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AccessData Forensic Toolkit 5.0.1
Release Notes

Document Date: 08/21/2013
©2013 AccessData Group, Inc. All rights reserved

Introduction
This document lists the new features, fixed issues, and known issues for Forensic Toolkit® (FTK®) 5.0.1. Please
be aware that all known issues published under previous release notes still apply until they are listed under
“Fixed Issues.”

Important Information
Installation and upgrade:
For

installation instructions, see the Quick Install Guide or the Detailed Install Guide. You can access
these guides at
http://www.accessdata.com/support/product-downloads/ftk-download-page.

FTK

supports Distributed Processing Engines (DPEs). Distributed Processing allows the installation of up
to three additional processing engines to share the work load of processing evidence in a case.
Before installing Distributed Processing, see either the Quick Install Guide or the Detailed Install Guide.

FTK

does not support skipping versions when you upgrade cases from previous major or minor versions.
You must upgrade in the order of the released versions. For example, you cannot upgrade cases from
FTK 4.1 or earlier directly to FTK 5.x. You must first upgrade 4.1 to FTK 4.2.x and then upgrade from FTK
4.2.x to FTK 5.x.

Whenever

possible, install FTK on a physical system. Due to performance, AccessData does not
recommend configurations where the database or the Evidence Processing Engine is running on a virtual
machine.

Oracle

10g is not compatible with Windows 8.

If

you are using Oracle, when you first launch FTK and add the database, when you select to use Oracle,
you must change the Oracle SID from ADG to FTK2.

To

install the KFF server, you must have admin privileges. Otherwise, you get the following error:
Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. (9092)

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Important Information

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You

may need to adjust the KFF Server thread counts in order for KFF to complete processing.
If you have too few KFF Lookup Interface threads configured, it can result in KFF not completing and
generating the following error in the error log:
[Date] Failure on item ... Could not connect to KFF Server ..., token ...
For a computer with a quad core, the default amount of 300 threads should be adequate. If you have a
computer with fewer cores, the thread count can be increased. If you get the error, increase the thread
count.
For instructions on configuring KFF, see the Working with the KFF Library chapter in the FTK User
Guide.

The

Exporting Emails to PST feature requires that you have either Microsoft Outlook or the Microsoft
Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) installed on the same computer as the processing engine.
CDO does not support exporting Unicode email messages. Attempting to export Unicode messages to
PST with CDO installed will result in errors and the resulting PST will be missing any Unicode email
messages. To export Unicode email messages, install Outlook.
For more information, see the Quick Installation Guide.
See Where to get more information on page 21.

Data and Database Management
AccessData

recommends that, whenever possible, you not have an active internet connection when
running Imager or FTK. If the computer running Imager or FTK has an active internet connection and you
are viewing certain types of HTML web pages or binaries, there is a potential risk that is associated with
specially crafted pages or binaries. These pages or binaries can trigger unintended consequences, such
as running malicious code or scripts.

If

using PostgreSQL, please note the following:

If

the computer has fewer than 16 cores ( < 16), then in the PostgreSQL configuration file, set the
max_connections to 60 per computer.
For example, if there are 4 computers in the Distributed Processing Model in which every computer
has fewer than 16 cores, then set max_connections to 240 (60*4).

If

the computer has 16 or more cores ( >= 16), then in the PostgreSQL configuration file, set the
max_connections to 125 per computer.

For

example, if there are 4 computers in the Distributed Processing Model in which 3 computers are 8
core (<16) and 1 computer is 16 core (>=16), then set max_connections to 245 (60*3 + 125*1).

If

there is just one computer in the Distributed Processing Model, the max_connections should be no
less than 100.

It

is strongly recommended that you configure your antivirus to exclude the database (PostgreSQL,
Oracle database, Microsoft SQL) AD temp, source images/loose files, and case folders for performance
and data integrity.
Cerberus

writes binaries to the AD Temp folder momentarily in order to perform the malware
analysis. Upon completion, it will quickly delete the binary. It is important to ensure that your
antivirus is not scanning the AD Temp folder. If the antivirus deletes/quarantines the binary from
the temp, Cerberus analysis will not be performed.

When

using an Oracle database, it must be installed on a computer with a name that begins with a letter
(a-z and A-Z). Due to a restriction on domain names in RFC 1035, applications cannot connect to Oracle
if the computer’s name begins with a number. If the Oracle computer name begins with a number, you
must change the machine name before installing Oracle.

