You will typically find this executable after installing:

Important: If you do not use any Amped Software products or a customized QuickBooks environment, the presence of amped-qbpatch.exe is highly irregular and should be investigated.


Notable strings found:

C:\ProgramData\Ample\patch.bat
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
qbpatch32.dll
http://update.ample[.]com/patch/qb/latest.bin
amp_sound_keygen.exe
--force --silent
DeleteFileA

These strings indicate:


| Attribute | Value | |-----------|-------| | Compile Time | [Check with pesec or exiftool] | | Entropy | [High entropy suggests packing/encryption] | | Digital Signature | Absent / Invalid | | Imported DLLs | Kernel32, User32, Advapi32, Wininet, Shell32 | | Suspicious Imports | WinExec, CreateRemoteThread, RegSetValue, URLDownloadToFile |