The latest variants of the ViperSoftX info-stealing malware use the common language runtime (CLR) to load and execute PowerShell commands within AutoIt scripts to evade detection.

IBM’s X-Force Research team reports hackers attacking Brazilian banks are using the Windows scripting tool called AutoIt to reduces the likelihood of antivirus software detection.

AutoIt, a scripting language for automating Windows interface interactions, is increasingly being used by malware developers thanks to its flexibility and low learning curve, according to security ...

Autoit will do the job. A single line script will work. I used this line (lots of) years ago, to start robolabs, which insisted on being run as administrator, nothing less would work.

The script is converted into a Windows executable by running the utility Aut2Exe, which produces a new binary with the malware inside it. Malware authors writing scripts to execute another binary on ...

The failed attempt to improve the older AutoIt language spurred the AHK creator to put together a new scripting engine that later became AutoHotkey and, which, over the next several years ...

Is AutoIt a virus? AutoIt (in its reasonable or acceptable form) is actually an automation language that is used for scripting Windows-based applications.