If

you choose to have a case’s database files placed in the case folder, do not move your case folder
without first archiving and detaching the case. (64450)

If

you bookmark a manually carved item that has not been processed, the file does not display in a
bookmark or in a report until you process it. You can use the “Process Manually Carved Items” option in
the Evidence drop-down menu to process the manually carved item. (57812)

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5.0.1 New and Improved
For a list of new and improved features for 5.0, see 5.0 New and Improved (page 12).
The following items are new and improved features and feature enhancements for this release:

Evidence Processing
The

time to perform Static Ram and Memory analysis has been improved.

The

time to perform Field Mode processing jobs has been improved.

The

time to perform Remote Preview jobs has been improved.

Internet Artifacts
After

expanding compound SQLITE files, such as Google Chrome internet history, you can now view the
HTML-rendered index within the table. You can also view the structure of the database itself on the
Explore tab.

KFF
Updated

KFF Server
The KFF Server has been updated to version 1.2.1.x.
You can install these updates from one of the following locations:
The

physical KFF Installation Disc

The

KFF Installation Disc ISO

Individual

installation files
Both the ISO and the individual files are available in the KFF or the FTK sections on the AccessData
product download page:
http://www.accessdata.com/support/product-downloads

DNA
There

is a new module for DNA (Distributed Network Attack) 7.2 that provides support for RAR 5.0 files.
The RAR update file is available in the Decryption section on the AccessData product download page:
http://www.accessdata.com/support/product-downloads

Add on Module Enhancements
This release includes enhancements to the Cerberus add-on module.
For information, see Release Notes for Add-on Modules (page 20).

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Fixed Issues in 5.0.1
For a list of issues that were fixed 5.0, see Fixed Issues in 5.0 (page 16).
The following issues have been fixed for FTK 5.0.1:

Decryption
Fixed

an issue that prevented the decryption of S/MIME encrypted messages from a PST. The option to
decrypt S/MIME files under Tools > Decrypt Files is now available. (21684)

Fixed

an issue that prevented the decryption of Credant files and not displaying an error. (26316)

Search
Fixed

an issue that sometimes caused slow results when running an indexed search. (25584).

Fixed

an issue that caused the item numbers in exported search results (CSV file) to not match the object
numbers in the application. (26304)

Fixed

an issue that sometimes caused a slow response when expanding and retracting search options.
(15156)

Processing
When

running Additional Analysis and selecting Explicit Image Detection, the required option of File
Signature Analysis is now automatically selected as well. (26749)

Fixed

an issued that caused Facebook JSON files from being listed in the Overview tab under Unknown
Types\Unknown. They are now listed under Other Known Types in a JSON file category. (26824)

Reports
Fixed

an issue that when generating a Timeline Report, the forward slashes did not appear correctly in
Excel (25596).

Filters
Fixed

an issue that caused an error [Missing string: 11611] when creating a filter using the Language
filter. (24992).

Fixed

an issue that caused filtering to sometimes not work properly when attempting to exclude nonEnglish files. (24942)

Fixed

an issue that caused an edited custom filter to not save when the filter referred to other filters.
(26747)

Fixed

an issue that caused a Label filter to filter out all files rather than the ones that were labeled.
(27793)

Fixed

an issue that caused rules to sometimes not work properly in filters causing files to be listed that
were not expected. (29505)

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KFF
Fixed

an issue that caused KFF groups to sometimes not function properly after uninstalling and reinstalling KFF data. (23522)

Fixed

an issue that caused FTK to become unresponsive if the KFF server was stopped and Additional
Analysis was run with KFF selected. (24027)

Fixed

an issue that sometimes caused an Error 22 to be returned when importing a KFF or XML file.
(24129)

Fixed

an issue that sometimes caused the following error when installing the KFF Server on XP
computers: "Error 1920. Service AccessData KFF Server (ad_kff) failed to start. Verify that you have
sufficient privileges to start system services." (25290)

Fixed

an issue that sometimes caused the default KFF group from being used when processing rather
than the selected group. (28434)

Fixed

an issue that sometimes caused a “Failure on item...Could not perform KFF lookup on object” error.
(26645)

Agent
Fixed

an issue that when adding remote data (Image Drive) using the Temporary Agent, the agent
sometimes failed. (27692)

Other
Fixed

an issue that caused the UI to be very slow when expanding the Explore tab when there are many
disk images in the case. (28891)

When

managing column settings, fixed an error that sometimes caused duplicate column names to
appear. (23820)

In

the column settings dialog, the columns associated with PhotoDNA now have descriptions (23719).

