USBlyzer – Safe Or Not?
I need to use a USB analyzer. I've been looking at a couple of different options. This one came up. As far as I can tell, it's not open source, but seems to be quite popular. Seeing that the data transfer is very sensitive, I want to make sure 100% that this is a safe app. https://web.archive.org/web/20170723063036/http://www.usblyzer.com/
What process can I go through to ensure that this app is safe? I can't find any decent reviews etc. that can give me a hint.
By "safe", I mean:
- Does not send any USB data to an external server without my knowledge
- Does not install any key loggers or other malware like software
- Does not screw up my computer. This is what I'm worried about more than anything. For example, I read that another USB debugging tool blocked all USB traffic including mouse/keyboard and rendered the computer useless until the user rolled back their version of Windows.
Edit: this is a broader question to related to how one may validate a piece of software when that software's source code is not available. I realise that a certificate helps, but even then, a certificate doesn't guarantee that a piece of software is not doing sneaky things.
