Monday, October 1, 2012



Forensic value with registry keys

Registry editor is five root keys have different functions; the subkeys under them have different functions as well. Below table list the keys filtered from every subkey that has forensic value under the five root keys.

Keys with Forensic value


                                                                                        Key  Description 

Software 

 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE|SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Program Path  Install Apps
   
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE|SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall  Uninstall Apps 
   
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList  SID Profiles 
   
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore  Restore Points 
   
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes  Class Registration and 
  Files Association 
   
HKCU\Software\Classes  Per-user settings 
   
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Comdlg32  Most Currently Used Files
   
KHCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU  MRU order 
   
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru  Recently Search 
   
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor  AutoRun 
   
KHCU\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider  Windows Protected Storage
   
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpiip\Parameters\interfaces  IP 
   
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon  Last Logon Users 
   
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32  Last Visited MRU 
   
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU  Open and Save of
  Recent Files 
   
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\SearchAssistant\ACMru  Files and words searched 

Hardware 

 
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\HardwareProfile\XXXX  Current Hardware
  Settings 
HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices  Mounted devices 
   
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBSTOR  USB Devices 

Network 

 
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\GUID  IP Address and
  Gateway 
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MapNetworkDriveMRU  Mapped Network
  Devices 

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