UFED 4PC Ultimate is a combination of the popular UFED Physical and UFED Logical analyzers placed into a single PC-based product. That worked very well in the lab where we have it installed on our primary forensic computer. The UFED Touch (not reviewed), a standalone device, is appropriate for the field, and extractions done in the field using that tool can be brought back to the lab for additional analysis.
The UFED 4PC supports well over 7,000 devices and is both efficient and fast. You can do physical, logical or file system extractions, and given that breadth of coverage it is unlikely that you will find a device from which you cannot get some useful data. We use it regularly for routine extractions and analysis. It contains excellent reporting and the user interface is intuitive and complete.
UFED Link Analysis is an especially neat tool. While it does not intend to be a full-featured link analyzer for general use, it is optimized for linking multiple UFED extractions. This allows rapid association of commonalities between multiple devices. Those commonalities might include identification of particular individuals who appear across multiple phones - suggesting some sort of group relationship. Prior to Link Analysis we had to perform these associations manually. We have been using general purpose link analysis for years and were excited when UFED Link Analysis hit the market. Along with UFED 4PC, Link Analysis has become our workhorse tool when more than one device is involved in a case.
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