Do not request password in the pre-boot authentication screen (Black screen)

[Anonymous]

Hi i would like to have a feature in the system settings that doesnt display anything in the pre-boot authentication screen. It doesn't request the password and you need to disable PIM and Hash to enable it.With such a feature the computer would seem broken to an inexpert attacker.

[Andreas Boehlk]

RTFM

Andreas

[Enigma2Illusion]

Search the FAQ to learn how to enable this feature.

https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/FAQ.html

[Anonymous]

Hi, thanks for the support. Before creating this thread i read the manual and found out that such a feature was available, but i couldn't find it so i thought it was removed at some stage. Is it only available the legacy bootloader? (I'm currently using UEFI)

I use pre-boot authentication. Can I configure the VeraCrypt Boot Loader to display only a fake error message?

Yes. To do so, boot the encrypted system, start VeraCrypt, select Settings > System Encryption, enable the option 'Do not show any texts in the pre-boot authentication screen' and enter the fake error message in the corresponding field (for example, the "Missing operating system" message, which is normally displayed by the Windows boot loader if it finds no Windows boot partition). It is, however, important to note that if the adversary can analyze the content of the hard drive, he can still find out that it contains the VeraCrypt boot loader.

[Alex]

Look at DcsProp example. There are a lot of configuration options.
e.g. PasswordMsg to change prompt.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dc5/files/beta/