What is TeamViewer? TeamViewer is an application that allows the user of one computer to connect and remotely use another computer, as if they were sat at it, via the Internet. The software can be downloaded from here https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/windows/ for personal use for free, with limitations such as a connection time limit, or it can […]
Bitlocker – Computer Forensics
BitLocker is a disk encryption facility that is available since Microsoft Windows 8 that can be used to protect data held on system and removable drives connected to the computer. BitLocker is available within machines running Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise, Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise, Windows 8.1 Professional and Enterprise and Windows 10 Professional. […]
Skype Forensics
An Overview of Skype Skype is an Internet based instant communication application that allows messaging and calling (both video and voice) between computers, mobile phones and landline phones using VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol). Skype allows communication between parties via encrypted TLS (Transport-Level Security) to encrypt messages between the user and the chat service or […]
The Pagefile and Swap File Explained
The Pagefile or Swap file is an area of the hard drive that can be used by the operating system to store data from the random access memory (RAM) that has not been used in recent activity. What is Pagefile.sys? The Pagefile.sys is used within Windows operating systems to store data from the RAM when […]
Internet Cookie File Forensics Explained
What is a Cookie File? Cookie files are small text files that contain code that Internet browsing software uses to record how you arrived at a site and the actions taken within it. They might also store user name details for that specific website, remembering those details for the next visit. The cookie file allows […]
