Forensic artefacts left by Windows Live Messenger 8.0

Digital Investigation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-87

  van Dongen, Wouter S ^a  

^a Fox IT Forensic IT Experts   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contact list; Conversation content; Forensic Box; Instant messaging; Microsoft Messenger; MSN Messenger; Windows Live Messenger

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; FILE ORGANIZATION; MESSAGE PASSING; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

CONTACT LIST; CONVERSATION CONTENT; FORENSIC BOX; INSTANT MESSAGING; MICROSOFT MESSENGER; MSN MESSENGER (SOFTWARE); WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER (SOFTWARE);

SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

EID: 34447338569     PISSN: 17422876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diin.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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