In this release we have added a number of new features and improvements.  Please see the change log for a full list of changes, whcih will assist with feature testing and validation.  NetAnalysis v1.54 has been tested against all the current release versions of supported browsers.  Please see the following list: 

 The corresponding version of HstEx for this release is v3.8.  HstEx v3.8 uses an updated file format which can only be opened in NetAnalysis v1.54 and above.

 

Mozilla Firefox

Since the last release of NetAnalysis v1.53, we have seen some significant changes in the world of browser forensics.  Mozilla has committed to a more aggressive release schedule for the Firefox web browser.  There were nearly three years between the launch of Firefox 3 and Firefox 4, however, versions 5 to 12 have been released within a matter of months.  This has been a technical challenge from a support point of view as many artefacts have changed during these releases.  We are pleased to support that NetAnalysis now supports all version of Mozilla Firefox from version 1 through to the current release, Firefox version 12.

Firefox moz-page-thumbs

Firefox 13 will bring a slightly new look to some parts of the browser.  Both the New Tab and the Home Page have been redesigned.  The New Tab page now has links to your most recently and frequently visited sites which looks more or less just like Opera’s Speed Dial, which Chrome also mimics.  Some of this functionality has been added to Firefox v12 in anticipation of the release of Firefox v13.  Whilst Firefox v12 does not show the new Speed Dial page when new tab is selected, the page thumbnails are still saved to the cache when a page is visited.  The URL portion of the cache entry looks like this:

moz-page-thumb:http://www.browserforensics.com/2011-09-14-Test-Data/visit-count/multi-visit-test.htm

We have added additional support to HstEx to recover these entries as part of the Firefox cache recovery.  NetAnalysis v1.54 also supports these cache entries, with the added bonus of being able to extract the page-thumb file (which is usually stored in PNG format).  Read more about Firefox Version 13.