During an active engagement, malicious code runs upon each user login. Your discovery efforts have ruled out scheduled tasks or startup folders. Which path is a likely location storing the directive that causes the code to start?
Placing a reference in the location containing “Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run” within the user hive triggers code at each new session. Placing the script in system setup paths does not typically cause repeated user logon events. Locations storing desktop configurations or default user environment variables are also not used to routinely launch scripts during every login.
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