Use dumpevt to dump your event logs.
Sonja L. Robinson, CISA
Forensic Specialist, Digital Investigations
HIP Information Security Group
Tel: 212-806-4125
srobinson@hipusa.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Bryner [mailto:jbryner1@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:15 PM
To: forensics@securityfocus.com
Subject: Workarounds for Windows Event File corruption
I'm working on a case where I'd like to get time stamp info out of a windows
application event log (AppEvent.evt).
If I copy the file to another windows box and open it via event viewer I get
the dreaded message about the file being corrupted.
Web searches all lead to support articles suggesting deletion of the file to
recover..obvioulsy not my solution.
I can strings -el the file and get the descriptions of the events but I
*really* want the time stamp associated with the entries.
I've tried hex editing the file manually to match the header/footer to what
I'm seeing in other working event log files, but I haven't found the right
combination yet.
Ideally I'd like to be able to open it on another windows box and capture
screen prints of the events.
Any clues from this group?
Thanks,
Jeff.
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