Anti-Forensics
Account Misuse
Audit Trail Saturation
Clear Browser Artifacts
Clear Email Artifacts
Code Contribution Obfuscation and Misrepresentation
Cross-System Activity Fragmentation
Decrease Privileges
Delayed Execution Triggers
Delete User Account
Deletion of Volume Shadow Copy
Disable Logging
Disk Wiping
File Deletion
File Encryption
Hide Artifacts
Hiding or Destroying Command History
Incremental Data Collection
Log Deletion
Log Modification
Message Deletion
Message Modification
Modify Windows Registry
Network Obfuscation
Parent Process ID Spoofing
Physical Destruction of Storage Media
Physical Removal of Disk Storage
Retention Window Exploitation
Rootkit
Stalling
Steganography
System Shutdown
System Time Modification
Timestomping
Tripwires
Trusted Tool Misuse
Uninstalling Software
Virtualization
- ID: AF016
- Created: 30th July 2024
- Updated: 05th November 2026
- Platforms: WindowsLinuxMacOS
- Contributor: Pyae Heinn Kyaw
Uninstalling Software
A subject uninstalls software, which may also remove relevant artifacts from the system's disk, such as registry keys or files associated with the software, potentially preventing investigators from using these artifacts to reconstruct activity.