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OS Forensics, System Information Gathering Software

I recently wrote about tools and options people had to analyze computer usage . OS Forensics is a program for Microsoft Windows systems that I would have included in the guide if it had been released back then.

The program is a system information gathering software. It is currently offered as a beta version. The developers Passmark Software will release a free and commercial version once the final version is released. The free version comes with several limitations, a disk indexing limit of 200k files for instance, no searching for alternate file streams, multi-core acceleration for file decryption or support that is limited to the company’s public forum. The beta version on the other hand comes without restrictions.

The tool has been designed by its developers to aid analyzers with the discovery of relevant forensic data, the identification of suspicious files and activities and the management of the information.

When you start the program for the first time, you see a list of available options on the left side, and a selection of those tools in the larger area on the right.

It is possible to run a specific tool right away, or use the case management module to create a case for the analysis first. A case consists of a name and save location, an investigator, organization and optional contact details.

Once you have created the case you can use the tools on the left to search, gather and analyze information. You could start by creating an index of a hard drive’s or folder’s contents. It is possible to search for specific type of data, like emails, zip files, office documents or web files, or specify custom files during the advanced configuration step. The advanced options basically allow you to specify file extensions that you want included in the scan. OS Forensics will not only index existing files on the drive, but also traces of deleted files on unallocated sectors of the hard drive.

The data indexing may take some time depending on the size of the selected folder or drive and the performance of the computer. Once you have created the index you can use the search to find specific files that have been indexed previously.

But that is only one of the options available to search for information on a computer. Recent Activity for instance displays information about a user’s recently opened files, opened websites, cookies and event records.

Hirens BootCD 13.0 (Direct Link Download) » abdie.web.id

Hiren’s BootCD 13.0, Hiren’s BootCD is a completely free bootable CD that contains a load of useful tools you can make use of in a variety of situations like analyzing, recovering and fixing your computer even if the primary operating system can not be booted. It is a great resource for anyone with computer problems who is having trouble accessing the internet to download programs in an attempt to fix it. It has a multitude of tools divided into a number of categories like partitioning tools, backup, recovery and BIOS/CMOS tools to name a few. With some simple knowledge about what is contained on the CD, you can use it to repair many problems computer like hard drive failure, virus infections, partitioning, password recovery and data recovery. Hiren’s BootCD has an extensive list of software. Utilities with similar functionality on the CD are grouped together and seem redundant; however, they present choices through UI’s differences and options in what they can do.

This BootCD contains:

Antivirus Tools Avira AntiVir Personal (31-12-2010): Free anti-virus and anti-spyware on-demand scanner, detects and removes more than 50000 viruses (Windows Freeware). ComboFix (31-12-2010): Designed to cleanup malware infections and restore settings modified by malware (Windows Freeware). CWShredder 2.19: Popular CoolWebSearch Trojan Remover tool (Windows Freeware). Dr.Web CureIt! Antivirus (31-12-2010): A free standalone anti-virus and anti-spyware on-demand scanner (Windows Freeware). GMER 1.0.15: Hidden services, hidden registry, hidden file scanner, Rootkit Detector and Remover (Windows Freeware). Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.50.1 (31-12-2010): Anti-malware application that can thoroughly remove even the most advanced malware (Windows Freeware). Remove Fake Antivirus 1.72: A tool to remove virus/malwares which disguises itself to be an antivirus and produces fake alert/warnings and urge you to purchase a useless copy of the fake antivirus (Windows Freeware). RootkitRevealer 1.7.1: Rootkit Revealer is an advanced patent-pending root kit detection utility (Windows Freeware). SmitFraudFix 2.424: This removes Some of the popular Desktop Hijack malware (Windows Freeware). Spybot: Search & Destroy 1.6.2 (31-12-2010): Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software (Windows Freeware). SpywareBlaster 4.

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