BinMode: Parsing Java *.idx files

One of the Windows artifacts that I talk about in my training courses is application log files, and I tend to sort of gloss over this topic, simply because there are so many different kinds of log files produced by applications.  Some applications, in particular AV, will write their logs to the Application Event Log, as well as a text file.  I find this to be very useful because the Application Event Log will "roll over" as it gathers more events; most often, the text logs will continue to be written to by the application.  I talk about these logs in general because it's important for analysts to be aware of them, but I don't spend a great deal of time discussing them because we could be there all week talking about them.

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