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Windows Persistent Startup Folder

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Disclosed
Jan 1, 1995
Created
Oct 29, 2025

Description

This module establishes persistence by creating a payload in the user or system startup folder.
Works on Vista and newer systems.

Author

h00die

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x64, x86, aarch64

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/windows/persistence/startup_folder
    msf exploit(startup_folder) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(startup_folder) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(startup_folder) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(startup_folder) > exploit
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