Session Restore

Description: Automatic Crash Recovery features built into the browser.

Location

Internet Explorer

  • Windows 7/8/10:
    • C:\Users\<username>/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Recovery

Firefox

  • Windows 7/8/10:
    • C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles\<randomtext>.default\sessionstore.js

Chrome

  • Windows 7/8/10:
    • C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\
      Files = Current Session, Current Tabs, Last Session, Last Tabs

Notes:

  • Historical websites viewed in each tab
  • Referring websites
  • Time session ended
  • Modified time of .dat files in LastActive folder
  • Time each tab opened (only when crash occurred)
  • Creation time of .dat files in Active folder

Analysis:
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