ArtifactExtractor

ArtifactExtractor is a script that extracts common Windows artifacts from source images and VSCs.

Artifacts in VSCs will be checked (via hash) if they are different from a later VSC/image copy before extraction.

Dependencies

None if using release executable on Windows.

Else:

1. Install backports.lzma
   • Windows: Use latest wheel file available from here
   • Linux: Use a package manager, e.g. sudo apt install liblzma-dev
2. Install libewf
   • libewf-legacy should be installed rather than libewf (experimental) - Newer experimental releases have a file corruption issue.
   • Windows: Use the MSI installer available from here
   • Linux: Use libewf-legacy build 20140806
3. (Windows ONLY) Install pywin32: pip install pywin32
4. Install remaining requirements: use requirements.txt
   • Use pip: pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Create destination directory
2. artifact_extractor.exe <source image> <dest dir> [-a <selected artifacts>] or artifact_extractor.exe -h for more options

Credits

Joachim Metz and his libraries

John Corcoran for Unix Compatibility