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Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery [View all]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-to-kill-off-vbscript-in-windows-to-block-malware-delivery/Microsoft is planning to phase out VBScript in future Windows releases after 30 years of use, making it an on-demand feature until it is removed.
VBScript (also known as Visual Basic Script or Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition) is a programming language similar to Visual Basic or Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and was introduced almost 30 years ago, in August 1996.
It comes bundled with Internet Explorer (which was killed off by Redmond across some Windows 10 platforms in February), integrates active scripting into Windows environments, and communicates with host applications through Windows Script.
VBScript (also known as Visual Basic Script or Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition) is a programming language similar to Visual Basic or Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and was introduced almost 30 years ago, in August 1996.
It comes bundled with Internet Explorer (which was killed off by Redmond across some Windows 10 platforms in February), integrates active scripting into Windows environments, and communicates with host applications through Windows Script.
OH MY GOODNESS.
30 years and trillions of dollars (estimated) of damage caused by this attack vector later.
Modern software design tries to containerize apps, and even isolate one browser tab from another.
"The internet's one tough town"
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