# Purpose: Installs a handful of SysInternals tools on the host into c:\Tools\Sysinternals $sysinternalsDir = "C:\Tools\Sysinternals" $sysmonDir = "C:\ProgramData\Sysmon" If(!(test-path $sysinternalsDir)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $sysinternalsDir } Else { Write-Host "Tools directory exists. Exiting." exit } If(!(test-path $sysmonDir)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $sysmonDir } Else { Write-Host "Sysmon directory exists. Exiting." exit } $autorunsPath = "C:\Tools\Sysinternals\Autoruns64.exe" $procmonPath = "C:\Tools\Sysinternals\Procmon.exe" $psexecPath = "C:\Tools\Sysinternals\PsExec64.exe" $procexpPath = "C:\Tools\Sysinternals\procexp64.exe" $sysmonPath = "C:\Tools\Sysinternals\Sysmon64.exe" $tcpviewPath = "C:\Tools\Sysinternals\Tcpview.exe" $sysmonConfigPath = "$sysmonDir\sysmonConfig.xml" # Microsoft likes TLSv1.2 as well [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 Write-Host "Downloading Autoruns64.exe..." (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://live.sysinternals.com/Autoruns64.exe', $autorunsPath) Write-Host "Downloading Procmon.exe..." (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://live.sysinternals.com/Procmon.exe', $procmonPath) Write-Host "Downloading PsExec64.exe..." (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://live.sysinternals.com/PsExec64.exe', $psexecPath) Write-Host "Downloading procexp64.exe..." (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://live.sysinternals.com/procexp64.exe', $procexpPath) Write-Host "Downloading Sysmon64.exe..." (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://live.sysinternals.com/Sysmon64.exe', $sysmonPath) Write-Host "Downloading Tcpview.exe..." (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://live.sysinternals.com/Tcpview.exe', $tcpviewPath) Copy-Item $sysmonPath $sysmonDir # Download SwiftOnSecurity's Sysmon config Write-Host "Downloading SwiftOnSecurity's Sysmon config..." (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SwiftOnSecurity/sysmon-config/master/sysmonconfig-export.xml', "$sysmonConfigPath") # Alternative: Download Olaf Hartongs Sysmon config (more CPU intensive) # (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/olafhartong/sysmon-modular/master/sysmonconfig.xml, "$sysmonConfigPath" # Start Sysmon Write-Host "Starting Sysmon..." Start-Process -FilePath "$sysmonDir\Sysmon64.exe" -ArgumentList "-accepteula -i $sysmonConfigPath" Write-Host "Verifying that the Sysmon service is running..." Start-Sleep 5 # Give the service time to start If ((Get-Service -name Sysmon64).Status -ne "Running") { throw "The Sysmon service did not start successfully" }