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I believe the one you're referring to is the "Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT)" feature, which has a slot in UEFI where an exe can be put, which is run by W
by g_p 9y ago
I believe the one you're referring to is the "Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT)" feature, which has a slot in UEFI where an exe can be put, which is run by Windows during an install.
Couple of refs for anyone interested:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10039870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10039870
https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=29544745#p29544745 https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=29544745#p2954...
- tinus_hn 9y agoIt actually runs on every boot, even worse. This is how overbroad nanny software like Computrace works, you can remove it but Windows will just reinstall it at boot. Kind of a glaring security issue.