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The initial response should  be executed  from a trusted Cmd.exe from a USB, CDRom or floppy created to support an investigation. 

 

Date & Time should be piped to a file recording all actions on the computer under investigation.

Record who is logged on to the computer.

a:\>loggedon

Any changes to the files on the system should be recorded.

a:\>dir /t:a /a /s /o:d c:\  directory listing of all access times for the c:\ drive

a:\>dir /t:w /a /s /o:d c:\  directory listing of all modification times for the c:\ drive

a:\>dir /t:c /a /s /o:d c:\  directory listing of all creation times for the c:\ drive

Determine open ports and processes tied to these ports

a:\>netstat -ano

Determine process tied to ports

a:\>netstate -o

a:\>fport   Foundstone utility to process port mapper

Record all processes running on the computer

a:\>pslist

a:\>nbtstat -c  view recent NetBIOS connections

Preserve all logs from the computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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