Using CyberSleuth

This page tells you how to download, install and use CyberSleuth. It also briefly covers image logging. You should print this page before you begin.

Downloading CyberSleuth

Before you download CyberSleuth, check that you have a copy of Stuffit Expander on your machine. If not, you can download a free copy from http://www.aladdinsys.com.

To download the CyberSleuth Plug-in from the Signum web site: click the download button on the CyberSleuth product page. The CyberSleuth Plug-in will be copied onto your machine and should be automatically decompressed by Stuffit Expander. (If not, you need to decompress the file that has been copied onto your machine, using Stuffit Expander.)

Installing CyberSleuth (for Navigator 3.0)

To install CyberSleuth for Navigator 3.0:

1. Locate the decompressed CyberSleuth Plug-in which you downloaded from the web site and place it in the Netscape Navigator Plug-ins folder.
2. If Netscape is still running, close it down and then relaunch it so that it can use the CyberSleuth Plug-in.
3. In Netscape, select General Preferences... from the Options menu. The General Preferences dialog appears.
4. Click on the Helpers tag and highlight JPEG Image in the list.
5. Click on the Edit... button to display the Edit Type dialog box.
6. In the Handled by window click the Plug-in radio button, then select CyberSleuth from the pull-down menu next to it.
7. Click on OK to close the Edit Type dialog.
8. Click on OK to close the General Preferences dialog.
9. CyberSleuth is now ready for use.

Installing CyberSleuth (for Navigator 4.0)

To install CyberSleuth for Navigator 4.0:

1. Locate the decompressed CyberSleuth Plug-in which you downloaded from the web site and place it in the Netscape Navigator Plug-ins folder.
2. If Netscape is still running, close it down and then relaunch it so that it can use the CyberSleuth Plug-in.
3. In Netscape, select Preferences... from the Edit menu. The Preferences dialog appears.
4. Select Applications (under Navigator) from the Category list.
5. Highlight JPEG image in the Applications list.
6. Click on the Edit... button to display the Edit Type dialog box.
7. In the Handled by window click the Plug-in radio button, then select CyberSleuth from the pull-down menu next to it.
8. Click on OK to close the Edit Type dialog.
9. Click on OK to close the Preferences dialog.
10. CyberSleuth is now ready for use.

Using CyberSleuth

To use CyberSleuth, first place the mouse cursor over the JPEG image you wish to search for a fingerprint and hold down the mouse button. A pop-up menu appears. Select Open this image from the menu, and the JPEG image will be displayed by itself in the browser window.

Four CyberSleuth functions are available from a pop-up menu which is displayed when you place the mouse cursor over the image and hold down the mouse button. The four functions are described below.

1. Options

First, you should set the two options which determine how you work with CyberSleuth:

1. Work offline. When you work offline, if a fingerprint is detected in an image, its details are displayed on screen using a CyberSleuth dialog. However, if you do not work off-line, the Signum Technologies' web site is loaded by the browser, and it displays the results of the search, including image details.
2. Use a new window. When you select this option, while you are working on-line, the Signum web site is displayed in a new browser window when you search for a fingerprint on a JPEG image.

2. Search for SureSign fingerprint

Select Search for SureSign fingerprint from the pop-up menu to search for a fingerprint on the JPEG image:

• If a fingerprint is found and you are working off-line, the fingerprint details are displayed by CyberSleuth. If you then bring up the CyberSleuth menu again, "Look up <fingerprint>" is now available from the menu and if you select this option, the Signum Technologies web site is launched and it displays details of the image owner and image itself.
• If a fingerprint is found and you are working on-line, the Signum Technologies web site is launched, and it displays details of the image owner plus image details.
• If a fingerprint is not found and you are working off-line, the message "No fingerprint detected" is displayed by CyberSleuth.
• If a fingerprint is not found and you are working on-line, the Signum Technologies web site is launched and it displays the message "No fingerprint detected". In addition, details about the image are displayed.

3. Signum Technologies...

Select Home Page from the sub-menu to launch the Signum Technologies web site.

Select Email from the sub-menu to send an email to Signum Technologies.

4. Save this image

When you select this option, the JPEG image is saved to disk.

Image Logging

Each time CyberSleuth detects a fingerprint on a JPEG image and you use the Signum Technolgies web site to display the details, the image's details are recorded on the Signum site.