What is a .AFF file?
AFF is an Advanced Forensic Format disk image used in digital investigations.
- Did you know
- AFF was created as an open alternative for storing forensic disk images.
- AFF, the Advanced Forensic Format, was devised by Simson Garfinkel together with Basis Technology as an open evidence-imaging format.
- It was created as a vendor-neutral alternative to closed forensic formats, storing the disk image alongside case metadata.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more security and forensics files: OpenPGP messages/keys/signatures (.pgp/.gpg/.sig - armor type, packet walk, key algorithm and user ID, secret-key warning), YARA rules, Snort/Suricata IDS rules, STIX/OpenIOC threat intel, Fiddler captures (.saz), 1Password exports (.1pux), Apple Keychain, KeePass 1.x (.kdb), Microsoft keys (.pvk) and AFF/AFF4 forensic images.
- Depth of analysis
- .AFF is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .AFF file
- Drag a .AFF file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.