The genuine powershell.exe file is a software component of Microsoft Windows by Microsoft.
Microsoft Windows is an operating system. PowerShell is a configuration management and task automation framework from Microsoft. Powershell.exe is the executable file associated with PowerShell and does not pose any threat to user PCs.
PowerShell is a Microsoft configuration management and task automation framework that consists of a command line shell and a related scripting language. It has been available across platforms and is currently open-source. PowerShell allows administrators to perform administrative tasks both remotely and on local Windows systems, and was first released as an integral part of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems.
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