SolFileFinder

SolFileFinder

1 What is SolFileFinder?

  SolFileFinder is an encrypted file finding tool and a risk visualization tool to evalute an information leakage level for Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat PDF and Zip files.

1.1 Download SolFileFinder

  SolFileFinder searches Microsoft Office 2003/2007 documents encrypted by Microsoft IRM(Informatioin Rights Management) or PWD(password), Adobe Acrobat PDF documents encrypted by PWD and Zip files encrypted by PWD.

  You can download the latest SolFileFinder Free Version[Update:2008/12/04]: SolFileFinder 1.0.0.5 (SolFileFinder.zip).

Note:

'.NET Framework 3.5' should be installed to run SolFileFinder(1.0.0.2) [2008/09/24].

Modified to use '.NET Framework 2.0', not '.NET Framework 3.5' to run SolFileFinder(1.0.0.3) [2008/11/19].

Sorry no technical support is provided for this free version program.If you have any question, please refer to Question and Comment

Note

2008/12/04: Fixed a degradation bug to select and run files in ListView.

2008/12/04: Fixed a bug to detect encrypted PDF files saved by Adobe Acrobat/Reader.

2008/11/19: Fixed a problem at startup time.Modified not to depend on 'MSVCR90.DLL'.

2008/11/07: Fixed a bug to detect encrypted PDF files.

1.2 SolFileFinder User Interface

SolFileFinder runs on Windows Vista/XP or Windows Server 2003/2008, but you don't need to install corresponding applications(such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat or WinZip) to run this tool only.

1. This tool searches the Office, PDF, ZIP files in a drive or folder including its all subdirectories and examines whether those files are encrypted or not.

2. While searching, this displays those encrypted or unencrypted file names in a listview window of this tool.

3. Finally, as a search result, this generates an HTML file to report a summary information of encryption percentages and risk rates of information leakage, and a detailed all hit file names list.

1.3 Target Files

The target files to search in this tool are the following.

FileType	File Extension	Encryption
Microsoft Office Word Document	.doc, .docx, .docm	IRM/PWD
Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet	.xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsm, .xlsb	IRM/PWD
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Presentation	.ppt, .pps, .pptx, .pptm, .ppsx, .ppsm	IRM/PWD
Microsoft XPS Document	.xps	IRM/PWD
Adobe Acrobat Document	.pdf	PWD
WinZip File	.zip	PWD

2 How to use it

1. Run SolFileFinder program in your desktop, you'll get the following a Windows Explorer like window

2. Select a drive or folder to seach in the left pane of the window.

3. To start a search, click [Start] button on the upper right of the the window. Or Select [Start] of a pulldown menu for [Search] menu. Your search will be recursively done in all subfolders if accessable.

4. If you stop your search, click [Stop] button on the upper right of the the window. Or Select [Stop] of a pulldown menu for [Search] menu.

5. Matched file name will be shown in the right pane of the window.
You can run an application program to the file by double-clicking or hitting return key on the selected file name.

6. Finally, a search-result file of HTML will be generated to report a summary and detailed information on your seach and the url to it will be shown bottom of the window.
You can view the content of the result HTML file on Internet Explorer by clicking the url.

3 HTML Report File
This tool generates the following HTML file as a search-result.

3.1 Summary Information

This HTML file cotains a summary information on encrytion percentages of the matched files and risk level of information leak.

3.2 Detailed Inforamtion
This HTML file cotains a detailed information of match files(encrypted or not, file name, size, modified).