Yes, you read that right. And that is possible. Any type of file, any extension, any number and any size can be secretly embedded in a JPEG image. We’ll show you how. So, how will it be when it is embedded? The image will still exist and will show the properties of the original image file. As in, you’ll be able to view the image as well as view its thumbnail etc. The only difference is in the shell menu , where you’ll be having an extra option to Extract your JPG file which will extract the hidden files in the JPG. Here’s how to do it.

Now, first have your secret files ready. Whatever you want to hide in that one random picture. Select all of them and zip them using a normal archiving software like Winzip, Winrar etc. Once that is done, let’s say the archive file is Secret.rar, and the JPG file is Normal.JPG in which the files are to be hidden. Keep them in a single folder. Now go to the Run prompt (Windows +R) and type cmd to go to the command prompt. Change the directory to go the folder where you have the archive file and the JPG image. (You know how to do that, right?)

So we are here now. Type the following command. Say we are in a folder “2hide” in the C: drive. So the command would be:

e.g. here it would be, C:\2hide> COPY /B Normal.jpg + Secret.rar newNormal.jpg

And press enter. We are done with the command prompt so type exit to say goodbye. Now you can go ahead and delete the original files, except for the newly formed Image. Right click on it , and you’ll now get the option of extracting it. Extract the image to get the hidden files. Of course, you can go to higher levels of hiding by walking the extra mile of compressing over and over again with different extensions and then adding it to the image. Or even, deleting the initial bytes from the header in a Hex editor. But do remember to save the deleted line in a notepad and save it in a safe place.