{"id":14865,"date":"2019-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfsolutions.com\/how-to-create-search-profiles-mdi\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:20:08","slug":"how-to-create-search-profiles-mdi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfsolutions.com\/how-to-create-search-profiles-mdi\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Search Profiles with Mobile Device Investigator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mobile Device Investigator (MDI) is the leading digital forensic triage tool for iOS and Android devices. In this short &#8220;How To&#8221; video, ADF&#8217;s digital forensic specialist and trainer, Rich Frawley, will show you how to create a Search Profile with MDI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this smartphone forensic example, you&#8217;ll learn how to create a Search profile that collects all the Communications Captures and the Device Information.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<video width=\"100%\" controls>\n  <source src=\"https:\/\/4330725.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4330725\/MDI%20-%20Create%20New%20Search%20Profile%20with%20Mobile%20Device%20Investigator.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">\n<\/video>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get started: <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on the New Profile button in the Function Toolbar<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Enter a unique name for the profile<\/li>\n<li>Optional &#8211; Enter notes describing what the search profile will do<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The left hand side of the Define Search Profile view contains categories of Captures available.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Clicking on a Capture category displays the Captures on the right hand side.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Clicking on an Artifact Capture allows the option to Expand: this shows further details for the <\/span>type of data the Artifact Capture will collect. Clicking Collapse will return to the Capture selection view<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To select a Capture click on the check box next to it.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To select all Captures within a Category, Click on the check box next to the Category.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the desired Captures for the Search Profile have been selected, click the Next button <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to continue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is now possible to add or delete custom fields of information that the user enters at the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">point of starting a scan or to use scan information fields setup in the Settings view. By default&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">there are three mandatory fields: Scan Name, Scan Date, and Scan Time. Additional fields can&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be added to prompt for more information by typing in the \u201center new field name\u201d text box. It&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is possible to include a default value and make this new field mandatory. To delete a custom&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">field, click on the Delete button alongside it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #038d9f;\">6 Other Scan Options:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skip files processed for more than is where you can set a time value for when files that are taking too long to process are skipped. This feature is useful if corrupt files are stopping scans from completing quickly. Type a numerical value and select minutes or seconds<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Collect skipped files \u2013 collects files less than 2GB that were skipped during a scan<\/li>\n<li>Collect protected files \u2013 this copies any password protected files detected by Captures to the Scan Results<\/li>\n<li>Collect files that crashed parser \u2013 this copies any files that Captures cannot read to the Scan Results<\/li>\n<li>Activate Bitlocker on Collection Key \u2013 this will encrypt any Scan Results written to the key securing the data against loss or theft<\/li>\n<li>Whitelists \u2013 add a whitelist based on a folder of files, a CSV file containing hash values or a JSON file of hash values<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once your selections have been made select Save. You profile is now part of your Search Profile Library. You can now Export, delete, copy, or edit the Search Profile.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search Profiles can also be customized by clicking the New Capture Button on the function toolbar.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can create captures to Collect files, Search for files by Hash and Search by Keyword.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"optech-default-btn btn-style cta_button\" href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/4330725\/e329589e-cd7a-4dec-a23f-8217945bb08b\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Watch: Create Custom Search Profiles\"><span class=\"btn-wraper\">Watch: Create Custom Search Profiles<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile Device Investigator (MDI) is the leading digital forensic triage tool for iOS and Android devices. 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