What is the "wscript.exe" ? Variant 7930

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 (r) Windows Script Host and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft (r) Windows 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 wscript.exe.

Product:: Microsoft (r) Windows Script Host
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft (r) Windows Based Script Host
Version:: 5.7.0.18066
MD5:: cea8f7e45b7b098f5fb085bb6a6a4432
SHA1:: 36632da9b915460f45ffdf040c459bc4ab9cb05a
SHA256:: 2f68aef4c0396fbd6591295465a00bb101471ffa720e55bf0d63f65d3aef69b1
Size:: 155648
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-09-03 09:34:36
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0	2016-07-09 21:24:34
360 Total Security	2016-07-03 18:07:03
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition	2016-06-16 17:08:33
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise	2016-06-14 09:15:52
avast! Antivirus	2016-04-27 06:51:54
Norton Internet Security 2006	2016-04-26 11:48:35
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate	2016-04-25 12:58:35
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-04-12 21:55:41
Baidu Antivirus	2016-02-05 20:36:44

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Is the Process "wscript.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.

Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

Filename "wscript.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

50% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .
25% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Threat

User Reviews of the "wscript.exe"

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SAFErating from user Linda Kaioh (Variant: 7930)
Windows Script Host executable file that allow to run scripts without console interface.

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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