

Otherwise esedbexport tool will decode these timestamps for you if parsed using this tool. The dates and times associated with the entries are in these tables are again in Google Chrome Value format (same as Cortana) in the timezone of the local machine the values can be decoded via DCode (but you will be required to omit the last digit). The Container_n tables contain the most relevant information web sites visited, cookie details, cache file entries. (example HTTP header in hex taken from WebCacheV01.dat ESE database) This database contains contains the following tables: Just be aware that depending on how the computer was shut down this database might be a “dirty” dismount, in which case you may need to use esentutl.exe (from the host OS) before parsing the database correctly.Īs well as the history records this database also stores Cookies, HTTP POST request header packets (in hex) and downloads. This ESE database can be interpreted by EseDbViewer, ESEDatabaseView or Joachim Metz excellent esedbexport tool. \Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache\WebCacheV01.dat.
#Forensic browser cookie viewer windows 10#

Note the naming convention of this database - it seems strange that Microsoft didn’t bother to rename this file when they renamed the browser itself. \Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_xxxxx\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\DataStore\Data\nouser1\xxxxx\DBStore\spartan.edb.The Edge settings are stored in the following ESE databse: In fact most of the Edge artefacts are stored in ESE databases. Since IE10 browsing history records are no longer stored in Index.DAT files, but are instead stored in an Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) database format, and Microsft Edge is no different. As such I expected that the actual forensic artefacts would be in a new or different format from Internet Explorer (IE) version 11. Microsoft Edge, previously known as “Spartan” is an all new “universal” Microsoft application, which encompasses a new rendering engine. Following on from my recent Cortana blog I have decided to highlight another Windows 10 component, the new Microsoft Edge web browser.
