QuestionQ71

Threat Hunting and Detection

Which Windows file system replaces the first character of a deleted file name with the hexadecimal byte code “Eh5”?

  • A EFS
  • B FHS
  • C FAT
  • D NTFS
Explanation

The FAT file system marks a deleted directory entry by replacing the first byte of the file name with the hexadecimal value E5h, allowing the entry to be recognized as deleted until its storage is reused.

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