Start:: SystemRestore: On CreateRestorePoint: CloseProcesses: C:\Users\kumar\AppData\Local\Qualcomm HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender: [DisableAntiSpyware] Restriction <==== ATTENTION HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender: [DisableAntiVirus] Restriction <==== ATTENTION CustomCLSID: HKU\S-1-5-21-3052480637-688437526-2025535754-1001_Classes\CLSID\{c3d69995-0472-1abf-3763-f2b143b5fb29}\localserver32 -> "C:\ProgramData\Samsung\SamsungMultiControl\Package\SamsungMultiControlHelper.exe" -ToastActivated => No File AlternateDataStreams: C:\Users\kumar\Downloads\FRST64.exe:MBAM.Zone.Identifier [450] FirewallRules: [{65EB5809-4637-409D-A9F0-9A34824FAFC6}] => (Allow) D:\Apps\Steam\bin\cef\cef.win7x64\steamwebhelper.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{7BCAFF22-6673-4FEA-B780-983318A1A9C5}] => (Allow) D:\Apps\Steam\bin\cef\cef.win7x64\steamwebhelper.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{953CB6E2-B565-44C8-9748-4E94D7269FF0}] => (Allow) C:\ProgramData\Samsung\SamsungMultiControl\Package\SamsungMultiControl.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{5E138161-019D-4581-B9D6-108D32EF3F22}] => (Allow) D:\Apps\Steam\steamapps\common\Break a Leg\BreakaLeg\BreakALeg.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{73AA9B83-33CF-4F86-A43F-C21691DCB065}] => (Allow) D:\Apps\Steam\steamapps\common\Break a Leg\BreakaLeg\BreakALeg.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{A392576B-5C24-4628-B39B-81000DA05EC1}] => (Allow) D:\Apps\Steam\steamapps\common\Life Is Strange\Binaries\Win32\LifeIsStrange.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{90A33697-0882-4B13-91E4-74091D0DD8B5}] => (Allow) D:\Apps\Steam\steamapps\common\Life Is Strange\Binaries\Win32\LifeIsStrange.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{9B68FDBC-7CC6-4BA7-B622-A1CC5C244C4F}] => (Allow) C:\Program Files\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\ElementsPanelDaemon.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{B0CF8F1B-CE50-4F66-982B-73F716969683}] => (Allow) C:\Program Files (x86)\BlueStacks X\BlueStacksWeb.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{59E2CBBA-89F9-47B0-A04B-128EB9D38FC1}] => (Allow) C:\Program Files (x86)\BlueStacks X\Cloud Game.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{DF74E324-48E4-4398-92DA-D836310E0D59}] => (Allow) C:\Program Files\BlueStacks_nxt\HD-Player.exe => No File FirewallRules: [{41F4CD11-04AC-4745-B4FD-492D71E721A0}] => (Allow) C:\Program Files\BlueStacks_nxt\BlueStacksAppplayerWeb.exe => No File Task: {077BA067-7C15-40F0-B22E-C9DC2A54B4A2} - System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Location\Notifications => %windir%\System32\LocationNotificationWindows.exe (No File) Task: {8E8EE474-BA61-4250-B175-F39D37EBEC07} - System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\PI\SecureBootEncodeUEFI => %WINDIR%\system32\SecureBootEncodeUEFI.exe (No File) Task: {0BB36A32-0D9E-4297-AFD7-6BD7B5DB4C9B} - System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\UNP\RunUpdateNotificationMgr => %windir%\System32\UNP\UpdateNotificationMgr.exe (No File) Task: {F3E6E7ED-A196-4E44-8803-55FAB3AD4E29} - System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\USO_UxBroker => %systemroot%\system32\MusNotification.exe (No File) S2 ET05A1EvtSvc; %SystemRoot%\System32\Rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\UMDF\EgisTouchFPEventLog05A1.dll,Rundll32EntryPointW (No File) S2 SmartThingsService; "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.LTD.SmartThingsWindows_1.22521.0.0_x64__3c1yjt4zspk6g\SmartThingsService\SmartThingsService.exe" (No File) 2026-07-26 14:29 - 2026-07-27 23:48 - 000095884 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\5d9719002be2068ce9885bb8d170b43a7bd72defaae1a7b95f1b3692c69c3119 2026-07-26 14:29 - 2026-07-26 14:29 - 000000026 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\219e8b429a2e9a10bc2bb8ff2606bd6e99899b3a7b05345aedf13291e924313c 2026-07-25 15:52 - 2026-07-25 15:52 - 000017730 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\5a3bd1862597d79bc4069c21497197250295c1c879009ee9210c98384f06eaa1 2026-07-25 15:52 - 2026-07-25 15:52 - 000000026 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\33c19af634bd05f68ca3e11de70fa9347050eb01b3671331e4148f646481fe66 2026-07-23 11:53 - 2026-07-23 11:53 - 000290557 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\cf512c707d81988f5e68ece8aceab6094711c2db35cc2517223a5becfd8d224b 2026-07-23 11:53 - 2026-07-23 11:53 - 000000026 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\67b8c0f30ace3eafb827a1cad29dfad12466140d24d3c2f9291fbe84545dfd8f 2026-07-06 20:28 - 2026-07-06 20:28 - 000002264 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\6657b3f5cb146fc70a05895703e58150a7f409b6d800de8e220b9a2ed6577a6d 2026-07-06 20:26 - 2026-07-06 20:32 - 000333987 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\1bf4897ea7c351f2b05c15541ac1a0169af9a34ddaff18b74531afdb4f28ab47 2026-07-06 20:26 - 2026-07-06 20:26 - 000000026 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\97efb0a2e8fb891ad4a1ff234a5278106ced58c0e4e9ab91d4ddeb400601787e 2026-07-26 14:58 - 2026-02-27 20:53 - 000093794 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\71f0008ccd3814e684738b999a1498aae61d2024c7f118fc128d713b0948ea49 2026-07-26 13:00 - 2026-03-01 12:26 - 000000026 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\e79aa2138b5746240cbf112e771d7348226fcc9090021808250fc443db9e6c1c 2026-06-29 00:44 - 2026-02-27 20:53 - 000153114 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\7bfdd2079cc83f1cc34980a8e67011f48337a3ba8e95b3828e5e510423950d1a 2026-06-29 00:10 - 2026-02-27 20:53 - 000004502 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\1a20e1f2636d0a427698b0ccd59bda74ffd92d821e5682a5b71cc23d0940850e 2026-06-28 18:18 - 2026-02-27 20:56 - 000095042 _____ C:\Users\kumar\AppData\LocalLow\65ab9bb7909ee7e36547098d6082ee1f4794b1921b1224fc26aa264b0f932812 StartPowerShell: #Requires -Version 5.1 $ProductCodes = @( '{2806F34E-16BA-41BC-AA3C-5134B3D49A9D}' ) $DoComSweep = $false $DoRawSweep = $false $DoNameSweep = $false $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' $script:SW = [Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() function W { param([string]$s = '') Write-Output $s } function H { param([string]$t) W '' W ('-' * 100) W ('{0} [+{1:N1}s]' -f $t, $script:SW.Elapsed.TotalSeconds) W ('-' * 100) } function KV { param([string]$k, $v) if ($null -eq $v -or "$v" -eq '') { $v = '' } W (' {0,-24} {1}' -f $k, $v) } function Pack { param([string]$g) $x = ($g -replace '[{}\-\s]', '').ToUpper() if ($x.Length -ne 32) { throw "bad guid: $g" } $o = -join $x[7..0] $o += -join $x[11..8] $o += -join $x[15..12] for ($i = 16; $i -lt 32; $i += 2) { $o += $x[$i + 1] + $x[$i] } $o } function Native { param([string]$p) $p -replace '^HKLM:\\', 'HKLM\' -replace '^HKCU:\\', 'HKCU\' ` -replace '^HKCR:\\', 'HKCR\' -replace '^HKU:\\', 'HKU\' } function DumpKey { param([string]$Path, [string]$Label = '') if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) { return } W (Native $Path) if ($Label) { W " [$Label]" } $p = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path $names = @($p.PSObject.Properties.Name | Where-Object { $_ -notlike 'PS*' } | Sort-Object) if ($names.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($n in $names) { $v = $p.