PassMark OSForensics is a computer forensics application for locating and analyzing digital evidence that are found in computer systems and digital storage devices.
A suite of modules are provided for effectively reducing the task of analyzing the vast amounts of data on live systems and storage media with a simple, easy-to-use modular interface.
OSForensics also provides tools that can identify evidence material in seconds (such as a search for a particular file name) up to more sophisticated tools (such as locating incriminating data in deleted files) for identifying harder to locate digital evidence artifacts.
Here are some key features of "OSForensics":
Find files quickly:
· OSForensics allows you to search for files many times faster than the search functionality in Windows.
· Results can be analyzed in the form of a file listing, a Thumbnail View, or a Timeline View which allows you to determine where significant file change activity has occurred.
Search within Files:
· If the basic file search functionality is not enough, OSForensics can also create an index of the files on a hard disk. This allows for lightning fast searches for text contained inside the documents. Powered by the technology behind Wrensoft's acclaimed Zoom Search Engine.
Search for Emails:
· An additional feature of being able to search within files is the ability to search email archives. The indexing process can open and read most popular email file formats (including pst) and identify the individual messages. This allows for a fast text content search of any emails found on a system.
Recover Deleted Files:
· After a file has been deleted, even once removed from the recycling bin, it often still exists until another new file takes its place on the hard drive. OSForensics can track down this ghost file data and attempt to restore it back to useable state on the hard drive.
Uncover Recent Activity:
Find out what users have been up to. OSForensics can uncover the user actions performed recently on the system, including but not limited to:
· Opened Documents
· Web Browsing History
· Connected USB Devices
· Connected Network Shares
Collect System Information:
Find out what's inside the computer. Detailed information about the hardware a system is running on:
· CPU type and number of CPUs
· Amount and type of RAM
· Installed Hard Drives
· Connected USB devices
· and much more. Powered by Passmark's SysInfo DLL.
View Active Memory:
· Look directly at what is currently in the systems main memory. Attempt to uncover passwords and other sensitive information that would otherwise be inaccessible.
· Select from a list of active processes on the system to inspect. OSF can also dump their memory to a file on disk for later inspection.
Requirements:
· Minimum 1GB of RAM (4GB+ recommended)
· 30MB of free disk space, or can be run from USB drive
Limitations:
· Number of cases limited to 3 at a time
· Cannot undelete multiple files at once
· Cannot search hard disk for files with multiple streams
· Cannot create an index of more than 200,000 files
· Cannot edit system information gathering lists
· Cannot export hash sets
· Cannot import the NSRL database into a hash set
· Password cracking is limited to a single core
· Cannot sort images by color
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
Forensic Copy:
· Fixed Forensic File Copy not copying folder 8.3 short names.
· Made change to handle setting 8.3 short file names on files that have a read-only flag.
· Added fractions of seconds to internal viewer file properties output.
· Recent Activity - Now also searches registry location for typed IE URLs.
System information:
· Changed the dialog title to reflect that a command is being edited rather than a new command.
· Fixed a bug where if the first entry in the list was editable then it wasn't loading correctly and defaulting to the new command dialog.
· Fixed a bug where if the list management dialog was closed using the X button rather than OK the current command window display was not being updated to reflect any changes.
· Added new system information functions (Get User Info, Get Timezone, Get computer name, Get network info) that can query the registry for information, these functions can be used on the local system as well as disk images and other system drives.
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