What is the "cscript.exe" ? Variant 496893

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 (r) Windows Script Host and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft (R) Console Based Script Host. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process cscript.exe.

Product:: Microsoft (r) Windows Script Host
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft (R) Console Based Script Host
Version:: 5.7.0.18066
MD5:: d49923ddb48db11b264738da182340cc
SHA1:: fdc3349dde906e0586b4b4ab3391e1d2f99433da
SHA256:: 633040c7e9baa7a77b6a88d320d3d76cd1b8730f267bc6ddeee063469dc0b511
Size:: 159744
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: Low

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Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
avast! Antivirus	2014-06-25 10:46:19

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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

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