Computer Forensic Tools

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Parents strive to warn their children about the dangers outside the home, yet may be falling short in warning their children about the dangers within the World Wide Web. This paper examines how due to the growing number of computer crimes against children, investigators use computer forensic tools in order to carry out investigations against these cyber-predators. It discusses the different computer forensic tools used in investigating crimes against children, the law enforcement agencies involved in using such tools and the effectiveness of using these tools in the investigation process.

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"Forensic tools used in the investigation of computer crimes may vary among the following, but not limited to: commercial software tools, logging, network surveillance, and establishing identity. First of all, two types of commercial software tools that can be used in investigating computer crimes are EnCase, from Guidance Software, and Vogon forensic software, which both enable the investigator to image and examine data from hard disks, removable media and even Palm PDA's (personal digital assistants). These software are used by many law enforcement agencies throughout the world. Both the EnCase software and Vogon software can assist investigators in obtaining information that child predators may be storing and hiding in these types of disks and media. "

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