What is the "cscript.exe" ? Variant 148230

Our database contains 104 different files for filename cscript.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the cscript.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name cscript.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft ® Windows Script Host and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft ® Console Based Script Host. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process cscript.exe.

Product:: Microsoft ® Windows Script Host
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft ® Console Based Script Host
Version:: 5.8.7600.16385
MD5:: f36b7461fecdcf763fdefa3a3352cd45
SHA1:: d1b9ba6fd3aa56b96f5375136798fe9dfc927f72
SHA256:: bd7b57a9303f0156e0737e9768a70f841b222a3e07e1426ecccfffdf2737bfe9
Size:: 126976
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: Medium

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Avira Antivirus	2016-07-15 01:40:11
AhnLab V3 Internet Security 8.0	2016-07-14 06:25:27
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2016-07-08 14:22:18
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-06-12 03:07:36
avast! Antivirus	2016-05-06 18:05:47
AhnLab V3 Endpoint Security 9.0	2016-03-25 01:07:42
ESET Smart Security 9.0.349.14	2016-03-05 01:30:23
ViRobot Internet Security 2011	2016-02-04 02:30:16
ESET Smart Security 9.0.318.20	2015-12-29 01:44:38
Antiv	2015-07-23 01:17:07

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CScript.exe is Microsoft's command-based script host used for running Visual Basic (VBS) and Java (JS) script-files. There is also a windows-based (WScript.exe) version. The executable itself is save, like the command-prompt (CMD.exe) but the scripts themselves can pose a threat to the system.
See Microsoft's (Technet) sites for more information: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490887.aspx https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/wsh_overview.mspx