$n if ($v -is [byte[]]) { if ($v.Length -gt 64) { $v = (($v[0..63] | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString('x2') }) -join '') + "... ($($v.Length) bytes)" } else { $v = ($v | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString('x2') }) -join '' } } elseif ($v -is [array]) { $v = $v -join ' ; ' } KV $n $v } W '' } function MsiTable { param([string]$Path, [string]$Query) try { $i = New-Object -ComObject WindowsInstaller.Installer $db = $i.GetType().InvokeMember('OpenDatabase', 'InvokeMethod', $null, $i, @($Path, 0)) $v = $db.GetType().InvokeMember('OpenView', 'InvokeMethod', $null, $db, @($Query)) $v.GetType().InvokeMember('Execute', 'InvokeMethod', $null, $v, $null) while ($r = $v.GetType().InvokeMember('Fetch', 'InvokeMethod', $null, $v, $null)) { $n = $r.GetType().InvokeMember('FieldCount', 'GetProperty', $null, $r, $null) , @(for ($k = 1; $k -le $n; $k++) { $r.GetType().InvokeMember('StringData', 'GetProperty', $null, $r, $k) }) } $v.GetType().InvokeMember('Close', 'InvokeMethod', $null, $v, $null) [void][Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($i) } catch { } } function RootToHive { param($r) switch ("$r") { '-1' { 'HKMU' } '0' { 'HKCR' } '1' { 'HKCU' } '2' { 'HKLM' } '3' { 'HKU' } default { "root$r" } } } function KeyPathPrefixToHive { param([string]$p) switch ($p) { '00' { 'HKCR' } '01' { 'HKCU' } '02' { 'HKLM' } '03' { 'HKU' } '20' { 'HKLM(64)' } '21' { 'HKCU(64)' } '22' { 'HKLM(64)' } '23' { 'HKU(64)' } default { "root$p" } } } $HKLM = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine $HKCU = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::CurrentUser $V64 = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryView]::Registry64 $V32 = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryView]::Registry32 function OpenBase { param($Hive, $View) [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenBaseKey($Hive, $View) } $script:SysDirs = @( "$env:SystemRoot", "$env:SystemRoot\System32", "$env:SystemRoot\SysWOW64", "$env:SystemRoot\System32\drivers", "$env:SystemRoot\System32\wbem", "$env:SystemRoot\WinSxS", "$env:SystemRoot\assembly", "$env:ProgramData", "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}", "$env:ProgramFiles\Common Files", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Common Files", "$env:ProgramFiles\Common Files\Microsoft Shared", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Common Files\Microsoft Shared", "$env:LOCALAPPDATA", "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs", "$env:APPDATA", "$env:USERPROFILE", 'C:\' ) | Where-Object { $_ } | ForEach-Object { $_.TrimEnd('\').ToLower() } function Normalize-Path { param([string]$p) if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($p)) { return $null } $s = $p.Trim() if ($s.StartsWith('"')) { $e = $s.IndexOf('"', 1) if ($e -gt 0) { $s = $s.Substring(1, $e - 1) } else { $s = $s.Trim('"') } } else { $m = [regex]::Match($s, '\s+[-/]') if ($m.Success) { $s = $s.Substring(0, $m.Index) } } $s = [Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($s) $s = ($s -replace '^\\\?\?\\', '' -replace '^@', '').Trim() if ($s -match '^[A-Za-z]:\\') { return $s.TrimEnd('\').ToLower() } if ($s -match '^[^\\/:*?"<>|]+\.(dll|exe|ocx|cpl|sys)$') { return $s.ToLower() } return $null } $script:OwnPaths = $null $script:OwnNames = $null $script:OwnDirs = @() function Test-Own { param([string]$c) $n = Normalize-Path $c if (-not $n) { return $false } if ($script:OwnPaths.Contains($n)) { return $true } foreach ($d in $script:OwnDirs) { if ($n.StartsWith($d + '\')) { return $true } } if ($n -notmatch '\\' -and $script:OwnNames.Contains($n)) { return $true } return $false } function Get-FileFacts { param([string]$Path) if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path -PathType Leaf)) { return $null } $fi = Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path $vi = $fi.VersionInfo $sig = Get-AuthenticodeSignature -LiteralPath $Path [PSCustomObject]@{ Size = $fi.Length Created = $fi.CreationTime.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss') Modified = $fi.LastWriteTime.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss') Company = $vi.CompanyName Product = $vi.ProductName OrigName = $vi.OriginalFilename IntName = $vi.InternalName FileVer = $vi.FileVersion Desc = $vi.FileDescription SigStatus = "$($sig.Status)" Signer = $(if ($sig.SignerCertificate) { $sig.SignerCertificate.Subject }) SHA256 = (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $Path -Algorithm SHA256).Hash } } W ('=' * 100) W ('MSI REGISTRATION FOOTPRINT {0}' -f (Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')) W ('HOST {0} USER {1}' -f $env:COMPUTERNAME, $env:USERNAME) W ('OS {0}' -f (Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption) W ('ELEVATED {0}' -f (New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal( [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole( [Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) W ('SWEEPS com={0} raw={1} name={2}' -f $DoComSweep, $DoRawSweep, $DoNameSweep) W ('=' * 100) foreach ($pc in $ProductCodes) { $packed = Pack $pc $shortPc = ($pc -replace '[{}]', '') $script:OwnPaths = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.HashSet[string]' $script:OwnNames = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.HashSet[string]' $script:OwnDirs = @() $localPkg = $null $installLoc = $null $publisher = $null $displayName = $null $compFiles = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList $compRegs = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList $touchedKeys = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList W '' W ('=' * 100) W "PRODUCTCODE $pc" W "PACKED $packed" W ('=' * 100) H '1. UNINSTALL / ARP' $found = $false foreach ($k in @( "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$pc", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$pc", "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$pc")) { if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $k)) { continue } $found = $true [void]$touchedKeys.Add((Native $k)) DumpKey $k $p = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $k if (-not $displayName) { $displayName = $p.DisplayName } if (-not $publisher) { $publisher = $p.Publisher } if (-not $installLoc) { $installLoc = $p.InstallLocation } if (-not $installLoc -and $p.DisplayIcon) { $ic = ($p.DisplayIcon -split ',')[0].Trim('"') if ($ic -match '\\') { $installLoc = Split-Path $ic -Parent } } } if (-not $found) { W '' } H '2. INSTALLER BRANCH' $roots = @( "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\$packed", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Features\$packed", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Patches\$packed" ) $bk = OpenBase $HKLM $V64 $ud = $bk.OpenSubKey('SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData') if ($ud) { foreach ($sid in $ud.GetSubKeyNames()) { $roots += "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\$sid\Products\$packed" } $ud.Close() } $bk.Close() $found = $false foreach ($r in ($roots | Sort-Object -Unique)) { if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $r)) { continue } $found = $true [void]$touchedKeys.Add((Native $r)) foreach ($sub in @('', '\InstallProperties', '\SourceList', '\SourceList\Net', '\SourceList\Media', '\Usage', '\Features', '\Patches')) { DumpKey "$r$sub" $sub.TrimStart('\') } $ip = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath "$r\InstallProperties" if ($ip) { if (-not $localPkg) { $localPkg = $ip.LocalPackage } if (-not $installLoc) { $installLoc = $ip.InstallLocation } if (-not $publisher) { $publisher = $ip.Publisher } if (-not $displayName) { $displayName = $ip.DisplayName } } } if (-not $found) { W '' } W '' W 'RESOLVED:' KV 'DisplayName' $displayName KV 'Publisher' $publisher KV 'InstallLocation' $installLoc KV 'LocalPackage' $localPkg H '3. UPGRADECODE MEMBERSHIP' $found = $false foreach ($cfg in @( @{ Path = 'SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\UpgradeCodes'; Label = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\UpgradeCodes' }, @{ Path = 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UpgradeCodes'; Label = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UpgradeCodes' })) { $bk = OpenBase $HKLM $V64 $root = $bk.OpenSubKey($cfg.Path) if ($root) { foreach ($sub in $root.GetSubKeyNames()) { $k = $root.OpenSubKey($sub) if (-not $k) { continue } if ($k.GetValueNames() -contains $packed) { $found = $true W ('{0}\{1}' -f $cfg.Label, $sub) KV 'upgradecode (packed)' $sub KV 'member value' $k.GetValue($packed) W '' } $k.Close() } $root.Close() } $bk.Close() } if (-not $found) { W '' } H '4. COMPONENT REGISTRATION' $found = $false $dirCand = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList foreach ($cfg in @( @{ Path = 'SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Components'; Label = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Components' }, @{ Path = 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components'; Label = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components' })) { $bk = OpenBase $HKLM $V64 $root = $bk.OpenSubKey($cfg.Path) if ($root) { foreach ($sub in $root.GetSubKeyNames()) { $k = $root.OpenSubKey($sub) if (-not $k) { continue } $vn = $k.GetValueNames() if ($vn -contains $packed) { $found = $true $val = "$($k.GetValue($packed))" W ('{0}\{1}' -f $cfg.Label, $sub) KV 'componentid' $sub KV 'keypath' $val $shared = @($vn | Where-Object { $_ -and $_ -ne $packed }) if ($shared.Count) { KV 'shared with' ($shared -join ', ') } W '' if ($val -match '^\d{2}:') { [void]$compRegs.Add($val) } elseif ($val -match '^[A-Za-z]:\\') { [void]$compFiles.Add($val) $n = Normalize-Path $val if ($n) { [void]$script:OwnPaths.Add($n) [void]$script:OwnNames.Add([IO.Path]::GetFileName($n)) [void]$dirCand.Add((Split-Path $n -Parent)) } } } $k.Close() } $root.Close() } $bk.Close() } if (-not $found) { W '' } if ($installLoc -and (Test-Path -LiteralPath $installLoc)) { $il = $installLoc.TrimEnd('\').ToLower() if ($script:SysDirs -notcontains $il) { [void]$dirCand.Add($il) Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $installLoc -Recurse -File | ForEach-Object { [void]$script:OwnPaths.Add($_.FullName.ToLower()) [void]$script:OwnNames.Add($_.Name.ToLower()) } } } $script:OwnDirs = @($dirCand | Where-Object { $_ } | Sort-Object -Unique | Where-Object { $script:SysDirs -notcontains $_ -and $_.Split('\').Count -ge 3 }) H '5. MSI DATABASE (cached package)' if ($localPkg -and (Test-Path -LiteralPath $localPkg)) { KV 'package' $localPkg $pf = Get-FileFacts $localPkg if ($pf) { KV 'size' $pf.Size KV 'created' $pf.Created KV 'modified' $pf.Modified KV 'sha256' $pf.SHA256 } W '' W '[Property]' MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT Property, Value FROM Property' | ForEach-Object { W (' {0,-30} {1}' -f $_[0], $_[1]) } W '' W '[Registry] msi row -> live registry state' $rows = @(MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT Root, Key, Name, Value, Component_ FROM Registry') if ($rows.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($row in $rows) { $hive = RootToHive $row[0] $key = $row[1] $name = $row[2] $cands = switch ($hive) { 'HKLM' { @("HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$key", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\$key", "HKLM:\$key") } 'HKMU' { @("HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$key", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\$key", "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\$key", "HKLM:\$key") } 'HKCU' { @("HKCU:\SOFTWARE\$key", "HKCU:\$key") } 'HKCR' { @("HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\$key", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\$key", "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Classes\$key") } default { @("HKLM:\$key") } } $hitPath = $null $hitVal = $null foreach ($lp in $cands) { if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $lp) { $hitPath = Native $lp if ($name) { $lv = (Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $lp).$name if ($null -ne $lv) { $hitVal = "$lv" } } break } } W (' {0} {1}\{2}' -f $(if ($hitPath) { 'PRESENT' } else { 'ABSENT ' }), $hive, $key) if ($name) { KV ' value name' $name } KV ' msi value' $row[3] if ($hitPath) { KV ' live key' $hitPath if ($name) { KV ' live value' $hitVal } } KV ' component' $row[4] } W '' W '[Class]' $cls = @(MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT CLSID, Context, Component_, ProgId_Default, Description FROM Class') if ($cls.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($c in $cls) { W (' {0} ctx={1} comp={2} progid={3} {4}' -f $c[0], $c[1], $c[2], $c[3], $c[4]) foreach ($lp in @("HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\$($c[0])", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\$($c[0])", "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\$($c[0])")) { if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $lp)) { continue } W (' LIVE {0}' -f (Native $lp)) foreach ($srv in @('InprocServer32', 'LocalServer32', 'InprocHandler32')) { if (Test-Path -LiteralPath "$lp\$srv") { W (' {0} = {1}' -f $srv, "$((Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath "$lp\$srv").'(default)')") } } } } W '' W '[ProgId]' $pg = @(MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT ProgId, Class_, Description FROM ProgId') if ($pg.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($g in $pg) { $st = if (Test-Path -LiteralPath "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\$($g[0])") { 'PRESENT' } else { 'ABSENT ' } W (' {0} {1,-40} class={2} {3}' -f $st, $g[0], $g[1], $g[2]) } W '' W '[TypeLib]' $tl = @(MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT LibID, Version, Component_, Description FROM TypeLib') if ($tl.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($t in $tl) { $st = if (Test-Path -LiteralPath "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\$($t[0])") { 'PRESENT' } else { 'ABSENT ' } W (' {0} {1} ver={2} comp={3} {4}' -f $st, $t[0], $t[1], $t[2], $t[3]) } W '' W '[Extension]' $ex = @(MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT Extension, Component_, ProgId_, MIME_ FROM Extension') if ($ex.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($e in $ex) { $st = if (Test-Path -LiteralPath "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\.$($e[0])") { 'PRESENT' } else { 'ABSENT ' } W (' {0} .{1} comp={2} progid={3} mime={4}' -f $st, $e[0], $e[1], $e[2], $e[3]) } W '' W '[AppId]' $ai = @(MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT AppId, RemoteServerName, ServiceParameters, DllSurrogate FROM AppId') if ($ai.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($a in $ai) { $st = if (Test-Path -LiteralPath "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\$($a[0])") { 'PRESENT' } else { 'ABSENT ' } W (' {0} {1} surrogate={2}' -f $st, $a[0], $a[3]) } W '' W '[Directory]' MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT Directory, Directory_Parent, DefaultDir FROM Directory' | ForEach-Object { W (' {0,-28} parent={1,-26} {2}' -f $_[0], $_[1], $_[2]) } W '' W '[Component]' MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT Component, ComponentId, Directory_, Attributes, KeyPath FROM Component' | ForEach-Object { W (' {0,-30} {1,-40} dir={2,-22} attr={3,-6} key={4}' -f $_[0], $_[1], $_[2], $_[3], $_[4]) } W '' W '[File]' MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT File, Component_, FileName, FileSize, Version FROM File' | ForEach-Object { W (' {0,-40} comp={1,-30} size={2,-10} ver={3}' -f ($_[2] -split '\|')[-1], $_[1], $_[3], $_[4]) } W '' W '[ServiceInstall]' $si = @(MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT ServiceInstall, Name, DisplayName, ServiceType, StartType, LoadOrderGroup, Dependencies, StartName, Password, Arguments, Component_ FROM ServiceInstall') if ($si.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($s in $si) { W (' {0} name={1} disp={2} type={3} start={4} runas={5} args={6} comp={7}' -f $s[0], $s[1], $s[2], $s[3], $s[4], $s[7], $s[9], $s[10]) } W '' W '[CustomAction]' $ca = @(MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT Action, Type, Source, Target FROM CustomAction') if ($ca.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($c in $ca) { W (' {0,-36} type={1,-8} src={2,-30} target={3}' -f $c[0], $c[1], $c[2], $c[3]) } W '' W '[Binary]' $bn = @(MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT Name FROM Binary') if ($bn.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($b in $bn) { W (' {0}' -f $b[0]) } W '' W '[InstallExecuteSequence]' MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT Action, Condition, Sequence FROM InstallExecuteSequence' | Sort-Object { [int]$_[2] } | ForEach-Object { W (' {0,-6} {1,-40} {2}' -f $_[2], $_[0], $_[1]) } W '' W '[Shortcut]' $sc = @(MsiTable $localPkg 'SELECT Shortcut, Directory_, Name, Target, Arguments FROM Shortcut') if ($sc.Count -eq 0) { W ' ' } foreach ($s in $sc) { W (' {0,-28} dir={1,-22} name={2,-28} target={3} {4}' -f $s[0], $s[1], ($s[2] -split '\|')[-1], $s[3], $s[4]) } } else { W '' KV 'LocalPackage' $localPkg } H '6. LIVE COM REGISTRATION' KV 'own files' $script:OwnPaths.Count KV 'own dirs' $(if ($script:OwnDirs.Count) { $script:OwnDirs -join ' | ' } else { '' }) $ign = @($dirCand | Sort-Object -Unique | Where-Object { $script:SysDirs -contains $_ }) if ($ign.Count) { KV 'ignored sysdirs' ($ign -join ' | ') } W '' if (-not $DoComSweep) { W '' } elseif ($script:OwnPaths.Count -eq 0 -and $script:OwnDirs.Count -eq 0) { W '' } else { $hits = 0 foreach ($cfg in @( @{ Hive = $HKLM; View = $V64; Label = 'HKLM(64)' }, @{ Hive = $HKLM; View = $V32; Label = 'HKLM(32)' }, @{ Hive = $HKCU; View = $V64; Label = 'HKCU' })) { $bk = OpenBase $cfg.Hive $cfg.View $root = $bk.OpenSubKey('SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID') if ($root) { foreach ($clsid in $root.GetSubKeyNames()) { $ck = $root.OpenSubKey($clsid) if (-not $ck) { continue } $subs = $ck.GetSubKeyNames() foreach ($srv in @('InprocServer32', 'LocalServer32', 'InprocHandler32')) { if ($subs -notcontains $srv) { continue } $sk = $ck.OpenSubKey($srv) if (-not $sk) { continue } $raw = "$($sk.GetValue(''))" if ($raw -and (Test-Own $raw)) { $hits++ W ('{0}\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1}' -f $cfg.Label, $clsid) KV 'default' "$($ck.GetValue(''))" KV $srv $raw $tm = $sk.GetValue('ThreadingModel') if ($tm) { KV 'ThreadingModel' $tm } $ap = $ck.GetValue('AppID') if ($ap) { KV 'AppID' $ap } foreach ($e in @('ProgID', 'VersionIndependentProgID', 'TreatAs', 'Elevation')) { if ($subs -contains $e) { $ek = $ck.OpenSubKey($e) if ($ek) { KV $e "$($ek.GetValue(''))"; $ek.Close() } } } W '' } $sk.Close() } $ck.Close() } $root.Close() } $bk.Close() } foreach ($cfg in @( @{ Hive = $HKLM; View = $V64; Label = 'HKLM(64)' }, @{ Hive = $HKLM; View = $V32; Label = 'HKLM(32)' })) { $bk = OpenBase $cfg.Hive $cfg.View $root = $bk.OpenSubKey('SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib') if ($root) { foreach ($lib in $root.GetSubKeyNames()) { $lk = $root.OpenSubKey($lib) if (-not $lk) { continue } foreach ($ver in $lk.GetSubKeyNames()) { $vk = $lk.OpenSubKey($ver) if (-not $vk) { continue } foreach ($plat in ($vk.GetSubKeyNames() | Where-Object { $_ -match '^win(32|64)$' })) { $pk = $vk.OpenSubKey($plat) if (-not $pk) { continue } $d = "$($pk.GetValue(''))" if ($d -and (Test-Own $d)) { $hits++ W ('{0}\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1}\{2}\{3}' -f $cfg.Label, $lib, $ver, $plat) KV 'typelib' $d W '' } $pk.Close() } $vk.Close() } $lk.Close() } $root.Close() } $bk.Close() } if ($hits -eq 0) { W '' } } H '7. APP PATHS / REGISTERED APPLICATIONS' if ($script:OwnPaths.Count -eq 0 -and $script:OwnDirs.Count -eq 0) { W '' } else { $hits = 0 foreach ($ap in @('HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths', 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths', 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths')) { if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $ap)) { continue } Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $ap | ForEach-Object { $props = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $_.PSPath $d = "$($props.'(default)')" $path = "$($props.Path)" if ((Test-Own $d) -or (Test-Own $path) -or $script:OwnNames.Contains($_.PSChildName.ToLower())) { $script:hits++ W ('{0}\{1}' -f (Native $ap), $_.PSChildName) KV 'default' $d if ($path) { KV 'Path' $path } W '' } } } foreach ($ra in @('HKLM:\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications', 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications')) { if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $ra)) { continue } $p = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $ra foreach ($pr in $p.PSObject.Properties) { if ($pr.Name -like 'PS*') { continue } $capKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$($pr.Value)" if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $capKey)) { continue } $cap = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $capKey if ($cap.ApplicationIcon -and (Test-Own (($cap.ApplicationIcon -split ',')[0]))) { $script:hits++ W ('{0} :: {1} = {2}' -f (Native $ra), $pr.Name, $pr.Value) } } } if ($script:hits -eq 0) { W '' } } H '8. RAW REGISTRY SWEEP (productcode / packed guid)' if (-not $DoRawSweep) { W '' } else { foreach ($term in @($pc, $shortPc, $packed)) { W "term: $term" $any = $false foreach ($hive in @('HKLM', 'HKCU', 'HKCR', 'HKU')) { $k = & reg.exe query $hive /f "$term" /s /k 2>$null | Where-Object { $_ -match '^HK' } $d = & reg.exe query $hive /f "$term" /s /d 2>$null | Where-Object { $_ -match '^HK' } if ($k) { $any = $true; $k | ForEach-Object { W " [key] $_" } } if ($d) { $any = $true; $d | ForEach-Object { W " [data] $_" } } } if (-not $any) { W ' ' } W '' } } H '9. RAW REGISTRY SWEEP (displayname / publisher / binaries)' if (-not $DoNameSweep) { W '' } else { $terms = @() if ($displayName) { $terms += $displayName } if ($publisher) { $terms += $publisher } $script:OwnNames | ForEach-Object { $terms += $_ } $terms = @($terms | Where-Object { $_ -and $_.Length -ge 5 } | Sort-Object -Unique) if ($terms.Count -eq 0) { W '' } foreach ($term in $terms) { W "term: $term" $any = $false foreach ($hive in @('HKLM', 'HKCU')) { $k = & reg.exe query $hive /f "$term" /s /k 2>$null | Where-Object { $_ -match '^HK' } $d = & reg.exe query $hive /f "$term" /s /d 2>$null | Where-Object { $_ -match '^HK' } if ($k) { $any = $true; $k | ForEach-Object { W " [key] $_" } } if ($d) { $any = $true; $d | ForEach-Object { W " [data] $_" } } } if (-not $any) { W ' ' } W '' } } H '10. FILES' $fl = @($compFiles | Sort-Object -Unique) if ($installLoc -and (Test-Path -LiteralPath $installLoc)) { Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $installLoc -Recurse -File | ForEach-Object { $fl += $_.FullName } } $fl = @($fl | Sort-Object -Unique) if ($fl.Count -eq 0) { W '' } foreach ($f in $fl) { if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $f -PathType Leaf)) { W "MISSING $f"; continue } $ff = Get-FileFacts $f W $f KV 'size' $ff.Size KV 'created' $ff.Created KV 'modified' $ff.Modified KV 'company' $ff.Company KV 'product' $ff.Product KV 'description' $ff.Desc KV 'origname' $ff.OrigName KV 'internal' $ff.IntName KV 'fileversion' $ff.FileVer KV 'signature' $ff.SigStatus KV 'signer' $ff.Signer KV 'sha256' $ff.SHA256 W '' } H '11a. FLAT - REGISTRY KEYS PRESENT' if ($touchedKeys.Count -eq 0) { W '' } ($touchedKeys | Sort-Object -Unique) | ForEach-Object { W $_ } H '11b. FLAT - REGISTRY KEYPATHS FROM COMPONENTS' if ($compRegs.Count -eq 0) { W '' } foreach ($r in ($compRegs | Sort-Object -Unique)) { W ('{0}\{1}' -f (KeyPathPrefixToHive $r.Substring(0, 2)), $r.Substring(3)) } H '11c. FLAT - FILES' if ($fl.Count -eq 0) { W '' } $fl | ForEach-Object { W $_ } H '11d. FLAT - DIRECTORIES' $dl = @() if ($installLoc) { $dl += $installLoc.TrimEnd('\') } $fl | ForEach-Object { $dl += (Split-Path $_ -Parent) } $dl = @($dl | Where-Object { $_ } | Sort-Object -Unique) if ($dl.Count -eq 0) { W '' } foreach ($d in $dl) { $ex = Test-Path -LiteralPath $d -PathType Container $ct = '' if ($ex) { $ct = (Get-Item -LiteralPath $d).CreationTime.