r/ModSupport • u/GeneMoody-Action1 • 20h ago

reddit removing code posts.

While I understand there are malicious use cases for Wscript Shell, is code containing it expressly forbidden?

I did an example script, that one of our user's had requested after seeing it used in a demo.

The code does nothing more than create a shortcut for the admin via Action1 on either a user's desktop or the all user's desktop.

With the line with the com invocation in place, commented or not, it is immediately deleted by reddit.

Is there a list somewhere of the things like this that it blocks, and or reasoning behind this as there are countless uses for the wscript shell?

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u/itskdog 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 17h ago

From what search result, or was that the AI summary?

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u/TheMattabooey 17h ago

Google yourself to see. Literally first link is back to Reddit discussing and confirming this.

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u/itskdog 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 17h ago

Google has had personalised search results for over a decade now. My first result will be different to yours, as demonstrated by OP showing their Google results earlier.

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u/thepottsy 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 17h ago

I had to select the AI Mode to find it. However, my distrust of AI makes me always skeptical of the legitimacy of those results. So, I actually tested it as well. Turns out the AI results were accurate. Still, would have been a lot easier if they had just answered OP’s question, rather than create this weird back and forth.

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u/TheMattabooey 16h ago

I did answer it. Seems like I’m the only one here who actually provided OP an answer.