Chapter 3

Investigating America Online Instant Messaging Application

Data Remnants on Windows 8.1 Client Machine

T.Y. Yang*; A. Dehghantanha; K.-K.R. Choo,§; Z. Muda*    * Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States§ University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Abstract

Instant messaging applications (apps) are one potential source of evidence in a criminal investigation or a civil litigation. To ensure the most effective collection of evidence, it is vital for forensic practitioners to possess up-to-date knowledge about artifacts of forensic interest from various instant messaging apps. Hence, in this chapter we ...

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