How to check browser history

Browser history is usually retained by default in most browsers for 20 to 30 days. The type of records kept may not be proof in itself but can often give an oversight of the users internet activity and give some clues as to where to look next.

If you are unfamiliar with how this is done you can easily check the browser history by following these steps.

Warning

By accessing or making changes to your partners internet browser settings

you risk alerting them to your activities.

Use the methods described here only if you are confident in your ability to carry them out discreetly.

Otherwise, use a covert monitoring program to obtain the evidence you are looking for safely.

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To check browser history in Mozilla firefox:

1. Open the Mozilla firefox application. 
2. In the top left hand corner, just below the page title click the ‘History’ tab on the task bar. 
3. In the drop down box, click ‘Show all history’ 
4. A new window entitled ‘Library’ will open showing details of all sites visited and pages bookmarked. You can visit these sites simply by clicking on the link in the main window. 
5. If you are looking for evidence of   visits to a particular website you can also use the search box on the task bar at the top right hand corner of the window. 

If , after taking these steps you discover that no browsing history has been recorded it may be that the user has used the ‘Clear private data’ button on the options menu or that they have set the browser to clear all browsing history as soon as the browser is closed.

A useful trick is to reset these options without the knowledge of your partner as it is unlikely that they will suspect any changes have been made and so, will unwittingly record their history the next time they use the computer.

You can then simply follow the steps 1-5 above to check the browser history again and to monitor their activity over a period of time.

To reset the browser to record private data in Mozilla Firefox: 

1. Open the browser and on the main   task bar below the page title click ‘Tools’ 
2. In the drop down box click ‘Options’ 
3. A new window entitled ‘Options’ will open 
4. On the main task bar below the title click ‘Privacy’ 
5. In the box marked ‘History’ check the box ‘Keep my history for at least’ and set to 90 days. Check the other two options in this box also. 
6. In the box marked ‘Privacy’ make sure you uncheck  the two options ‘ Always clear my private data when I close firefox’ and ‘Ask before clearing private data. 

The browser is now set to record all web pages visited.

Another option is to set the browser to remember passwords entered on a wesite that requires login. The problem with this is that it may tip the user off that the settings have been changed as the password will be automatically entered when the user types their user name, and so, will make ongoing monitoring impossible. It will however, allow you a once off opportunity to gain access to a login page immediately before the user next logs into the same page.

To save password information in Mozilla Firefox:

1. Click ‘Tools’ then ‘options'. 
2. In the ‘Passwords’ box check the option ‘Remember passwords’ 
3. Click ‘Okay’ and close the browser. 

The techniques described above may or may not be successful in finding the information you are looking for or it may find some but not all of the evidence you need.

For example, it will give an indication of the type of activity you partner engages in on the internet but generally speaking, it will not record specific details of conversations or information exchanged in forums or chatrooms.

If you need to record more in-depth information the simplest and most effective way is to install a keystroke analyser which will operate completely covertly in the background while recording    keyboard and mouse activity and also providing screenshots at timed intervals. The benefit of this is that it saves a lot of time and effort and the evidence it uncovers is indisputable.

  To check browser history in Internet  Explorer: 

1. Open the Internet Explorer web browser.
2. On the main task bar click ‘Tools’ then click ‘Internet options’.
3. In the middle box marked ‘Temporary internet files’ click ‘Settings’ then click ‘View files’

This will open a new window in which you can view a list of all files, web pages and images viewed on the browser.

If the history folder is empty the browser may be set so as not to record any browsing history. You can reset this by returning to the ‘Internet options’ window and setting the history tab to retain browsing history for a maximum of 99 days.

Try re-setting this and re-checking the browser history after a period of use.

Again, the browsing history may not give you definitive evidence but may help to point you in the direction of where to look further.

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