Re: How can I disable Windows Scripting Host (WSH)? (and should I?)

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (cnfrisch_at_nospamgmail.com)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:28:58 -0600

Install SP2 and other critical updates from the Windows Update
web site. The install a good antivirus program and there would be
no need to disable Windows Scripting Host.

How to disable or remove the Windows Scripting Host
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/win.script.hosting.html 

-- 
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"Colin Higbie" wrote:
| First, let me say I'm not actually sure I should do this. I'm asking on 
| behalf of a colleague who believes he must disable WSH. He was told that 
| they should disable WSH on their Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems as a 
| general matter of security. It occurred to me that this might be one of 
| those Windows urban legends, especially when I couldn't find anything 
| supporting it on the web or in MS Knowledgebase.
| 
| Is WSH a security threat (in Win2k or WinXP)?
| 
| Second, if it is a threat, how would someone go about turning it off? I 
| didn't see it listed in the Services MMC. What are the other consequences of 
| disabling it?
| 
| Thanks,
| Colin

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