Practical uses for Mount Image Pro

There are many practical applications for Mount Image Pro. For example

• Providing Image Files to 3rd Parties

  Mount Image Pro does not require a EnCase to be installed or present when mounting an EnCase image. Police departments, government departments, lawyers, accountancy firms and bankruptcy firms are using Mount Image Pro to share forensic images with relevant parties in a cost effect and secure manner.

• Data Recovery

  Although EnCase is regarded as one of the front line computer forensics tools, a user must rely on complex e-scripts to "carve" data from unallocated space. After mounting an EnCase image with Mount Image Pro, a user can run data recovery software such as Recover My Files to extract deleted files from the image. Using Recover My Files on mounted images is the equivalent to running over 300 different EnScripts!

• Text Keyword Search

  Once an image has been mounted a keyword search tool, such as Google Desktop, Yahoo Search or X1 can be run over the mounted image to index all files in the image. The contents of the image can then easily be text searched by a third party, such as a lawyer or prosecutor.

• Virus or Trojan Scan

  Often a defence raised to an allegation about computer misuse is that the system was infected by a virus or a trojan which was responsible for the actions. Mount Image Pro gives the user fast access to scan an image using the latest commercially available virus or Trojan scanners (such as Norton and Mcafee) to test these assertions.

• Booting a Suspects Computer

  After mounting a forensic image with Mount Image Pro, Virtual Forensic Computing (VFC) by MD5 Ltd allows an investigator to boot a suspects computer and operate it just as the suspect did. This gives the investigator the ability to interact with the crime scene but in a forensic read only environment. It is also useful as a way to provide demonstration to third parties, such as courts and jury's.

• Other Third Party Tools

  Mount Image Pro enables the use of any third party software tool. Indeed Mount Image Pro technology has been integrated into other commercial applications, including forensic products from Backbone Security and WetStone.