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss') } W ('{0,-8} {1,-20} {2}' -f $(if ($ex) { 'EXISTS' } else { 'MISSING' }), $ct, $d) } } W '' W ('=' * 100) W ('END total {0:N1}s' -f $script:SW.Elapsed.TotalSeconds) W ('=' * 100) EndPowerShell: StartPowerShell: # Checks default Windows PATH entries and repairs missing ones. $ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue' function Expand-PlainPath { param([string]$Entry) return [Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($Entry).TrimEnd('\') } # Templates expanded once to plain paths (C:\Windows\..., C:\Users\...) $systemDefaults = @( (Expand-PlainPath '%SystemRoot%\system32') (Expand-PlainPath '%SystemRoot%') (Expand-PlainPath '%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem') (Expand-PlainPath '%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0') (Expand-PlainPath '%SystemRoot%\System32\OpenSSH') ) $userDefaults = @( (Expand-PlainPath '%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps') ) function Get-NormalizedPathEntries { param([string]$Raw) if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Raw)) { return @() } return @( $Raw -split ';' | Where-Object { -not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_) } | ForEach-Object { [Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($_.Trim().TrimEnd('\')).ToLowerInvariant() } ) } function Get-CombinedPathEntries { $machineRaw = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', 'Machine') $userRaw = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', 'User') return Get-NormalizedPathEntries -Raw ($machineRaw + ';' + $userRaw) } function Test-InPath { param( [string]$PlainPath, [string[]]$NormalizedEntries ) $key = $PlainPath.TrimEnd('\').ToLowerInvariant() return $NormalizedEntries -contains $key } function Add-ToPath { param( [string]$PlainPath, [ValidateSet('Machine', 'User')] [string]$Scope ) # always store plain path, never %VAR% form $toAdd = $PlainPath.TrimEnd('\') $current = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $Scope) if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($current)) { [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $toAdd, $Scope) return } $normalized = Get-NormalizedPathEntries -Raw $current $key = $toAdd.ToLowerInvariant() if ($normalized -contains $key) { return } $newPath = $current.TrimEnd(';') + ';' + $toAdd [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $newPath, $Scope) } function Write-Result { param( [string]$Entry, [string]$Status ) $label = $Entry.PadRight(58) Write-Output ("{0} {1}" -f $label, $Status) } function Repair-AndVerify { param( [string]$PlainPath, [ValidateSet('Machine', 'User')] [string]$Scope ) if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $PlainPath)) { Write-Result -Entry $PlainPath -Status 'ATTENTION !!! MISSING (no folder, cannot repair)' return 'failed' } if ($Scope -eq 'Machine') { $isAdmin = ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()). IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator) if (-not $isAdmin) { Write-Result -Entry $PlainPath -Status 'ATTENTION !!! MISSING (need Admin to repair)' return 'failed' } } try { Add-ToPath -PlainPath $PlainPath -Scope $Scope } catch { Write-Result -Entry $PlainPath -Status "ATTENTION !!! MISSING (repair failed: $_)" return 'failed' } # re-query PATH from registry and verify plain path is present $after = Get-CombinedPathEntries if (Test-InPath -PlainPath $PlainPath -NormalizedEntries $after) { Write-Result -Entry $PlainPath -Status 'ATTENTION !!! MISSING -> repaired (verified)' return 'repaired' } Write-Result -Entry $PlainPath -Status 'ATTENTION !!! MISSING (repair ran, still missing after re-check)' return 'failed' } $combined = Get-CombinedPathEntries $hadMissing = $false $repairFailed = $false $repairedList = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new() Write-Output 'PATH CHECK' Write-Output ('-' * 72) foreach ($entry in $systemDefaults) { if (Test-InPath -PlainPath $entry -NormalizedEntries $combined) { Write-Result -Entry $entry -Status 'OK' continue } $hadMissing = $true $result = Repair-AndVerify -PlainPath $entry -Scope Machine if ($result -eq 'repaired') { [void]$repairedList.Add($entry) $combined = Get-CombinedPathEntries } else { $repairFailed = $true } } foreach ($entry in $userDefaults) { if (Test-InPath -PlainPath $entry -NormalizedEntries $combined) { Write-Result -Entry $entry -Status 'OK' continue } $hadMissing = $true $result = Repair-AndVerify -PlainPath $entry -Scope User if ($result -eq 'repaired') { [void]$repairedList.Add($entry) $combined = Get-CombinedPathEntries } else { $repairFailed = $true } } Write-Output ('-' * 72) if (-not $hadMissing) { Write-Output 'RESULT: all default PATH entries present' } elseif ($repairedList.Count -gt 0 -and -not $repairFailed) { Write-Output "RESULT: $($repairedList.Count) missing entry/entries repaired and verified - open a new terminal" } elseif ($repairedList.Count -gt 0 -and $repairFailed) { Write-Output "RESULT: $($repairedList.Count) verified, some still missing - open a new terminal / run as Admin" } else { Write-Output 'RESULT: missing entries not repaired (run as Admin for System PATH)' } if ($repairedList.Count -gt 0) { Write-Output '' Write-Output 'REPAIRED:' foreach ($item in $repairedList) { Write-Output " $item" } } if ($hadMissing -or $repairFailed) { exit 1 } exit 0 EndPowerShell: StartPowerShell: # Check for internet connection $ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue' $dnsServers = @( '1.1.1.1' '8.8.8.8' ) $hosts = @( 'google.com' 'cloudflare.com' 'malwarebytes.com' ) function Write-Result { param( [string]$Label, [string]$Status ) Write-Output ("{0} {1}" -f $Label.PadRight(42), $Status) } function Test-DnsServer { param([string]$Server) $pingOk = $false try { $pingOk = Test-Connection -ComputerName $Server -Count 1 -Quiet -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } catch { } $resolveOk = $false try { $result = Resolve-DnsName -Name 'google.com' -Server $Server -Type A -DnsOnly -ErrorAction Stop $ip = ($result | Where-Object { $_.IPAddress } | Select-Object -First 1).IPAddress if ($ip) { $resolveOk = $true } } catch { } # resolve is what matters; ping may be blocked if ($resolveOk) { return 'OK' } if ($pingOk) { return 'FAIL' } return 'FAIL' } function Test-HostReachable { param([string]$HostName) try { $dns = Resolve-DnsName -Name $HostName -Type A -ErrorAction Stop $resolvedIp = ($dns | Where-Object { $_.IPAddress } | Select-Object -First 1).IPAddress if (-not $resolvedIp) { return 'FAIL' } } catch { return 'FAIL' } try { $null = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://$HostName" -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec 10 -MaximumRedirection 5 -ErrorAction Stop return 'OK' } catch { if ($_.Exception.Response) { return 'OK' } return 'FAIL' } } $failed = 0 Write-Output 'INTERNET CHECK' Write-Output ('-' * 72) Write-Output 'DNS SERVERS' foreach ($server in $dnsServers) { $status = Test-DnsServer -Server $server Write-Result -Label $server -Status $status if ($status -eq 'FAIL') { $failed++ } } Write-Output '' Write-Output 'HOSTS' foreach ($h in $hosts) { $status = Test-HostReachable -HostName $h Write-Result -Label $h -Status $status if ($status -eq 'FAIL') { $failed++ } } Write-Output ('-' * 72) if ($failed -eq 0) { Write-Output 'RESULT: all checks passed' exit 0 } Write-Output "RESULT: $failed check(s) failed" exit 1 EndPowerShell: StartPowershell: # Replace /scanonly with /clean if you also want to delete items -- however, this will activate a trial license on the system, I do not recommend it $hmpExe = "$env:TEMP\HitmanPro_x64.exe" $logFile = "$env:TEMP\HitmanPro_ScanLog.txt" Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://dl.surfright.nl/HitmanPro_x64.exe" -OutFile $hmpExe -UseBasicParsing $proc = Start-Process $hmpExe -ArgumentList "/ews","/scanonly","/noinstall","/log=`"$logFile`"","/logtype=txt" -Wait -PassThru if (!(Test-Path $logFile)) { Write-Host "Scan failed (exit $($proc.ExitCode))"; exit 1 } Get-Content $logFile -Encoding Unicode EndPowershell: StartPowerShell: # Downloads newest AdwCleaner version directly from Malwarebytes, performs an update, scans, cleans and writes the log in console # Does not clean preinstalled objects, only PUP/Adware # If you would like to delete preinstalled objects, add an argument /preinstalled to the /clean argument # If you would like to only scan with it, change the argument from /clean to /scan # NOTE: For the sake of users from Asia (primarily China), do not use the clean option. It will very likely remove a lot of their important software. New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "$env:SystemDrive\AdwCleaner" | Out-Null Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://adwcleaner.