A Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI) is working on a case involving an encrypted file from a user profile that was deleted. The investigator knows that the file was encrypted using the Encrypted File System (EFS) on a Windows operating system. The system is still bootable, but the original user profile is gone, and the system administrator has reset the account password. What would be the most suitable tool to recover this EFS-encrypted file?
The most suitable tool for recovering an EFS-encrypted file in this scenario is Advanced EFS Data Recovery. This tool is specifically designed to decrypt protected files that have been encrypted using the Encrypted File System (EFS) on Windows. Given that the original user profile has been deleted and the account password has been reset, a tool specialized in EFS data recovery would be required to access and recover the encrypted file.
Recovery of data is even possible when the system is damaged, not bootable, or when some encryption keys have been tampered with. The tool recovers EFS-encrypted data that becomes inaccessible because of system administration errors such as removing users and user profiles, misconfiguring data recovery authorities, transferring users between domains, or moving hard disks to a different PC.