"Doulos86" <doulos86 AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
news:...
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> "Stuart" <> wrote in message
> news:c18dhf$o6d$...
> >
> > I have just read an article about some perv who has recently been jailed
> for
> > rape and murder, and part of the evidence against him came from his
> > computers hard drive. Apparently it could be shown that he had visited
> > certain internet sites on certain days over three years ago. I have
> further
> > read that all internet activity is stored either in hidden files or
> stored
> > on windows/system.dat and windows/user.dat
> >
> > If this is the case, how can I access this information? I am not
> > particularly interested in deleting or removing this info, just
examining
> > it...for instance it would be nice to no where my children go, or for
that
> > matter where my wife goes!!
> >
> >
> > BTW..I am looking for something a bit more in depth than where the
cookies
> > are kept and the Temporary Internet Files are kept! I am also sure that
> all
> > internet activity is kept service providers etc. This post is only
> concerned
> > with data kept locally on ones HDD
> >
> >
> >
> Your IP is logged at the ISP level. So you can always be tracked down the
> road if the need should arise.
> There is a cookie index file which logs this info. There is a program
call
> IL System Wiper, which I use, and this will delete this index file.
>
> Furthermore, deleting files and other data from your hard drive does not
> REMOVE it from your hard drive. It only removes the directory info.
> Therefore, you can use forensics to reveal info on a hard drive that could
> be 10 years old (or longer). You may be interested in purchasing a data
> shredder. What this essentially does is write and re-write... over and
over
> and over... the area where the data to be shredded is stored. This makes
it
> unrecoverable. This is a software program that you can purchase, and they
> are fairly inexpensive.
>
> When disposing of an old hard drive... drill 5 or 10 holes through it with
a
> drill. That'll pretty much seal its fate with regard to nosy snoops after
> its been discarded.
>
>
>
Actually with even drilling holes its still possible to retrieve data off of
it. Data wiping the hard drive, though will take a long time, is the way to
go. There are a ton of data wipers out there, even some for free, that you
can use. If your really paranoid, make sure you get one that supports U.S.
DoD 5200.28-STD which will the data 7 times in a row.
Its true that ISP's dhcp server will log the IP address given to a mac
address, its usually not the case that they log where you go to. It is
possible for them to do so, but its generally not done.
As for your cookies, you can download Galletta which can be found at
http://tinyurl.com/rt3c
This tool will read a cookie file and tell you exactly what information is
stored in there. Some pretty interesting information can be found in the
cookies.
You can examine your computers history by going into the History folder
under the users profile and running a program called pasco against the
index.dat file. This will read the entire file and tell you everywhere your
browser has been. That program can be found at
http://tinyurl.com/rt3c as
well.
Hope this helps.
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