What is the "wscript.exe" ? Variant 11215

Our database contains 321 different files for filename wscript.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the wscript.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name wscript.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft ® Windows Script Host and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 2 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process wscript.exe.

Product:: Microsoft ® Windows Script Host
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host
Version:: 5.8.7600.16385
MD5:: d1ab72db2bedd2f255d35da3da0d4b16
SHA1:: 860265276b29b42b8c4b077e5c651def9c81b6e9
SHA256:: 047f3c5a7ab0ea05f35b2ca8037bf62dd4228786d07707064dbd0d46569305d0
Size:: 141824
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
360 Total Security	2016-08-31 18:12:35
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.2	2016-08-26 20:50:13
AVG Internet Security	2016-08-22 17:13:37
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.0	2016-07-26 17:22:22
ESET Smart Security 9.0.376.1	2016-07-25 18:28:24
avast! Antivirus	2016-07-17 14:51:52
Kingsoft Antivirus System Defense	2016-07-06 22:10:51
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-06-28 04:40:31
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 for Windows	2016-06-27 03:39:46

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SAFErating from user Felipe for file %APPDATA%\cbtcp\amdprocess.exe
SAFErating from user Don (Variant: 11215)
WScript.exe is the Windows Scripting Host engine that allows executing JScript and VBScript scripts on Windows. It appears that the batch file is creating a temp file containing the script code and then calling the scripting engine to execute the script. Finally, it deletes the temp script file once it has been executed.

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Reviews for different files with filename "C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe"

THREATrating from user GrieveTan for file C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe (Variant: 21877694)
Eats CPU and RAM for no reason
SAFErating from user C_Denninger for file C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe (Variant: 40628638)
WScript.exe is Microsoft's windows-based script host used for running Visual Basic (VBS) and Java (JS) script-files. There is also a command-based (CScript.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/bb734904.aspx#EEAA https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/wsh_overview.mspx
SAFErating from user Norbert for file C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe (Variant: 21950263)
it's my own selfwritten script and so safe. greetings Norbert
SAFErating from user Cooperdale for file C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe (Variant: 21312454)
It's a Microsoft process. If it's not signed by Microsoft, then it should be considered a menace.
THREATrating from user binded for file C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe (Variant: 21312454)
this is a bitcoin miner not quiet sure how i got it but it uses over 80% cpu and you can read the bat files that they used for its config