InstallFix Establishes Persistence through a User Startup Shortcut

Daniel Jeremiah@daniyyell

•updated Jun 20, 2026•0•0•4

Detects the creation of a new LNK file in a user's Startup folder that references PowerShell, mshta, or rundll32, indicating a potential persistence mechanism. This rule specifically looks for file creation events where the target file is a .lnk file within the 'Start Menu\Programs\Startup' path and the command line of the creating process contains 'powershell', 'pwsh', 'cmd', 'wscript', or 'mshta'.