Alternate Data Stream files are potentially harmful and cannot be detected by most antivirus and spyware programs.

ADSTools is a program which was developed to find, make and use alternate data stream files on computers with NTFS file systems. With ADSTools you can: * Find all Alternate Data Stream files on your system * Edit Alternate Data Stream files * View Alternate Data Stream files * View the size, attributes and contents of Alternate data Stream files * Copy or move an existing visible file and make it an ADS file * Copy or move an ADS file to a visible file location * Copy or move ADS files from one file or folder to another * Rename Alternate Data Stream files * Delete Alternate Data Stream files * Run Alternate Data Stream files

ADSTools is the only program available worlwide which can work comprehensively with Alternate Data Streams.