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Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 year ago (7 children)

It’s about time.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

It is their own Adobe Flash and it’s good that it is faded out. Too obscure in modern times, too many security flaws. Only warm nostalgic memories will remain in 10 years.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It is their own Adobe Flash

No, that was Silverlight. VBS is MS's JS.

[–] SpaceMan9000 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

JavaScript from 1999 was Microsoft's JavaScript. You could also run that through WSH.

[–] hansl 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was JScript. Totally not JavaScript with a moustache.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They tried it twice?

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