Forensic Investigation - Files deleted on date

Associate
Joined
13 Sep 2008
Posts
158
Just a quick thread to ask if anybody has had to deal with this before. Scenario is as follows:

User 1 accused of looking at Porn, User 2 accuses User 1 of looking at porn.

User 1 doesnt have internet access so its either going to be from email or network/USB stick. Can see that a USB stick hasnt been plugged into the machine in question and a quick review of emails going in/out doesnt show anything immediately obvious.

Next step is to look at the hard drive of the computer in question. I can easily see files that have been deleted (but not yet overwritten) However I cannot view the date they were deleted.

Where can I find the date a file was deleted? It is not the modified date. I fear any responses to this will say depends on the software however if you have any suggestions please give them. Otherwise I'm looking for a more technical answer.
 
If you work for the company wanting to take disciplinary or legal action against the accused individual be aware that you shouldn't touch the machine you should get a third party forensics company to deal with it or your in for a world of legal battles if the accused fights back.
 
If you work for the company wanting to take disciplinary or legal action against the accused individual be aware that you shouldn't touch the machine you should get a third party forensics company to deal with it or your in for a world of legal battles if the accused fights back.

What he said!
 
Back
Top Bottom