![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() VBS file directly attached to an e-mail or "hidden" in a. A WSH script can automate almost any operation normally performed by Windows and can be launched with a single click, thus making it the perfect tool to be used in the e-mail spamming / e-mail phishing campaigns, where multiple fake invoices are sent to a wide amount of users hoping that some of them would "double click" on them, thus activating the malware. Unfortunately, the great potential and versatility of the Windows Script Host eventually led most hackers and black-hat developers to use it to develop malicious script-based computer viruses and malware. WSH is a language-independent system, as it allows you to write code using different script engines including VBScript (default), JavaScript, Perl and more. Scripts made with WSH (which usually have VBS extension, since they are primarily written in VBScript) are usually more powerful and versatile than batch files (.BAT extension) and, for a certain period, they have been used within most software installation processes to carry out various system configuration activities. Windows Script Host (or WSH) (also known as Windows Scripting Host) is a scripting language shipped with all major Windows and Windows Server distributions since Windows 98.
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