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The computer forensics is the task of finding the evidence in relation to the computer crime that has been committed. The present generation technological advancements to due the internet has added to the vows of a typical internet user. Most of the computer crime is committed with the help of the services provided over the internet. The information that is available over the internet can be vandalized and the loop holes in them can be exploited to gain access to the system and commit the crime. Moreover internet security is an important issue and computer forensics has helped a lot in dealing with them.

The computer forensics experts have the techniques to find out the real culprit behind the crime and lead him to the court of law. In any field there always exist some loop holes or the other. And these loop holes can be exploited to cause the damage to the system. The intentional behavior of the criminal committing the crime can lead to serious consequences and major loss to the company if not checked at an earlier stage.

Internet forensics deals extensively with conducting an efficient investigation based on the internet applications. There are many tools that can be used effectively track the evidence that is left behind. There are many techniques that can be used by a computer forensics expert. The techniques are briefly discussed below. Mostly the Internet Forensics techniques can be considered as the data recovery techniques.

This is because most part of the forensics involves recovery the data files that may contain the history, temporary data, containing log information, utilizing the key loggers programs to record the key entries. The tool kit PRTK Password Recovery Tool Kit is used for the recovery of the password files and the decrypting the passwords. The tool kit allows the user with multiple platforms such as browsing, internet chat and email platforms etc. More over the Password Recovery Toolkit can be effectively used to break the sign in passwords for most of the email client programs including the popular MSN, Yahoo etc. It can also be used with the Instant messengers.

The FTK or Forensic Tool Kit can be used to locate and decrypt the decrypt instant messenger .dat files. It can also be used to parse the .data files of the internet explorer. The files those are present as the history and temporary files. They can also be used for the tracking the hit rates and analysis of the cookies. The use counts and the history of the download managers etc including the analysis of the favorites can be performed. The search terms that are used for performing the search in a search engine, the address books, emails, and the buddy lists can also be tracked.

It is also possible to utilizes and scan the registry of the computer operating system to track the changes in the operating system. The information about the activities of the user as well as the file permissions and file transfer information etc. The possibility of allowing or blocking the information or data in the buddy lists can also be performed. The tools can also have the features of image backup etc.

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