Identifies Wine through registry keys

Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

UPX packed file

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

Adds Run key to start application

Checks for any installed AV software in registry

Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

Checks computer location settings

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.