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner?channel=release" -OutFile "$env:SystemDrive\AdwCleaner\AdwCleanerFRST.exe" Start-Process -FilePath "$env:SystemDrive\AdwCleaner\AdwCleanerFRST.exe" -ArgumentList "/eula" -Wait -WindowStyle Hidden $logFile = "$env:SystemDrive\AdwCleaner\AdwCleanerOutputFRST.txt" Start-Process -FilePath "$env:SystemDrive\AdwCleaner\AdwCleanerFRST.exe" -ArgumentList "/noreboot /clean" -Wait -WindowStyle Hidden -RedirectStandardOutput $logFile Get-Content $logFile -Encoding Unicode Remove-Item -Path $logFile -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue EndPowerShell: Comment: List Windows Defender properties, settings StartPowerShell: function Write-Section { param([string]$Title) Write-Host "" Write-Host "<=== $Title ===>" } Write-Section "Protection Status" Get-MpComputerStatus | Select-Object AMServiceEnabled, AntispywareEnabled, AntivirusEnabled, BehaviorMonitorEnabled, IoavProtectionEnabled, RealTimeProtectionEnabled, IsTamperProtected, NetworkProtectionStatus | Format-List Write-Section "Signature / Engine Versions" Get-MpComputerStatus | Select-Object AMProductVersion, AMEngineVersion, AntivirusSignatureVersion, AntispywareSignatureVersion | Format-List Write-Section "Preferences / Configuration" Get-MpPreference | Select-Object PUAProtection, MAPSReporting, SubmitSamplesConsent, CheckForSignaturesBeforeRunningScan, CloudBlockLevel, EnableNetworkProtection, DisableScriptScanning, DisableArchiveScanning, DisableRemovableDriveScanning, DisableScanningNetworkFiles, DisableScanningMappedNetworkDrivesForFullScan, DisableBlockAtFirstSeen, DisableHeuristics, DisableAutoExclusions | Format-List Write-Section "Threat Detections" $threats = Get-MpThreatDetection if ($threats) { $threats | Format-Table -AutoSize } else { Write-Host " (no threat detections found)" } EndPowerShell: Comment: List drive info, identify possible damaged drives (thanks to AdvancedSetup from Malwarebytes for parts of these) StartPowerShell: param( [int]$MaxEvents = 2000 ) $GPTTypeMap = @{ 'EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7' = 'Microsoft Basic Data' 'E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE' = 'Microsoft Reserved (MSR)' 'DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC' = 'Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)' 'C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B' = 'EFI System Partition' '21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649' = 'BIOS Boot Partition' 'A19D880F-05FC-4D3B-A006-743F0F84911E' = 'OEM Partition' '5808C8AA-7E8F-42E0-85D2-E1E90434CFB3' = 'Cluster Metadata Partition' '48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC' = 'Apple HFS/HFS+' '7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC' = 'Apple APFS' '0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4' = 'Linux Filesystem' '0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F' = 'Linux Swap' 'E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928' = 'Linux LVM' } $MBRTypeMap = @{ '01'='FAT12';'04'='FAT16 <32M';'05'='Extended';'06'='FAT16';'07'='IFS/NTFS/exFAT/HPFS';'0B'='FAT32 CHS';'0C'='FAT32 LBA';'0E'='FAT16 LBA' '0F'='Extended LBA';'82'='Linux Swap';'83'='Linux Native';'8E'='Linux LVM';'A5'='FreeBSD';'A6'='OpenBSD';'A8'='Mac OS X';'AB'='Mac OS X Boot' 'AF'='Mac OS X HFS';'EE'='EFI GPT Protective';'EF'='EFI System Partition' } function Get-PartitionTypeInfo { param($Partition) $guid = $null if ($Partition.GptType) { $guid = ($Partition.GptType -replace '[{}]', '').ToUpper() } if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($guid) -or $guid -eq '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000') { $guid = switch ($Partition.Type) { "System" { "C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B" } "Reserved" { "E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE" } "Basic" { "EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7" } "Recovery" { "DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC" } default { $null } } } if ($guid) { $name = $GPTTypeMap[$guid] if ($name) { return "$name (GPT GUID: $($guid.ToLower()))" } else { return "Unknown/Custom (GPT GUID: $($guid.ToLower()))" } } if ($Partition.MbrType) { $code = ($Partition.MbrType.ToString() -replace '^0x', '').PadLeft(2, '0').ToUpper() $name = $MBRTypeMap[$code] if ($name) { return "$name (MBR code: 0x$code)" } else { return "Unknown/Custom (MBR code: $($Partition.MbrType))" } } return $Partition.Type } function Get-DrMapping { param([int]$MaxEvents) $map = @{} try { $events = Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{ LogName = 'System'; ProviderName = 'disk' } -MaxEvents $MaxEvents -ErrorAction Stop } catch { return $map } foreach ($e in $events) { if ($e.Message -match 'Harddisk(\d+)\\DR(\d+)') { $n = [int]$Matches[1] $dr = [int]$Matches[2] if (-not $map.ContainsKey($n)) { $map[$n] = $dr } } } return $map } $drMap = Get-DrMapping -MaxEvents $MaxEvents $physicalDisks = Get-PhysicalDisk | Select-Object DeviceId, FriendlyName, SerialNumber, MediaType, @{N='SizeGB';E={[math]::Round($_.Size / 1GB,2)}} foreach ($pd in $physicalDisks) { $devId = [int]$pd.DeviceId $drSuffix = if ($drMap.ContainsKey($devId)) { "\DR$($drMap[$devId])" } else { '\DR? (no event seen yet)' } Write-Host "" Write-Host "<=== \Device\Harddisk$devId$drSuffix ($($pd.FriendlyName)) ===>" Write-Host " DeviceId: $devId | Serial: $($pd.SerialNumber) | Media: $($pd.MediaType) | Size: $($pd.SizeGB) GB" try { $partitions = Get-Partition -DiskNumber $devId -ErrorAction Stop if (-not $partitions) { Write-Host " (no partitions found)" continue } foreach ($part in $partitions) { $driveLetter = if ($part.DriveLetter) { "$($part.DriveLetter):" } else { 'no letter' } $sizeGB = [math]::Round($part.Size / 1GB, 2) $typeInfo = Get-PartitionTypeInfo -Partition $part Write-Host " [PARTITION $($part.PartitionNumber)] Drive: $driveLetter - $sizeGB GB - $typeInfo" } } catch { Write-Host " [ERROR] cannot read partitions for disk $devId" } } if ($drMap.Count -eq 0) { Write-Host "" Write-Host "Note: no \Device\HarddiskN\DRx entries found in the last $MaxEvents System log events. Increase -MaxEvents, or the DR number will only appear once Windows actually logs a disk event for that drive (e.g. a bad block warning)." } EndPowerShell: Comment: Verify that Discord does not have any injected code to intercept personal data. If anything is prompted here, it needs to be checked that it isn't malicious code. Powershell: @("$env:APPDATA","$env:LOCALAPPDATA") | ForEach-Object { Get-ChildItem $_ -Recurse -Filter "index.js" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } | Where-Object { $_.FullName -match "discord_desktop_core" } | ForEach-Object { Write-Host "--- $($_.FullName) ---"; (Get-Content $_.FullName -Raw).Substring(0,[Math]::Min(2000,(Get-Content $_.FullName -Raw).Length)) } StartPowerShell: # Basic BSOD listings $ccKey = "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl" $cfg = Get-ItemProperty $ccKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $dumpTypeMap = @{0='None';1='Complete';2='Kernel';3='Minidump';7='Automatic'} Write-Output "--- Configuration ---" Write-Output ("Dump Type: {0} ({1})" -f $cfg.CrashDumpEnabled, $dumpTypeMap[$cfg.CrashDumpEnabled]) Write-Output ("Full Dump Path: {0}" -f $(if($cfg.DumpFile){[Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($cfg.DumpFile)}else{"$env:SystemRoot\MEMORY.DMP"})) Write-Output ("Minidump Folder: {0}" -f $(if($cfg.MinidumpDir){[Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($cfg.MinidumpDir)}else{"$env:SystemRoot\Minidump"})) Write-Output ("Auto Reboot: {0}" -f $(if($cfg.AutoReboot -eq 0){'Disabled'}else{'Enabled'})) Write-Output "--- Found Dump Files ---" $full = if($cfg.DumpFile){[Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($cfg.DumpFile)}else{"$env:SystemRoot\MEMORY.DMP"} if (Test-Path $full) { Get-Item $full | Select Name,Length,LastWriteTime | Format-Table -AutoSize } $mini = if($cfg.MinidumpDir){[Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($cfg.MinidumpDir)}else{"$env:SystemRoot\Minidump"} if (Test-Path $mini) { Get-ChildItem $mini -Filter *.dmp | Select Name,Length,LastWriteTime | Format-Table -AutoSize } Write-Output "--- BugCheck Reasoning (recent events) ---" $map = @{ '0x0000000A'='IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - faulty/outdated driver accessed memory at high IRQL' '0x0000001E'='KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED - unhandled kernel exception, often driver/hardware' '0x0000002E'='DATA_BUS_ERROR - typically bad RAM or hardware fault' '0x0000003B'='SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION - exception in a system service, often driver-related' '0x00000050'='PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA - bad RAM or faulty