Re: Internet Explorer History

[mikeiscool <michaelslists () gmail com>]

On 7/17/06, Erin Carroll <amoeba () amoebazone com> wrote:
> "attempted to make a purchase"? Does that mean the transaction was processed
> but declined due to lack of funds or other reasons? If so, pull the account
> record on the card. It's a company issued card so no privacy laws apply as
> far as I know. The credit issuer should be able to show all "hits" on the
> account, approved or not (including credit verification queries etc).
>
> From the way your question is worded it seems they already have the above
> information and need the hard data to back it up in case of pursuing
> prosecution (or protection from prosecution if the employee files wrongful
> termination). If for some reason you still require the data from the laptop
> check the cookie cache as well as the temp folder which may contain
> information to bolster what's found in the index.dat. If this is to be used
> or may be used in legal proceedings, do *not* pull the forensics information
> from the laptop interactively but create a write-only locked disk image and
> pull the info from that. This preserves the chain of evidence etc so there
> can be no question on the integrity of the data.
>
> I would recommend reading up on the legal aspects of obtaining data forensic
> evidence prior to proceeding.
>
> Oh, and there are multiple tools available to read the index.dat. Index Dat
> Spy 2.0 and others, google around for some.

Of course, just because his _computer_ viewed the site and made the
purchase doesn't mean that _he_ actually did.

-- mic

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