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Find out what your friends/co-workers have been doing on the Internet!

By | 23 Jul 2005 | Article
Internet Explorer: INDEX.DAT files keep a list of websites you have visited, cookies received and files opened/downloaded. As a result anyone can find out what you have been doing on the Internet!

What is an Index.dat file?

Index.dat are files hidden on your computer that contain many of the Web sites that you have visited. Every URL and Web page is listed there. This script is for you, if internet privacy is an issue or you're just curious to see what surfing habits people have on your PC or Network. In WinXP, here's where you'll usually find them:

C:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat

How do these scripts work?

IE.vbs and IE_Network.vbs allow you to find, scan, view and erase all local/remote history index.dat files. Also, records precise URL visit time stamps. Scans are very fast and index.dat file parsing is done using 100% VBScript. Results are logged locally to C:\spy.htm or C:\Machine-MM-DD-YYYY.htm. For example:

It's free!

Yep, feel free to modify this script for whatever nefarious activities you like. It's amazing to see so many websites charging $24.95/$39.95 for bloated programs which basically function the same way as this script! If you like this script and it runs correctly, please feel free to email me. It'll give me a better idea on how it's functioning on your systems. Of course, any bugs can be tracked below in the message board section. Thanks!

Enjoy! (-_-)

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Questiondoes it work on windows 7? PinmemberJustin0320:32 9 Apr '12  
AnswerRe: does it work on windows 7? Pinmembercyber_flash10:10 10 Apr '12  
GeneralIE Spy online in Real Time! [modified] Pinmembercyber_flash5:23 20 Aug '09  
GeneralNew Download Url [modified] Pinmembercyber_flash16:35 27 Apr '09  
GeneralRe: New Download Url PinmemberRandy Price7:22 19 Aug '09  
GeneralRe: New Download Url Pinmembercyber_flash16:59 19 Aug '09  
GeneralGood script but a problem... Pinmemberandrea77721:24 14 Apr '09  
GeneralRe: Good script but a problem... Pinmemberkwood36:51 26 Aug '09  
GeneralDownload FireFox/IE scripts for Windows XP/VISTA! Pinmembercyber_flash17:59 12 Oct '07  
GeneralPermission denied errors PinmemberEggibba10:39 6 Sep '07  
GeneralRe: Permission denied errors Pinmembercyber_flash18:07 12 Oct '07  
Generalprinting pages count PinmemberThangaDharma7:25 6 Oct '05  
Generalsmall problem PinmemberTibor Blazko23:47 25 Jul '05  
Generalnonavhistory Pinmembersal2122:59 25 Jul '05  
GeneralGood Script. Thanks PinmemberGautam Jain0:03 23 Jul '05  
GeneralRe: Good Script. Thanks Pinmembercyber_flash1:23 23 Jul '05  
General1/20/2005 PinmemberJianping Yan9:04 23 Jan '05  
GeneralRe: 1/20/2005 Pinmembercyber_flash14:24 23 Jan '05  
GeneralRe: 1/20/2005 PinmemberJianping Yan14:46 23 Jan '05  
GeneralRe: 1/20/2005 Pinmembercyber_flash2:22 24 Jan '05  
GeneralFixed! 1/20/2005 Pinmembercyber_flash14:18 9 Aug '05  
GeneralExcellent Script ! PinmemberDusty20205:17 21 Jan '05  
GeneralRe: Excellent Script ! Pinmembercyber_flash8:03 21 Jan '05  
Blush | :O
 
Pretty sneaky to copy the banned website hosts file back to the client. Here's a quick vbscript I just threw together to accomplish the same thing without having to run any batch files:
' -------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
 
Dim WshShell : Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim oFso      : Set oFso      = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim strUserList
Dim strUserName
Dim Admin
Dim Admin_Password
Dim hosts
Dim windows
 
Admin               = "Administrator"
Admin_Password = "PASSWORD!"
strUserList      = "users.txt"
hosts               = "hosts"
windows            = "\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\"
 
'wshShell.Run "cmd /c net view"
 
If oFso.FileExists(strUserList) then

   Dim oFile : Set oFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(strUserList, 1)
 
   Do Until oFile.AtEndOfStream
      strUserName = oFile.ReadLine
      wshShell.Run "cmd /c net use \\"+strUserName+"\c$ "+Admin_Password+" /user:"+strUserName+"\"+Admin,0,True  
      If Not oFSO.FolderExists("\\"+strUserName+"\c$"+windows) Then
         wscript.Echo "Unable to access \\"+strUserName+"\c$"+windows
      Else  
         wscript.Echo "Copying "+hosts+" to "+strUserName
         oFSO.CopyFile hosts,"\\"+strUserName+"\c$"+windows
         If oFSO.FileExists("\\"+strUserName+"\c$"+windows+hosts) Then
            wscript.Echo "Success."
         Else
            wscript.Echo "Failure."  
         End If
      End If     
   Loop
  
   oFile.Close
  
Else
   wscript.Echo "Could not open " & strUserList
End if
 
wscript.quit
 
' -------------------------------------------
 

GeneralRe: Excellent Script ! PinmemberDusty20209:01 21 Jan '05  
GeneralDangerous ... Pinmembergoodmast3r21:20 13 Jan '05  

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