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Yahoo! Messenger Forensics on Windows Vista and Windows 7

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Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime (ICDF2C 2011)

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The purpose of this study is to identify several areas of forensic interest within the Yahoo! Messenger application, which are of forensic significance. This study focuses on new areas of interest within the file structure of Windows Vista and Windows 7. One of the main issues with this topic is that little research has been previously conducted on the new Windows platforms. Previously conducted research indicates the evidence found on older file structures, such as Windows XP, as well as outdated versions of Yahoo! Messenger. Several differences were found within the Yahoo Messenger’s registry keys and directory structure on Windows Vista and Windows 7 as compared to Windows XP.

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  1. Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA

    Matthew Levendoski, Tejashree Datar & Marcus Rogers

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  1. School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin, 4, Dublin, Ireland

    Pavel Gladyshev

  2. Department of Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Marcus K. Rogers

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Levendoski, M., Datar, T., Rogers, M. (2012). Yahoo! Messenger Forensics on Windows Vista and Windows 7. In: Gladyshev, P., Rogers, M.K. (eds) Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime. ICDF2C 2011. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 88. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35515-8_14

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