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 ...

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 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 ...

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