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Inspect Windows startup entries with Sysinternals Autoruns to find possible malware persistence, settings that let malware restart automatically. Review signatures, file locations, and changes from a clean baseline to identify entries that need investigation.

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Use Sysinternals Autoruns to systematically enumerate and analyze malware persistence mechanisms across Windows registry run keys, scheduled tasks, services, drivers, and startup locations. Use when hunting for persistence during Windows incident response, triaging a compromised endpoint, or validating that malware autostart entries have been fully identified and removed.

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适用场景

  • Investigating suspicious startup entries on a Windows endpoint
  • Comparing startup settings against a clean baseline
  • Checking for remaining malware startup entries after cleanup

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  • SKILL.md4.6 KB
  • assets/template.md424 B
  • LICENSE11.0 KB
  • references/api-reference.md1.8 KB
  • references/standards.md312 B
  • references/workflows.md471 B
  • scripts/agent.py5.7 KB

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Analyzing Malware Persistence with Autoruns

Overview

Sysinternals Autoruns extracts data from hundreds of Auto-Start Extensibility Points (ASEPs) on Windows, scanning 18+ categories including Run/RunOnce keys, services, scheduled tasks, drivers, Winlogon entries, LSA providers, print monitors, WMI subscriptions, and AppInit DLLs. Digital signature verification filters Microsoft-signed entries. The compare function identifies newly added persistence via baseline diffing. VirusTotal integration checks hash reputation. Offline analysis via -z flag enables forensic disk image examination.

When to Use

  • When investigating security incidents that require analyzing malware persistence with autoruns
  • When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
  • When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
  • When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques

Prerequisites

  • Sysinternals Autoruns (GUI) and Autorunsc (CLI)
  • Administrative privileges on target system
  • Python 3.9+ for automated analysis
  • VirusTotal API key for reputation checks
  • Clean baseline export for comparison

Workflow

Step 1: Automated Persistence Scanning

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Automate Autoruns-based persistence analysis."""
import subprocess
import csv
import json
import sys


def scan_and_analyze(autorunsc_path="autorunsc64.exe", csv_path="scan.csv"):
    cmd = [autorunsc_path, "-a", "*", "-c", "-h", "-s", "-nobanner", "*"]
    result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=600)
    with open(csv_path, 'w') as f:
        f.write(result.stdout)
    return parse_and_flag(csv_path)


def parse_and_flag(csv_path):
    suspicious = []
    with open(csv_path, 'r', errors='replace') as f:
        for row in csv.DictReader(f):
            reasons = []
            signer = row.get("Signer", "")
            if not signer or signer == "(Not verified)":
                reasons.append("Unsigned binary")
            if not row.get("Description") and not row.get("Company"):
                reasons.append("Missing metadata")
            path = row.get("Image Path", "").lower()
            for sp in ["\temp\\", "\appdata\local\temp", "\users\public\\"]:
                if sp in path:
                    reasons.append(f"Suspicious path")
            launch = row.get("Launch String", "").lower()
            for kw in ["powershell", "cmd /c", "wscript", "mshta", "regsvr32"]:
                if kw in launch:
                    reasons.append(f"LOLBin: {kw}")
            if reasons:
                row["reasons"] = reasons
                suspicious.append(row)
    return suspicious


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        results = parse_and_flag(sys.argv[1])
        print(f"[!] {len(results)} suspicious entries")
        for r in results:
            print(f"  {r.get('Entry','')} - {r.get('Image Path','')}")
            for reason in r.get('reasons', []):
                print(f"    - {reason}")

Validation Criteria

  • All ASEP categories scanned and cataloged
  • Unsigned entries flagged for investigation
  • Suspicious paths and LOLBin launch strings highlighted
  • Baseline comparison identifies new persistence mechanisms

References

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