Shimcache

Description: Windows Application Compatibility Database is used by Windows to identify possible application compatibility challenges with executables. Tracks the executables file name, file size, last modified time.

Location:

  • C:\Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEM
    • SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\AppCompatCache

Notes: Any executable run on the Windows system could be found in this key. You can use this key to identify systems that specific malware was executed on. In addition, based on the interpretation of the time-based data you might be able to determine the last time of execution or activity on the system.

  • Windows 7 contains at most 1,024 entries
  • LastUpdateTime does not exist on Windows 7 systems

Analysis:
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