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AMSI Provider
Threat actors with elevated privileges can abuse the Windows Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) by registering a fake provider to establish persistence. This malicious provider triggers arbitrary execution, such as launching calc.exe, whenever specific strings are scanned within PowerShell content. Threat actors register the component via regsvr32, converting a native security feature into a covert persistence mechanism.
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