In the mid-2010s, "Amped" was known as a scene group or a moniker used for releasing unauthorized patches for high-value enterprise software. The file amped-qbpatch.exe was designed to bypass the licensing and activation requirements of and other versions. The typical "story" for a user involves:
Significant computer sluggishness caused by unauthorized tasks running aggressively in the background. amped-qbpatch.exe
index=windows process_name="amped-qbpatch.exe" OR process_name="patch.bat" index=windows registry_path="*Run\\AmpleUpdate" index=network dest_ip=update.ample[.]com OR dl.software-update[.]net In the mid-2010s, "Amped" was known as a
C:\ProgramData\Ample\patch.bat HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run qbpatch32.dll http://update.ample[.]com/patch/qb/latest.bin amp_sound_keygen.exe --force --silent DeleteFileA index=windows process_name="amped-qbpatch
rule amped_qbpatch_suspicious meta: description = "Detects amped-qbpatch.exe with known indicators" author = "Security Team" date = "2026-04-12" strings: $s1 = "amped-qbpatch.exe" fullword ascii $s2 = "qbpatch32.dll" fullword ascii $s3 = "patch/license.dat" ascii $s4 = "CreateRemoteThread" ascii $s5 = "AmpleUpdate" ascii condition: uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and (all of ($s1,$s2,$s3) or (2 of ($s*) and filesize < 5MB))
If you suspect amped-qbpatch.exe is present on your system: