Learning Malware Analysis

1.6.2 PowerShell Scripts And Execution Policy

PowerShell's capabilities allow you to create scripts by combining multiple commands. The PowerShell script has an extension of .ps1. By default, you will not be allowed to execute a PowerShell script. This is due to the default execution policy setting in PowerShell that prevents the execution of PowerShell scripts. The execution policy determines the conditions under which PowerShell scripts are executed. By default, the execution policy is set to "Restricted", which means that a PowerShell script (.ps1) cannot be executed, but you can still execute individual commands. For example, when the Write-Host "Hello World" command is saved as a PowerShell script (hello.ps1) and executed, you get the ...