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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 875556" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>Bitsadmin.exe is not required for Windows Updates because they use BITS directly.</p><p>Bitsadmin.exe requires Internet access, but cannot be blocked by the Firewall (uses svchost.exe).</p><p>You can block Wscript/Cscript, they are not used by the healthy system for any important tasks (just administrative scripts). But, you have to check if installed applications do not use them (it can rarely happen).</p><p>You can block Wscript/Cscript safely by SRP for standard processes only (like in Hard_Configurator) and then the system processes will use them without problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 875556, member: 32260"] Bitsadmin.exe is not required for Windows Updates because they use BITS directly. Bitsadmin.exe requires Internet access, but cannot be blocked by the Firewall (uses svchost.exe). You can block Wscript/Cscript, they are not used by the healthy system for any important tasks (just administrative scripts). But, you have to check if installed applications do not use them (it can rarely happen). You can block Wscript/Cscript safely by SRP for standard processes only (like in Hard_Configurator) and then the system processes will use them without problems. [/QUOTE]
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