driver/antivirus' '0x0000007A'='KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR - disk-related problem' '0x0000007B'='INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE - system could not find/access the boot device' '0x0000007E'='SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED - almost always a faulty driver' '0x0000007F'='UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP - hardware issue (CPU/RAM/overclocking)' '0x0000009F'='DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE - driver failed to respond to a power state change' '0x000000C2'='BAD_POOL_CALLER - driver mishandling memory (pool corruption)' '0x000000D1'='DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - typically a network or GPU driver' '0x000000EF'='CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED - a critical system process died, often malware/system corruption' '0x00000116'='VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE - GPU driver failed to respond in time (timeout)' '0x00000124'='WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR - hardware fault (CPU/RAM/PSU/overclocking)' '0x00000133'='DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION - faulty driver or storage subsystem issue' '0x00000139'='KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE - corrupted kernel structure, possibly malware' } $events = Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{LogName='System';Id=1001} -MaxEvents 100 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.ProviderName -match 'WER-SystemErrorReporting' } | Select-Object -First 5 if (-not $events) { Write-Output "No BugCheck events found in the log." } foreach ($ev in $events) { $code = if ($ev.Message -match 'bugcheck was:\s*(0x[0-9A-Fa-f]+)') { $matches[1] } else { $null } Write-Output ("Time: {0}" -f $ev.TimeCreated) Write-Output ("Code: {0}" -f $(if($code){$code}else{'not recognized'})) if ($code -and $map.ContainsKey($code.ToUpper())) { Write-Output ("Meaning: {0}" -f $map[$code.ToUpper()]) } elseif ($code) { Write-Output "Meaning: unknown code, look up at learn.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/bug-check-code-reference2" } Write-Output "" } EndPowerShell: StartPowerShell: # This snippet lists all installed apps and their folder contents along with SHA256 hashes. Useful for troubleshooting malware abusing installed app entry. param( [switch]$Recurse, [int]$MaxFilesPerApp = [int]::MaxValue ) $uninstallPaths = @( 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*', 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*', 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' ) $script:msiInstaller = $null function Get-MsiInstallLocation { param([string]$ProductCode) if (-not $script:msiInstaller) { try { $script:msiInstaller = New-Object -ComObject WindowsInstaller.Installer } catch { return $null } } try { $loc = $script:msiInstaller.ProductInfo($ProductCode, 'InstallLocation') if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($loc)) { $loc = $script:msiInstaller.ProductInfo($ProductCode, 'InstallSource') } if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($loc)) { return $null } return $loc } catch { return $null } } function Get-CleanPath { param([string]$RawValue) if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($RawValue)) { return $null } $s = $RawValue.Trim() if ($s.StartsWith('"')) { $endQuote = $s.IndexOf('"', 1) if ($endQuote -gt 0) { return $s.Substring(1, $endQuote - 1) } } if ($s -match '^(.*?\.exe)\b') { return $Matches[1] } return $s } function Format-FileSize { param([long]$Bytes) if ($Bytes -ge 1GB) { return '{0:N2} GB' -f ($Bytes / 1GB) } if ($Bytes -ge 1MB) { return '{0:N2} MB' -f ($Bytes / 1MB) } if ($Bytes -ge 1KB) { return '{0:N2} KB' -f ($Bytes / 1KB) } return "$Bytes B" } $script:PeExtensions = @('.exe', '.dll', '.sys', '.ocx', '.cpl', '.scr', '.drv', '.efi', '.msi', '.msp', '.msu') function Test-IsPeFile { param([string]$Extension) return $script:PeExtensions -contains $Extension.ToLower() } function Get-SignatureInfo { param([string]$Path, [string]$Extension) if (-not (Test-IsPeFile -Extension $Extension)) { return [PSCustomObject]@{ Signer = 'N/A (not PE)'; Status = 'NotApplicable'; Valid = $false } } $result = [PSCustomObject]@{ Signer = 'Unsigned'; Status = 'NotSigned'; Valid = $false } try { $sig = Get-AuthenticodeSignature -LiteralPath $Path -ErrorAction Stop $result.Status = $sig.Status.ToString() $result.Valid = ($sig.Status -eq 'Valid') if ($sig.SignerCertificate) { if ($sig.SignerCertificate.Subject -match 'CN=([^,]+)') { $result.Signer = $Matches[1].Trim('"') } else { $result.Signer = $sig.SignerCertificate.Subject } if (-not $result.Valid) { $result.Signer += " [INVALID: $($result.Status)]" } } elseif ($sig.Status -eq 'NotSigned') { $result.Signer = 'Unsigned' } else { $result.Signer = "Unknown [$($result.Status)]" } } catch { $result.Signer = 'Verification error' $result.Status = 'Error' $result.Valid = $false } return $result } $rawApps = Get-ItemProperty -Path $uninstallPaths -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -and $_.DisplayName.Trim() -ne '' } | Select-Object @{Name = 'Name'; Expression = { $_.DisplayName } }, @{Name = 'Version'; Expression = { $_.DisplayVersion } }, @{Name = 'Publisher'; Expression = { $_.Publisher } }, @{Name = 'InstallFolder'; Expression = { if ($_.InstallLocation -and $_.InstallLocation.Trim() -ne '') { $_.InstallLocation } elseif ($_.UninstallString -match 'MsiExec\.exe.*?(\{[0-9A-Fa-f\-]{36}\})') { $productCode = $Matches[1] $msiLoc = Get-MsiInstallLocation -ProductCode $productCode if ($msiLoc) { $msiLoc } else { "MSI: $productCode (location not found)" } } elseif ($_.UninstallString) { $_.UninstallString } else { 'N/A' } } } | Sort-Object Name -Unique foreach ($app in $rawApps) { $versionText = if ($app.Version) { $app.Version } else { '?' } $publisherText = if ($app.Publisher) { $app.Publisher } else { '?' } Write-Host "" Write-Host "<=== $($app.Name) [$versionText] ($publisherText) ===>" if ($app.InstallFolder -eq 'N/A' -or $app.InstallFolder -match '^MSI: .* \(location not found\)$') { Write-Host " Path: $($app.InstallFolder)" continue } $cleanPath = Get-CleanPath -RawValue $app.InstallFolder $exists = $false try { $exists = Test-Path -LiteralPath $cleanPath -ErrorAction Stop } catch [System.UnauthorizedAccessException] { Write-Host " Path: $cleanPath" Write-Host " [ACCESS DENIED]" continue } catch { Write-Host " Path: $cleanPath" Write-Host " [ERROR] cannot access" continue } if (-not $exists) { Write-Host " Path: $cleanPath" Write-Host " [NOT FOUND]" continue } $rootItem = Get-Item -LiteralPath $cleanPath -Force $created = $rootItem.CreationTime.ToString('dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss') $modified = $rootItem.LastWriteTime.ToString('dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss') if ($rootItem.PSIsContainer) { $subFolders = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $cleanPath -Directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $gciParams = @{ LiteralPath = $cleanPath; File = $true; Force = $true; ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } if ($Recurse) { $gciParams['Recurse'] = $true } $allFiles = Get-ChildItem @gciParams Write-Host " Path: $cleanPath | Created: $created | Modified: $modified | Files: $($allFiles.Count) | Folders: $($subFolders.Count)" foreach ($dir in $subFolders) { $dCreated = $dir.CreationTime.ToString('dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss') $dModified = $dir.LastWriteTime.ToString('dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss') $dFileCount = (Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $dir.FullName -File -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Count Write-Host (" [DIR] {0} - {1} - {2,10} - {3}" -f $dCreated, $dModified, "$dFileCount files", $dir.FullName) } } else { $allFiles = @($rootItem) Write-Host " Path: $cleanPath | Created: $created | Modified: $modified | Files: 1" } if ($allFiles.Count -eq 0) { continue } $shown = $allFiles | Select-Object -First $MaxFilesPerApp foreach ($f in $shown) { $hash = 'N/A' try { $hash = (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $f.FullName -Algorithm SHA256 -ErrorAction