Abstract

Knowledge on cyber forensics is increasing on par with the cyber crime incidents. Cyber criminals' uses sophisticated technological knowledge and always they plan to escape from the clutches of law. This paper elaborates e-mail forensics and categories of anti-forensics that can be applicable to the e-mail forensics. This paper elucidates the process of identifying such anti-forensics applied in e-mail forensics. This paper proposes a methodology for combating against anti-forensics in this regard.

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