.vbs which can delete itself

[lepricaun]

hi,

i'm writing a visual basic script (vbs) but i need to find a way to let the script delete itself afterwards, is this possible?

and if it is, how can i do this?
can't find anything on google about it, although i would think this question may have rised before....

[nihil]

I need a bit more detail on you requirement...

You want it to run then delete from memory, or from the actual computer?

Are you looking at login scripts on a network?

Sorry, I cannot see what you are trying to do.

Cheers

[Tedob1]

have it write a batch file to delete the vbs. start the batch at the end of its run. a bat can delete itself.

[lepricaun]

I need a bit more detail on you requirement...

You want it to run then delete from memory, or from the actual computer?

Are you looking at login scripts on a network?

Sorry, I cannot see what you are trying to do.

Cheers

i've written a small vbs to write a string to the registry, after this, it has to be removed automatically..

i've thought about using a .bat file to remove the vbs file, and then delete itself, but i wasn't sure if it was possible...

but how would you do that with a batchfile????

i've written this .bat file, but this doesn't work:
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@echo off
cd\
cd stealth
stealth
cd\
del c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup\test.bat
exit
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so how would you solve this with the use of a batch file???

[avenger_jcc]

What EXACTLY does this VBS do? Sorry to sound so suspicious, but it sounds a awful lot like you are trying to cover tracks...

[SwordFish_13]

i've written this .bat file, but this doesn't work:

works for me

i tried this
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@echo off
del c:\temp\myprog.frm /the form to be deleted
del test.bat. //the batch file itself
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both were deleted. why don't you use batch file to write to the registry instead of VBS. if you are doing thids to learn then it's okay otherwise it would be a lot easier through Batch file to weite to the reg and delete itself.

[Tedob1]

something like this would work

this.bat
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echo REGEDIT4 >my.reg

echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Whatever] >>my.reg

echo "something"=dword:00000000 >>my.reg

call my.reg

del my.reg

del this.bat

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[lepricaun]

What EXACTLY does this VBS do? Sorry to sound so suspicious, but it sounds a awful lot like you are trying to cover tracks...

in this idea i've got, it is indeed used to cover tracks and to run nc.exe on a specific port with a cmd.exe, but it is not like i'm doing this to use it, it just bothered me that this option is possible within the network on my work...
can't give you to much details, cause this info can be used pretty easy to get control over a system..
but let's just say, i know what i'm doing, it's nothing illegal, but i haven't got enough experience with vbs to know how to do this....

so, the main reason for doing this is to learn something from it, not to do something stupid!

[Tedob1]

so please explain how a reg edit will stop this. i can see a reg edit to start it with parameters on start up or to make nc a service but the only way i can see to stop nc from using a cmd shell is to disallow cmd on the computer

[lepricaun]

i was thinking about disabling registry tools and disable the use of vbs scripts....
and of course disable the cmd.exe, but there are ways around that, so that isn't bulletproof either...