Windows Script Host error on startup about a file "adhsvc.vbs" not being found.

Question

I've been getting this error on every startup. When I go to the path described in the Script line and double click "adhsvc.vbs" (which is not missing), I get the same error, upon every attempted opening. I've run Windows Security scans, I've tried using Windows Update, but to no avail.

Opening the script reveals this string:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WshShell.Run """C:\Users\Joel\FXSCOVER\asferror.exe"""

I don't know much about code, but it seems that the file missing is "asferror.exe". Again, no amount of scans or update or command-prompt integrity checks or even DISM commands finds either this error, nor this file, nor anything else.

Answer 1

Hi Joel

That is the remnants of malware which has been removed from your PC already, by Defender or your preferred 3rd party security software, asferror.exe is a known backdoor threat, and that is gone, that is why you are seeing that error . . .

Open the VBS file for editing again delete the entire contents of that file and paste this into that file:

Wscript.Quit

Save the VBS file and that's it, that error will be gone . ..