Lab

Let's put what we've learned into action. In this lab, we'll look at how we can hunt malware without an antivirus.

Hunting Malware without antivirus

There will be times you will not have any security tools to be able to verify whether or not your PC is infected with malware. Did you know that you can use the internal tools like Microsoft command line or PowerShell to see if there is anything wrong with your PC?

This lab will take you through some steps that can help you when you're in need.

PS: As mentioned, you can use your favorite command line utility for this lab. I will use both of them to avoid duplication of the lab steps. Thus, you will see some screenshots taken from CMD and some others taken from PowerShell.

First Step

You need to focus on volatile information, as it can be easily modified or lost when the system is shut down or rebooted. Volatile data resides in registries, cache, and RAM. Determine a logical timeline of the security...