
The Windows Registry, the heart and soul of a Windows machine, can also
be searched for e-mail addresses. It is, after all, a text file. But Google scanning a
machine’s registry? It can’t happen, right? Rest assured, a search like <filetype:reg
reg +intext:”internet account manager”> produces some rather eye-opening results.
You wouldn’t think that people would put such sensitive information on the
Internet, but as you can see in Figure 4.8, anything is possible.
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Figure 4.7 Microsoft Outlook Files on the Internet
Figure 4.8 Registry Files Found by Google
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