Windows Explorer
Not to be confused with Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer is the default GUI shell for Windows 7 / Vista / XP. It leaves all sorts of data in the registry and file system for a forensics investigation.
Description: Recently opened files from Windows Explorer
Location: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
Why you care: It can be quite useful to know what files have been opened recently. Think someone is accessing records of embezzlement? Maybe there is a pointer to the Excel file here that can lead you to where the data has been stored. You may also see links to videos and images in here. I've had this lead to personal embarrassment before while doing a presentation for the ISSA. :)
Entry by: Irongeek, but thanks to Nir.
Description: Network Shortcuts
Location: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts
Why you care: This could show an investigator what fileservers the person is accessing, or on a captured laptop a little about the internal network (useful for pen-testing).
Entry by: Irongeek, but thanks to Nir.
Description: Items recently ran from the "Run" bar
Location:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
Why you care: Useful to know what the person is running using the Windows Run bar, but in Vista and Windows 7 lots of folks use "Search programs and files" text box, which does not show up in this registry key.
Entry by: Irongeek, but thanks to Nir.
Source: http://www.irongeek.com
Not to be confused with Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer is the default GUI shell for Windows 7 / Vista / XP. It leaves all sorts of data in the registry and file system for a forensics investigation.
Description: Recently opened files from Windows Explorer
Location: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
Why you care: It can be quite useful to know what files have been opened recently. Think someone is accessing records of embezzlement? Maybe there is a pointer to the Excel file here that can lead you to where the data has been stored. You may also see links to videos and images in here. I've had this lead to personal embarrassment before while doing a presentation for the ISSA. :)
Entry by: Irongeek, but thanks to Nir.
Description: Network Shortcuts
Location: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts
Why you care: This could show an investigator what fileservers the person is accessing, or on a captured laptop a little about the internal network (useful for pen-testing).
Entry by: Irongeek, but thanks to Nir.
Description: Items recently ran from the "Run" bar
Location:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
Why you care: Useful to know what the person is running using the Windows Run bar, but in Vista and Windows 7 lots of folks use "Search programs and files" text box, which does not show up in this registry key.
Entry by: Irongeek, but thanks to Nir.
Source: http://www.irongeek.com
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