reset
It seems Most of them are the similar persons, and probably trying to break the USB port restriction of computers in the workplace. Therefore we have stopped to help Password recovery requests.
It’s bizarre how many requests there are for password resets! Very suspicious, as that can’t be normal…