VBS Scripts for automation are Blocked by Default

Uninstalled it. Waste of time.

I wrote the scr𝗶pts myself to automate Windows tasks.

All vbs files are blocked. The antivirus is interrupting non-malicious files. This is not an "advanced" bitdefender feature as I have been using the same files since 2014 while running avast! in the background (I replaced bitdefender with Kaspersky just now but even Kaspersky never blocks my vbs files), and its heuristics detection never flagged any of my vbs files as malicious. The file that was blocked only contain a command to start a built in windows program for taking screenshots.

100% of the "vendors" agree that the files are indeed, not malicious. How can a scr𝗶pt file that contains code that automates launching of legitimate built-in windows programs considered as malicious? BD's antimalware that blocks everything based on file type is lazy and avast's heuristics from a decade ago has more common sense in differentiating between malicious and harmless scr𝗶pt files.

No. It launches snippingtool.exe:

You're referring to this post by some other user, which mentions a .bat file ▲

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Bitdefender is wrong. Snippingtool.exe is not a malware. The issue is why BD blocks all of my vbs scr𝗂pts regardless of their content. This is one of the scr𝗂pts:

Dim objShell
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
objShell.Run("snippingtool.exe")
Set objShell = Nothing

▲ as you can see it launches "snippingtool.exe" without specifying a path. It means that it launces the executable exe file which belongs to the Snipping Tool process which comes along with the Microsoft Windows Operating System.

I don't write or embed cmd commands in my vbs scr𝗂pts. I also run a vbs scr𝗂pt that comes with Easy Context Menu and BD also blocked it. CLearly, as posted by some other user regarding the same issue, BD has a problem with vbs scr𝗂pts.

Dim objShell
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
objShell.Run("%any executable file%")
Set objShell = Nothing

▲ Not malicious. I'm the human checker of my own programs and scr𝗂pts. Compared to BD's "artificial intelligence," in this specific context and scenario, my common sense works better.

I know what the scr𝗂pts can do when I wrote them. I only reported the issue here as to why harmless files are blocked.

Among the free antivirus options I've tested—like Windows Defender, Malwarebytes, Avast, AVG, Kaspersky, Bitdefender, and Avira—only Panda has been the least intrusive. It doesn't cause slowdowns while I'm using Photoshop for tasks like saving, pasting image data, exporting files, and converting images. Other antivirus programs slow down my computer, even though it has a powerful Core i9 processor and RTX GPU. A good antivirus should perform well, even on a computer with basic specifications.

To avoid harmful software, I usually create my own tools, like vbs scr𝗂pts and desktop apps, to automate my work. However, many security programs block these custom scr𝗂pts and programs. It's annoying that a 30-second behavioral analysis prevents my executables from running; wasting both time and money.