Fixed

an issue that prevented the scroll bar to appear in the Administer User page. (24154)

Fixed

an issue that sometimes caused errors when importing multiple carvers files. (23720)

Fixed

an issue that if the case folder was manually deleted or moved during the time that the case was
created, it caused the interface to hang. (21587)

Fixed

an issue that sometimes an occurred when closing FTK on Windows XP computers and getting a
message that ‘it encountered a problem and needs to close’. (25739)

When

running in evaluation mode, the product title bar now displays “Evaluation Version” at the end of
the title. (26997)

All

items assigned to the OLE Storage category now have a folder icon instead of a light bulb icon.
(26626)

In

the column settings dialog, the columns associated with PhotoDNA now have descriptions (23719).

Fixed

an issue that caused inconsistent counts when enumerating NTFS file systems with additional
threading (24868)

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Known Issues in 5.0.1
For a list of known issues that existed in 5.0, see Known Issues in 5.0 (page 18).
The following items are known issues:

Rights and Permissions
If

you only have one user account with the Application Administrator role, and you change that user’s
role, you no longer have a user with Application Administrator rights. The application does not prevent or
warn you that there is not another admin. You must re-install the application and the database. (25369)

Decryption
When

running an environment that has Microsoft RMS and that has Outlook on it, and you restrict emails,
Outlook emails cannot be decrypted. (25505)

When

running an environment that has Microsoft RMS, and you restrict Office documents, they cannot be
decrypted. (25608)

When

using the Decrypt Credant Files processing option, Credant files may not get decrypted. If using
the Tools > Credant Decryption option in the Examiner, decryption works properly. (24443)

Clicking

(26492)

on a file in the Examiner that is encrypted with Credant may cause the Examiner to crash.

When

using Distributed Network Attack (DNA), if more than one job is running, and if you delete one job
and then re-add it, the job that was not deleted and re-added is placed in a queued status and you must
manually pause and resume the job for it to continue. (26201)

The

following encrypted files cannot be decrypted using the Perform Automatic Decryption option during
processing. Instead, you must use the Tools > Decrypt Files option in the Examiner. (26665)
- EFS, Lotus Notes (whole), Lotus Notes/emails, SMIME, and Credant.

Processing
Selecting

the Expand Compound Files > RFC822 Internet Email option does not expand internet mail
files. (25606)

The

Fuzzy Hash feature is not reporting correct data. (24883)

When

performing Additional Analysis, the Registry Reports option requires that File Signature Analysis
also be selected. It is not automatically selected and you must select manually in order to generate the
reports. (27001)

Search
If

using Oracle as the database, and if you apply over 100 individual index searches, additional files are
not displayed in the list. Then if you apply any filter and then attempt to export all the hits in file, the
dialogue box will not appear for the export. (26136)

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Internet Artifacts
If

the full_path column is missing in the Chrome History SQLite file, you are unable to view data in the
Natural view or drill down into the History file. (26433)

Reports
When

creating reports using the File Category, File Extension, or File Status categories, you are unable
to generate the report in the following formats: RTF, WML, DOCX, and ODT. You will get a Format
Transformation error. (26294)

Agent
When

adding remote data (Image Drive) using the Temporary Agent, and then trying to cancel the job,
the cancel buttons turn inactive (for both the Creating Image and the Verifying Image tasks). Then when
trying to exit FTK, you may get the error message "Cannot disconnect agent while there are active
acquisitions." You must end FTK.exe in task manager. (27694)

If

you attempt to install the FTK Temporary Agent and you specify an invalid IP address, you get a Server
Busy error and you cannot cancel it. You must restart FTK. (27648)

KFF
When

a connection with the KFF Server is lost, and then trying to add evidence to a case, you may get an
error that the evidence cannot be processed. (27909)

Internet Carvers
The

following carvers that were added in FTK 5.0 are not available in the Processing Options. (28169)



Ares P2P



Flickr



Hotmail



SkyDrive



Chrome History



Google Docs



ICQ 7M Chat History



Skype\Skype 3



Dropbox



Google Drive



Internet Explorer 10



Torrent



eMule



Google Plus



Safari



Twitter



Facebook



Google Plus Chat



Shareaza



World of Warcraft



Yahoo

Other
The

language identification feature may sometimes mis-identify languages when they are similar. For
example, Italian may be mistaken for Spanish and Dutch for German. (21872).

When

configuring Additional Analysis, if you select a tab, then press escape, the tap display goes blank.
Click another tab and the view is restored. (27688)

From

the File > Reports page, if you click a tree item and then press escape, the tree view goes blank.
You must restart Examiner. (27689)

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When

creating a new filter, the Zip Code property is not recognized. (26278)

Release Notes for Add-on Modules
5.0.1 Release Notes for the Cerberus Add-on
There is an add-on module for malware analysis that is called Cerberus. Cerberus is integrated to allow you to
detect and triage suspect binaries. You can determine the behavior, intent, and potential threat of suspect
binaries without waiting for a malware team to perform weeks of analysis. Cerberus requires an additional
license. For more information, see http://accessdata.com/.
For the Release Notes for Cerberus for previous versions, see the following:
5.0

Release Notes for the Cerberus Add-on (page 20)

Known Issues:
Avast

Antivirus is flagged as a threat. (20938)

Where to get more information
Use the following documentation resources to learn more about this product. Each document is available in PDF
format in the download ISO file. The User Guide is also available through the Help menu in FTK.
The latest version of each document is available in the Product Release pane on the FTK product download
page:
http://www.accessdata.com/support/product-downloads/ftk-download-page

Document

Description

Quick Installation Guide

Information about how to install and upgrade this and related products.

User Guide

Information about how to use this product, including detailed technical
information and instructions for performing tasks.

Upgrading, Migrating, and Moving
Cases

Information about upgrading and migrating cases from 4.1 to 4.2, and
moving cases from one database to another.

Upgrading Cases

Information about upgrading cases from 4.1 to 4.2.

Migrating Archived Cases

Information about upgrading or migrating cases that you have archived
in a previous release.

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Comments?
We value all feedback from our customers. Please contact us at support@accessdata.com, or send
documentation issues to documentation@accessdata.com.

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AccessData Forensic Toolkit 5.0
Release Notes

Document Date: 06/04/2013
©2013 AccessData Group, Inc. All rights reserved

Introduction
This document lists the new features, fixed issues, and known issues for Forensic Toolkit® (FTK®) 5.0. Please
be aware that all known issues published under previous release notes still apply until they are listed under
“Fixed Issues.”

Important Information
Installation and upgrade:
FTK

does not support skipping versions when you upgrade cases from previous major or minor versions.
You must upgrade in the order of the released versions. For example, you cannot upgrade cases from
FTK 4.1 or earlier directly to FTK 5.0. You must first upgrade 4.1 to FTK 4.2.x and then upgrade from
FTK 4.2.x to FTK 5.0.

Whenever

possible, install FTK on a physical system. Due to performance, AccessData does not
recommend configurations where the database or the Evidence Processing Engine is running on a virtual
machine.

If

you are using Oracle, when you first launch FTK and add the database, when you select to use Oracle,
you must change the Oracle SID from ADG to FTK2.

To

install the KFF server, you must have admin privileges. Otherwise, you get the following error:
Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. (9092)

You

may need to adjust the KFF Server thread counts in order for KFF to complete processing.
If you have too few KFF Lookup Interface threads configured, it can result in KFF not completing and
generating the following error in the error log:
[Date] Failure on item ... Could not connect to KFF Server ..., token ...
For a computer with a quad core, the default amount of 50 threads should be adequate. If you have a
computer with less cores, the thread count should be at least 150. If you get the error, increase the
thread count.
For instructions on configuring KFF, see the Working with the KFF Library chapter in the FTK User
Guide.

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The

Data and Database Management
AccessData

It

When

If

you choose to have a case’s database files placed in the case folder, do not move your case folder
without first archiving and detaching the case. (64450)

If

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5.0 New and Improved
The following items are new and improved features and feature enhancements for this release:

Evidence Processing
Processing

Profiles
When you create a case, you can configure and re-use profiles, like templates, of processing options.
You can create different profiles for different investigative needs. For example you can create one profile
for email investigations and another for media investigations. You can then choose from these profiles
prior to processing data in a case. This provides processing consistency and saves time by not requiring
you to define the exact processing settings for each case. There are two pre-configured profiles: a
standard default and a field mode. You can also export and import processing profiles so that they can be
shared.
Processing profiles replace the Save As My Default and the Reset to Factory Defaults options.
The Field Mode check box has been removed and is replaced by a Field Mode processing profile.

New

internet artifact carvers
Several new internet carvers have been added to the processing options. These provide additional
carving capability for more internet artifacts. The following is a list of programs identified by the new
carvers:


Ares P2P



Flickr



Hotmail



SkyDrive



Chrome History



Google Docs



ICQ 7M Chat History



Skype\Skype 3



Dropbox



Google Drive



Internet Explorer 10



Torrent



eMule



Google Plus



Safari



Twitter



Facebook



Google Plus Chat



Shareaza



World of Warcraft



Yahoo

Ability

to add CSV as individual records to support timeline analysis
There is a new processing option that will recognize CSV files that are in the Log2timeline format and
parses the data within the single CSV into individual records within the case. The individual records from
the CSV will be interspersed with other data, giving you the ability to perform more advanced timeline
analysis across a very broad set of data. In addition you can leverage the visualization engine to perform
more advanced timeline based visual analysis. When you expand CSV files into separate records, you
can use several new columns in the File List to view each CSV Log2timeline field.

Visualization
Visualization

is now a standard feature
The visualization module lets you view file, email, and internet browser history data in multiple display
formats, including time lines, cluster graphs, pie charts and more. This functionality lets you quickly
determine relationships in the data and find key pieces of information.

New

Social Analyzer II Visualization
Email Social Analyzer has been improved and now supports case wide visual analytics. The Social
Analyzer Visualization function lets you see the big picture of email domain clusters talking to each other.

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You can multi-select and drill-down into specific domains to see individual email addresses and who the
communicated with in other domains. This feature provides a more interactive way to view email
communication and cull data based off of domain and emails of interest.
Screenshot

support for Visualization
A method for taking a screenshot of a Visualization filter and including it as part of a report has been
added. While working within the Visualization screen, you may want to capture the graphic
representation of the data you are viewing for reporting purposes. There is now an option to take this
screenshot, add a note, and include them as part of the final report.

Mobile Phone Examiner Plus (MPE+)
FTK 5.0 ships with the following features:
30-day

evaluation license of MPE+
MPE+ is a stand-alone mobile forensics software solution that supports 6800+ devices, Including iOS®,
Android™, and Blackberry® devices. MPE+ images integrate seamlessly with FTK software, allowing
you to correlate evidence from multiple mobile devices with evidence from multiple computers within a
single interface.

One

year of MPE+ Essentials
MPE+ Essentials is a modified version of MPE+ that allows you to analyze data from only iOS and
Android devices.

Explicit Image Detection
Explicit

Image Detection is now a standard feature
Much more than just a flesh tone detector, the Explicit Image Detection (EID) feature allows for easier
location and identification of potentially explicit material. This option is available when creating a new
case.

File Decryption
Decrypt

files during processing with a password list
A new processing option allows you to automatically decrypt encrypted files during processing by predefining a password list. As files are identified as encrypted, the passwords are used to try to decrypt
them and the contents become available. After processing, you can use the Decrypted Files filter to view
a list of the decrypted files.

Integration

with Password Recovery Toolkit (PRTK) and Distributed Network Attack (DNA) for
password recovery
You can select encrypted files from the file list and submit them directly to PRTK or DNA for password
recovery. Once the passwords have been recovered they can be used in FTK to decrypt the respective
files. To use this integration, either PRTK or the DNA host must be installed on the same computer as the
Examiner.

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Integration

with Password Recovery Toolkit (PRTK) for enhanced file decryption
With the appropriate passwords, you can now decrypt most all of the same file formats that AccessData
PRTK and DNA can decrypt.
File families now supported include the following:


ABICoder



AShampoo



PDF



AdvancedFileLock



CryptoForge



PGP password file



Apple DMG



Cypherus



RAR



Apple FileVault



iOS backup files



WinZip adv.encryption



Apple FileVault 2



OpenOffice



ZIP

Enhanced



7-Zip

Bitlocker Support

You

can now decrypt partitions from Windows 8 Bitlocker.

You

can now enter credentials for and decrypt multiple Bitlocker partitions.

Reports
Timeline

support for bookmarked items in reports
A new bookmark feature lets you send specific bookmarks to a timeline report based on the Created,
Accessed, and Modified date of the document. Additionally you can create manual timeline items for
notes or other items that are not an actual document in the case. From these bookmarked items, you can
generate a CSV formatted timeline report that will put the bookmarked items in chronological order. This
provides you a way of putting documents in chronological order for easier visibility into the events that
took place for the case.

Internet Artifacts
Google

Chrome internet artifacts enhancements

Better

organization and support for Google Chrome
Google Chrome internet artifacts are now more granularly organized in the Overview Tab
(Bookmarks, Cookies, Credit Card Data, Data Profile, Downloads, History, Key Words, Login Data,
Top Sites, and Web AutoFill Data) so that you can look for specific artifacts in an easier manner.

Reconstruction

of web pages for Chrome
You can now see a reconstruction of the web page that was cached when the user was browsing the
respective web site.
Note: If there is not enough data in the cache, the web page will not be reconstructed. Informational
data about the history will be displayed instead.

Deeper

drill down into Google Chrome artifacts
A new processing option enables you to create individual records from a Google Chrome artifact
SQLite Database. This provides investigators the ability to bookmark specific records from within the
database. For example, if you are looking for a specific Top Site record, you can more easily find and
bookmark the record you need.

New

Internet/Chat Tab
A new Internet/Chat tab has been added to the Examiner interface to help you quickly view internet
artifacts data. This displays the same data that is shown in the Overview tab under the Internet/Chat
section.

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Renamed

Mozilla folder
In the Internet/Chat folder, the Netscape folder has been renamed to Mozilla Files.

KFF
Updated

KFF NSRL 2.40 library
The NSRL library has been updated to NSRL 2.40.
When you install an NSRL update, you must keep the previous NSRL versions installed in order to
maintain the complete set of NSRL data.

Updated

KFF Server
The KFF Server has been updated to version 1.2.0.
You can install these updates from one of the following locations:
The

Database (PostgreSQL) and KFF Installation Disc ISO

Individual

installation files
Both are available on the AccessData product download page:
http://www.accessdata.com/support/product-downloads

Media Investigation
Microsoft

PhotoDNA Integration
A new processing option has been added to provide integration with the PhotoDNA algorithm. PhotoDNA
is an image-matching technology developed by Microsoft Research in collaboration with Dartmouth
College. It creates a unique signature for a digital image, something like a fingerprint, which can be
compared with the signatures of other images to find copies of that image. Like the Known File Filter
(KFF), this algorithm can be used to filter images in a case to reduce review time.
When an image is compared to a PhotoDNA library, the software generates a score between the image
and the closest match in the library. The score represents the distance between the two images. If the
score is 0 then it means it is an identical or near-identical visual match. If the score is greater than
41943.04 then it is not a match and FTK will not record the match and the field will be blank.
This feature allows you to:
Create

a library of DNA values

Import

and export your DNA libraries

View

the calculated distance between the values of known images in the library and the images in
your case
Three new columns have been added to allow you to use this feature:
PhotoDNA

Data

PhotoDNA

Distance

PhotoDNA

File ID

Imager
Destination

Spanning
When creating an image, you can now specify secondary locations to be used if the first location fills up.

Enhanced

Features for Command-line Imager

You

can now capture the RAM of a target computer

You

can now capture the Pagefile contents of the target computer

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Database Compatibility with Summation 5.0 and eDiscovery 5.0
Now FTK and Summation or eDiscovery users can work collaboratively -- accessing the same case data on the
same database to perform legal review and forensic examination simultaneously.
You can do the following with Summation or eDiscovery cases:
Open

a case

Backup
Add

and restore a case

and remove evidence

Perform
Search
Export

Additional Analysis

and Index data
data

Other
Enhanced

Vista /Windows 7 Recycle bin parsing
Previously, when data was analyzed from the recycle bin, attributes of a file were parsed into different
records making it difficult to reconcile the attributes of a single file because they were listed as multiple
records within the case. With this enhancement, all of the attributes of a single file are consolidated into a
single record for that file. This feature provides an easier way to view and export the data for files within
the recycle bin.

Automated

Language Identification
A new processing option has been added that will analyze the first two pages of every document to
identify the languages contained within. The user will be able to filter by a Language field within review
and determine who needs to review which documents based on the language contained within the
document.

Modified

Additional Analysis page
The Additional Analysis page has been separated into three function-based tabs to provide faster
identification of processing options.

Agent

Data Acquisition
The speed of acquiring data through an agent has been improved.

Add on Module Enhancements
This release includes enhancements to the Cerberus add-on module.
For information, see Release Notes for Add-on Modules (page 20).

Fixed Issues in 5.0
The following issues have been fixed for FTK 5.0:

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Export
Fixed

an issue that caused the “'Export messages from email archives to PST” feature to fail. (15196)

Fixed

an issue that when you decrypted a file, and then exported it to an image, if you processed that
image, the file was not decrypted. The exported file is now viewable. (17319)

Fixed

an issue that prevented an NSF file from being exported to a PST file. (11580)

Fixed

an issue that when exporting an AOL Email Archive (PFC) file, either as individual emails (MSG) or
the entire archive (PST) the resulting emails did not contain the FROM: field data. (20340)

Processing
Fixed

an issue that caused some processing information to not be stored in the jobinformation.log.
(17532)

Fixed

an issue that caused processing to sometimes fail when the Indexing processing option was
enabled and you added data with SWF files. (15746)

Fixed

an issue that if using OCR and selecting the B&W and Grayscale option, and then setting the Filter
to OCR Graphics, the File List pane may display graphics with color. (13140)

Visualization
Fixed

an issue that caused the Traffic Details in Email Visualization to sometimes show all Sent and
Received mail as the total count for Received Mail. (17657)

Fixed

an issue that sometimes caused the Visualization pane to be become unresponsive when changing
the Timeline date from Created to Modified. (15171, 21964)

Fixed

an issue that may cause the Visualization pane to be become unresponsive when launching the
Social Analyzer if there was no data in the Timespan bar. Now, if no data is available, the Social Analyzer
button is deactivated. (22174)

Fixed

an issue that caused the Timeline to change when switching from the Created to Modified file
values. (22598)

Fixed

an issue that caused the Row Highlighting to not work correctly in some circumstances. (11589)

Fixed

an issue that caused the email traffic details to sometimes not display properly. (22504)

Bookmarks
Fixed

an issue that when deleting a file from a bookmark, you were prompted to confirm the deletion
a second time, and regardless of your response, the file was deleted. This issue only occurred
when using Microsoft SQL Server for the database. (18215)

Search
Fixed

an issue that prevented the “Limit Search Hits” from working correctly when doing an Index Search.
(14619)

Fixed

an issue that when performing a Live Search, if you clicked Remove more than once, it would clear
the whole list. (14896)

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KFF
Fixed

an issue that caused an “Error 1721” when uninstalling NSRL data after stopping or uninstalling the
KFF Server. (17617)

Fixed

an issue that caused the KFF Server to not restart after uninstalling NDIC data. (18122)

Fixed

an issue that when the 64-bit KFF Server was installed, it was installed to the Program Files (x86).
instead of the normal Program Files folder. (22022)

Fixed

an issue that after uninstalling the KFF Server and trying to uninstall the KFF Data, an Error 1721
was returned and you could not uninstall the data. (13920)

You

no longer need to perform a manual reboot of the computer after installing the KFF Server on 64-bit
computers. (15000)

Fixed

an issue that when uninstalling the KFF server, the service was not removed. (7279)

Other
Fixed

an issue that caused the Codemeter installation to fail on Windows 8 computers. (68531)

Fixed

an issue that prevented you from viewing deleted emails in a PST. (21582)

When

adding live evidence (files or folders) through Evidence Processing, if it encountered a file that it
could not open, there was no error recorded in a log and a 0-byte file was added to the case. An error is
now displayed and the error gets reported in the JobInformation.log. (18458)

Fixed

an issue that caused the tree view to not work correctly if graphic thumbnails were dragged off the
dock of the Graphics tab. (23359)

Known Issues in 5.0
The following items are known issues:

Search
When
You

doing a live search with multiple Chinese characters, no results are found. (9471)

can only get unicode search results when using Live Search and not dtSearch. (15338)

Reports
Links

to files in a PDF report do not open if Japanese characters are in the file name. The link does work
in HTML reports. (22936)

When

creating a report in ODT format, the page numbers display as 0. If you do a page preview, the page
numbers will be generated. (22952)

Processing
Some

information is not saved in processing profiles. (21000)
When you create a custom profile, the settings for Custom File Identification or Event Audit Log options
are not stored in the processing profile. The Send Email Alert and Decrypt Credant Files settings on the
Evidence Processing tab are also not stored in the processing profile.

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When

performing data carving, you may get different results when done during Additional Analysis versus
processing when adding evidence. This is because during processing when adding evidence, the
thumb.db files are included whereas when using Additional Analysis, they are not. (23693)

KFF
You

cannot import .HASH files. (16520, 21671)

When

you import an XML or KFF file, the import will be successful but you may see the following error:
"Import returned error of: 22"
You can ignore the error. (24129)

The

version numbers of installed KFF libraries are not displayed in the KFF Manager. (13650)

Decryption
When

decrypting files from the Tools > Decrypt Files page, the decryption progress dialog appears briefly
then closes. (23234)

Visualization
When

viewing large amounts of email data in Visualization and adjusting the range of data, the display
may take some time to refresh the data. (21881)

Other
FTK

may not launch correctly if installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Server 2003 R2 if you also have
Adobe Acrobat installed. You may get an error: "The application failed to initialize properly
(0xc00000142)”. (19148)

When

exporting emails to a PST and using the 'Preserve file structure' option selected, some emails may
not display in Outlook. (19086)

CIRT Compatibility
CIRT

job names are only viewable in FTK by node.
For example, if a job in CIRT is called Collection One, in FTK you only see the IP address of the node it
ran against and not the name. (16161)

Computer

(15818)

software inventory data from a CIRT job does not display when the case is viewed in FTK.

FTK

does not recognize CIRT users who log into CIRT using Windows authentication. To use a CIRT
user in FTK, you must create the user account in CIRT and grant the user the permissions that you want
them to have in FTK. (15813)

Summation and eDiscovery Compatibility
The

same documents may be displayed differently in the Natural Views of each product. (23084)

The

search results counts for the same case may be different when viewed in the different products due
to the way search options are executed in the respective products. (23005)

If

using Summation or eDiscovery to add evidence to a case that was created in FTK, search does not
return results from the new data. (23006) You can do one of the following as a workaround for this issue:
Add

new evidence to a case using the same application that was used to add the original
evidence.

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After

adding the new evidence using eDiscovery or Summation, add either a label or a code to the
new data which will cause the new data to be re-indexed.

If

using Summation or eDiscovery to add evidence to a case that was created in FTK, the Processing and
Indexing counts may be different due to different processing options. (22945)

Attempting

to view an FTK case in Summation or eDiscovery may sometimes cause an exception error
message. (22947)

The

processing options applied to a case are different from which ever product the case is created in.
For example, you may create a case in eDiscovery, process the evidence, and then add more evidence
using FTK. If you compare the JobInformation.log files, the processing options applied by FTK are
different from eDiscovery. (17186)

Enterprise
If

you create a case and include a period at the end of the case name, and then add remote data, no data
is shown in the Volatile tab. (17838)

Release Notes for Add-on Modules
5.0 Release Notes for the Cerberus Add-on
There is an add-on module for malware analysis that is called Cerberus. Cerberus is integrated to allow you to
detect and triage suspect binaries. You can determine the behavior, intent, and potential threat of suspect
binaries without waiting for a malware team to perform weeks of analysis. Cerberus requires an additional
license. For more information, see http://accessdata.com/.

Known Issues:
Avast

Antivirus is flagged as a threat. (20938)

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Description

Quick Installation Guide

Information about how to install and upgrade this and related products.

User Guide

Information about how to use this product, including detailed technical
information and instructions for performing tasks.

Upgrading, Migrating, and Moving
Cases

Information about upgrading and migrating cases from 4.1 to 4.2, and
moving cases from one database to another.

Upgrading Cases

Information about upgrading cases from 4.1 to 4.2.

Migrating Archived Cases

Information about upgrading or migrating cases that you have archived
in a previous release.

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