Autopsy User Documentation  4.0
Graphical digital forensics platform for The Sleuth Kit and other tools.
Installing Autopsy

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Prerequisites

It is highly recommended to remove or disable any antivirus software from computers that will be processing or reviewing cases. Antivirus software will often conflict with forensic software, and may quarantine or even delete some of your results before you get a chance to look at them.

Deployment Types

Starting with Autopsy 4.0, there are two ways to deploy Autopsy:

Download

Download Autopsy from the website:

http://sleuthkit.org/autopsy/download.php

The current version of Autopsy 4 is distributed on sleuthkit.org only as a Windows installer. It can run on Linux and OS X, but requires some manual setup.

Installation

To install Autopsy, perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Autopsy msi file
  2. If Windows prompts with User Account Control, click Yes
  3. Click through the dialog boxes until you click a button that says Finish
  4. Autopsy should now be fully installed

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