Stop).Hash } catch { $hash = 'HASH-ERROR' } $size = Format-FileSize -Bytes $f.Length $fcreated = $f.CreationTime.ToString('dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss') $fmod = $f.LastWriteTime.ToString('dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss') $sigInfo = Get-SignatureInfo -Path $f.FullName -Extension $f.Extension Write-Host (" [{0}] {1} - {2} - {3,10} - Signer: {4} - {5}" -f $hash, $fcreated, $fmod, $size, $sigInfo.Signer, $f.FullName) } } EndPowerShell: Comment: List 30 recent scheduled tasks (you know, just for the sake of it) Powershell: Get-ScheduledTask | select -first 30 | Get-ScheduledTaskInfo Comment: List recent Run (Windows + R) executed commands, useful for identifying ClickFix attacks Powershell: (Get-ItemProperty "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).PSObject.Properties | Where-Object { $_.Name -match "^[a-z]$" } | ForEach-Object { Write-Host "$($_.Name): $($_.Value)" } Comment: Remove browser cache StartPowerShell: $ProfilesDirectory = (Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList').ProfilesDirectory $DisplayNames = @{ "chrome" = "Chrome" "firefox" = "Firefox" "opera" = "Opera" "operagx" = "Opera GX" "brave" = "Brave" "msedge" = "Edge" "vivaldi" = "Vivaldi" "librewolf" = "LibreWolf" "mullvad" = "Mullvad Browser" "zen" = "Zen" } $ProcessNameMap = @{ "operagx" = "opera" "mullvad" = "mullvadbrowser" } $trueCacheNames = @("Cache", "Code Cache", "DawnCache", "GPUCache", "GrShaderCache", "ShaderCache", "Shared Dictionary\cache") function Get-CacheDirs { param([string]$BrowserName, [string]$ProfilesDirectory) switch ($BrowserName) { "chrome" { $dir = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" Get-ChildItem $dir -Directory -Recurse -Include $trueCacheNames -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName } } "firefox" { $dir = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" Get-ChildItem $dir -Directory -Recurse -Include "cache2" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName + '\entries' } } "opera" { $dir1 = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Local\Opera Software" $r1 = Get-ChildItem $dir1 -Directory -Recurse -Include $trueCacheNames -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName } $dir2 = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software" $r2 = Get-ChildItem $dir2 -Directory -Recurse -Include $trueCacheNames -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName } $r1 + $r2 } "operagx" { $dir1 = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable" $r1 = Get-ChildItem $dir1 -Directory -Recurse -Include $trueCacheNames -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName } $dir2 = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable" $r2 = Get-ChildItem $dir2 -Directory -Recurse -Include $trueCacheNames -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName } $r1 + $r2 } "brave" { $dir = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data" Get-ChildItem $dir -Directory -Recurse -Include $trueCacheNames -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName } } "msedge" { $dir = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" Get-ChildItem $dir -Directory -Recurse -Include $trueCacheNames -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName } } "vivaldi" { $dir = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\User Data" Get-ChildItem $dir -Directory -Recurse -Include $trueCacheNames -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName } } "librewolf" { $dir = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Local\LibreWolf\Profiles" Get-ChildItem $dir -Directory -Recurse -Include "cache2" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName + '\entries' } } "mullvad" { $dir = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Local\Mullvad\MullvadBrowser\Profiles" Get-ChildItem $dir -Directory -Recurse -Include "cache2" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName + '\entries' } } "zen" { $dir = "$ProfilesDirectory\*\AppData\Local\zen\Profiles" Get-ChildItem $dir -Directory -Recurse -Include "cache2" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName + '\entries' } } } } function Format-Size { param([long]$Bytes) if ($Bytes -ge 1GB) { return '{0:N2} GB' -f ($Bytes / 1GB) } if ($Bytes -ge 1MB) { return '{0:N2} MB' -f ($Bytes / 1MB) } if ($Bytes -ge 1KB) { return '{0:N2} KB' -f ($Bytes / 1KB) } return "$Bytes B" } $BrowserKeys = @('chrome', 'firefox', 'opera', 'operagx', 'brave', 'msedge', 'vivaldi', 'librewolf', 'mullvad', 'zen') foreach ($key in $BrowserKeys) { $procName = if ($ProcessNameMap.ContainsKey($key)) { $ProcessNameMap[$key] } else { $key } Get-Process -Name $procName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Stop-Process -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 $grandBytes = 0L $grandFiles = 0 $anyFound = $false foreach ($key in $BrowserKeys) { $cacheDirs = Get-CacheDirs -BrowserName $key -ProfilesDirectory $ProfilesDirectory if (-not $cacheDirs -or $cacheDirs.Count -eq 0) { continue } $anyFound = $true $displayName = $DisplayNames[$key] $browserBytes = 0L $browserFiles = 0 foreach ($cacheDir in $cacheDirs) { if (-not (Test-Path $cacheDir)) { continue } $items = Get-ChildItem -Path $cacheDir -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $files = $items | Where-Object { -not $_.PSIsContainer } $bytes = ($files | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum).Sum if (-not $bytes) { $bytes = 0 } $browserFiles += $files.Count $browserBytes += $bytes Get-ChildItem -Path "$cacheDir\*" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Remove-Item -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } $grandBytes += $browserBytes $grandFiles += $browserFiles Write-Host ("{0,-16} freed {1,10} ({2} files)" -f $displayName, (Format-Size $browserBytes), $browserFiles) } if (-not $anyFound) { Write-Host "No cache found for any installed browser." } Write-Host "" Write-Host ("Total freed: {0} ({1} files)" -f (Format-Size $grandBytes), $grandFiles) EndPowerShell: Comment: Verify WMI repository, repair & verify again CMD: winmgmt.exe /verifyrepository CMD: winmgmt.exe /salvagerepository CMD: winmgmt.exe /verifyrepository Comment: To rebuild the performance counter library values CMD: "%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\lodctr.exe /R" CMD: "%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\lodctr.exe /R" CMD: "C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\lodctr.exe /R" CMD: "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\lodctr.exe /R" Comment: Resync performance counter library values to WMI as well CMD: winmgmt.exe /resyncperf Comment: Force policy removal C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicyUsers C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy CMD: gpupdate.exe /force Comment: Reset PowerShell execution policy Powershell: Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser -Force Comment: BITS reset Startbatch: @echo off net.exe stop BITS ipconfig.exe /flushdns ren "%programdata%\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr*.*" qmgr*.*.old net.exe start BITS Endbatch: cmd: bitsadmin.exe /reset /allusers Comment: Network reset commands CMD: ipconfig.exe /release CMD: ipconfig.exe /release6 CMD: netsh.exe winhttp reset proxy CMD: netsh.exe int ip reset CMD: netsh.exe int ipv6 reset CMD: netsh.exe int tcp reset CMD: netsh.exe winsock reset CMD: netsh.exe branchcache reset CMD: ipconfig.exe /flushDNS CMD: arp.exe -d * CMD: nbtstat.exe -R CMD: route.exe -f CMD: ipconfig.exe /renew CMD: nbtstat.exe -RR CMD: ipconfig.exe /registerdns CMD: ipconfig.exe /all Comment: Additional temp file removal C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\*.tmp C:\WINDOWS\system32\*.tmp C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\*.tmp C:\Users\CurrentUserName\AppData\Local\Temp\* C:\Windows\Temp\* C:\Windows\SystemTemp\* C:\Windows\Prefetch\* Comment: System repair commands CMD: DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth CMD: SFC /ScanNow CMD: DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase Comment: Remove set proxy servers RemoveProxy: Comment: Remove temporary files via FRST EmptyTemp: