Demystifying Windows Prefetch (solving real world security problems: hacking and protection)

• Main Author: Yeoh, Jun Yi
• Other Authors: Liu Yang
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Software::Operating systems
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162393
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The purpose of this project is to document the default behaviour of the Microsoft Windows Prefetecher and Superfetch components under the lens of digital forensics. This project covers the various limitations of the Windows Prefetecher which limits its reliability and capabilities as a forensic ar...