TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis of Free Download Manager for forensic artefacts
AU - Yasin, Muhammad
AU - Wahla, Muhammad Arif
AU - Kausar, Firdous
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Free Download Manager (FDM) is one of the most popular download managers due to its free availability, high download speed and versatility. It contains a lot of information that is of potential evidentiary value even if a user deletes web browser history, cookies and temporary internet files. This software records download activities across multiple files saved with. SAV extensions in the User Profile. This paper analyzes: 1) the windows registry entries particularly concerned to configuration and user settings, 2) the log files (with. SAV extension) created by FDM to trace download activities, and 3) RAM and swap files from a forensic perspective. This research work describes a number of traces left behind after the use of FDM such as install location, default download path, downloaded files, and menu extensions to name a few, thus enabling digital investigators to search for and interpret download activities. The widespread use of FDM makes this research work an attractive option for forensic investigators, ranging from law enforcement agencies to employers monitoring personnel.
AB - Free Download Manager (FDM) is one of the most popular download managers due to its free availability, high download speed and versatility. It contains a lot of information that is of potential evidentiary value even if a user deletes web browser history, cookies and temporary internet files. This software records download activities across multiple files saved with. SAV extensions in the User Profile. This paper analyzes: 1) the windows registry entries particularly concerned to configuration and user settings, 2) the log files (with. SAV extension) created by FDM to trace download activities, and 3) RAM and swap files from a forensic perspective. This research work describes a number of traces left behind after the use of FDM such as install location, default download path, downloaded files, and menu extensions to name a few, thus enabling digital investigators to search for and interpret download activities. The widespread use of FDM makes this research work an attractive option for forensic investigators, ranging from law enforcement agencies to employers monitoring personnel.
KW - Digital investigation
KW - Forensic artefacts
KW - Free Download Manager
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-11534-9_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-11534-9_6
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84865969677
SN - 3642115330
SN - 9783642115332
T3 - Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
SP - 59
EP - 68
BT - Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime - First International ICST Conference, ICDF2C 2009, Revised Selected Papers
T2 - 1st International Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime, ICDF2C 2009
Y2 - 30 September 2009 through 2 October 2009
ER -