Microsoft to phase out VBScript to block malware distribution

Microsoft has announced that it will phase out VBScript , a programming language introduced in Windows in August 1996.

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Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery
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VBScript is a Windows scripting language based on Visual Basic and implemented as part of Active Scripting for running scripts on Windows. Originally a scripting language implemented in Internet Explorer, with the July 2019 update, Microsoft is disabling VBScript by default in Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10.

According to Microsoft, VBScript will be deprecated in Windows in the future, but rather than being abolished all at once, it will be phased out first by implementing it as an on-demand feature.

One of the reasons why VBScript was discontinued was that Internet Explorer was discontinued because there were already few users, but Bleeping Computer, which is well-versed in security issues, said, ``VBScript can be used to reduce the spread of malware that exploits various functions of Windows and Office.'' It is part of our strategy to

According to BleepingComputer, VBScript allows malicious attackers to distribute malware and botnets such as Lokibot ,Emotet , and Qbot to victim computers. In fact, Microsoft expanded support for the Anti-Malware Scanning Interface (ASMI) to Office 365 clients in 2018 to protect against attacks using VBA macros.

Microsoft is also disabling XLM macros in January 2022, blocking VBA macros in July 2022, and blocking untrusted XLL add-ins by default in May 2023.

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