What is the Index.dat file used for? - ✔✔AutoComplete & Redundant information such
as visited URLs, search queries, recently opened files
(* Index.dat is used for redundant information such as AutoComplete information. * Index.dat
can be found in the History folder for Internet Explorer)
Which of the following is true about the swap file? - ✔✔Hidden file in the root directory called
pagefile.sys & Registry path is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
Management
(The swap file can be organized as a contiguous space so fewer I/O operations are required
to read and write. It is a hidden file in the root directory called pagefile.sys.)
Each process of Windows is represented as an _______. - ✔✔Executive process
(Each process on a Windows system is represented as an executive process or EProcess.
EProcess block is a data structure containing attributes of the process and pointers to threads
and process environment blocks.)
What command is used to view EProcess block? - ✔✔dt -a -b -v _EPROCESS
,What is the most important element of EProcess? - ✔✔PEB - Process Environment Block
What are the six stages of process creation? - ✔✔1. Launch .exe: File Execution Options
registry key is checked for debugger value. If yes, process starts over
EProcess object created along with KProcess, PEB, and initial address space
Initial thread created
Windows subsystem is notified of new process and thread
Execution of initial thread starts
Initialization of address space is complete for new process and thread
True or False: The EProcess object is created along with KProcess, PEB, and initial
address space - ✔✔True
What tool can parse memory? - ✔✔Lsproc.pl d:\dumps\test-mem.dmp
What is an important consideration for complete memory dump analysis? - ✔✔Pagefile.sys
(The swap file, called pagefile.sys, is virtual memory. Information in the swapfile must also
be considered when analyzing memory.)
What files contain pool headers? - ✔✔Pooltag.txt
,(Windows memory manager generally allocates memory in 4KB pages. Sometimes, 4K would
be too large and waste memory. So memory manager allocates several pages ahead of time thus
keeping an available pool of memory.)
What is the advantage of PMDump? - ✔✔Dump contents of process memory without
stopping the process
What does HKEY_CURRENT_USER contain? - ✔✔Active, loaded user profile for
currently logged-on user
What does HKEY_USERS hive contain? - ✔✔All users profiles
What does HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive contain? - ✔✔Configuration information for the
system including hardware and software settings
What does HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG? - ✔✔Hardware profile at startup
What does HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT hive contain? - ✔✔Configuration information relating
to which application is used to open various files on the system
What registry data type indicates raw binary data? - ✔✔REG_BINARY
What registry data type indicates 32-bit integer? - ✔✔REG_DWORD
, What registry data type indicates fixed length text string? - ✔✔REG_SZ
What registry data type indicates variable length text string? - ✔✔REG_EXPAND_SZ
What registry data type indicates multiple strings separated by delimiter? -
✔✔REG_MULTI_SZ
What registry data type indicates no data type? - ✔✔REG_NONE
What registry data type indicates 64-bit integer? - ✔✔REG_QWORD
What registry data type indicates Unicode string naming a symbolic link? - ✔✔REG_LINK
What registry data type indicates series of nested arrays storing a resource list? -
✔✔REG_RESOURCE_LIST
What registry data type indicates series of nested arrays storing a device driver's list? -
✔✔REG_RESOURCE_REQUIREMENTS_LIST
What registry data type indicates series of nested arrays storing a resource list used by
physical hardware device? - ✔✔REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR
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