Chapter 6

Using Online Investigative Tools

This chapter introduces various online tools that can be used in the Internet investigations to aid in documentation, identification, and collection of Electronically Stored Information (ESI). Many of the tools described are free or inexpensive. They are also very user friendly. Additionally, this chapter contains numerous investigative website resources. The initial focus is on the free utility, the Internet Investigators Toolbar by Vere Software. The toolbar is broken into five drop-down menus, each with different investigative website resources. Readers are exposed to the Internet Investigators Toolkit, also by Vere Software. The Toolkit contains 11 action buttons containing important investigative ...

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