Microsoft Internet Explorer aka IE or MSIE is one of the first internet browsers on the market. It comes by default with the Windows operating system. Version 1 was released in 1995, and the latest version at the time of writing this book is version 11. Between version 1 and version 11 and between the different versions of Windows, the artifacts of the MSIE have been reformed.
Also, starting from Windows Vista the directory structure and artifacts' locations have been changed in the filesystem. So, there are two factors that control the Internet Explorer analysis process:
The version of the installed Internet Explorer
The version of the running Windows operating system
Using browsing history, the investigator can profile system users and track their activities to narrow the investigation process. Windows keeps the browsing history for 20 days by default, which can be edited from the program itself or from the registry.
The investigator can use this piece...