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How to read INDEX.DAT?
Name: Pål Date: December 20, 2001 at 05:42:28 Pacific
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Hey, how do I read the index.dat file???????? I've tried renaming the file ext to .txt.. I can read some,,, but most of the characters are not reckognized.
Name: klaus Date: December 20, 2001 at 07:46:11 Pacific
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it is a binary format (not readable for humans). if you want to read more try to use a hex editor. but full satisfaction is only guaranteed if you know the format of the file. klaus
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Response Number 2
Name: ChakanTGM Date: February 6, 2002 at 05:11:49 Pacific
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Or you can use a program called EnCase. It is used by many police and government agencies to extract timestamps and URLs of your Internet history.
But it seems that nobody really cares about the fact that this is happening. Just let those guys get away with it, right? Oh, by the way, I made a program to get rid of these files. Nobody seems to care about that either though. Man, the hacking community has gotten pretty ignorant lately.
Oh well, back to my all-caring yet oppressed lifestyle.
God bless.
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Response Number 3
Name: tekbroker Date: February 15, 2002 at 10:22:31 Pacific
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you can view index.dat by clicking on it and choose the notepad to view it, but i must warn you it will create a error which it will not allow you to go to the internet.
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Response Number 4
Name: Alex Date: February 19, 2002 at 15:41:13 Pacific
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I´m designing an intranet Web based statistics software to allow managers/administration to check the index.dat file. This will help them to check how employees spend time on the web. I need some help Anybody there? Good money, i guaratee it
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Response Number 5
Name: Yves De Vos Date: February 21, 2002 at 11:50:32 Pacific
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You'll find the source code of a Delphi program extracting URL's from the TICache at
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