What is the "wscript.exe" ? Variant 14110

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 3(3) 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:: 8886e0697b0a93c521f99099ef643450
SHA1:: 851bd390bf559e702b8323062dbeb251d9f2f6f7
SHA256:: d73f7ee4e6e992a618d02580bdbf4fd6ba7c683d110928001092f4073341e95f
Size:: 168960
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
avast! Antivirus	2016-09-01 02:23:46
AhnLab V3 Internet Security 8.0	2016-08-30 03:26:13
360 Total Security	2016-08-28 15:14:49
Avast Antivirus	2016-08-22 22:46:35
IObit Malware Fighter	2016-08-22 15:06:54
Trend Micro OfficeScan Antivirus	2016-07-26 08:16:10
Baidu Antivirus	2016-07-17 12:36:45
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2016-07-08 14:22:18
COMODO Antivirus	2016-07-04 06:07:41

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SAFErating from user Cherrout for file C:\Windows\System32\userinet.exe
THREATrating from user dllsys.exe for file %APPDATA%\vfingd\dllsys.exe

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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