What is the "wscript.exe" ? Variant 13084406

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. 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:: 5.8.9200.16384
MD5:: d1ade450ea96092cf5006e3beea3e810
SHA1:: 535cfcece359aa7be1a0612f816db7d783aaf598
SHA256:: 8f5752ee944fd238eb5652f85f9e3a6b90c80f3e3e948878701439a49bae13b5
Size:: 131584
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 8
Occurence:: Medium

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Avast Antivirus	2016-08-31 14:41:29
Windows Defender	2016-06-01 22:14:22
avast! Antivirus	2016-01-19 22:58:16
360 Total Security	2016-01-19 22:58:16
COMODO Antivirus	2016-01-19 19:47:52
ESET Smart Security 8.0	2016-01-07 07:15:15
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.0	2015-07-19 15:42:17
Avira Desktop	2015-07-05 16:00:50
Norton Internet Security	2015-07-05 16:00:50
Kaspersky Internet Security	2015-04-05 16:07:17

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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