The script was setting E=0x1B[ as a literal string instead of the actual
ESC character (ASCII 27), causing color codes to display as text like
"0x1B[33m[+]0x1B[97m" instead of rendering as colors.
Changed the SetOnce subroutine to properly capture the ESC character using
the 'prompt $E' technique before building the ANSI escape sequence prefix.
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WMIC has been deprecated since Windows 10 20H1 and removed in Windows 11.
The script was exiting early when WMIC commands failed instead of continuing.
Changes:
- Add proper WMIC existence checks using 'where wmic' before execution
- Implement PowerShell fallbacks for all WMIC commands
- Fix hotfix enumeration (Get-HotFix)
- Fix antivirus detection (Get-CimInstance)
- Fix mounted disk enumeration (Get-PSDrive)
- Fix running process checks (Get-Process)
- Fix service binary permission checks (Get-CimInstance Win32_Service)
- Add error suppression (2>nul) to conditional WMIC exploit checks
The script now properly detects WMIC availability and falls back to
PowerShell equivalents, ensuring full functionality on modern Windows
systems while maintaining backward compatibility with older systems.
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
+ added color-coded output
+ added progress tracking in percent
+ segmented code into pass-through functions for easier maintenance
o reformatted advisory message
o removed some ECHO. to save uniform whitespace
o fixed some typos
o more error-catching
Carlos Polop