How to run bat files remotely [KSC for Windows]

[Antipova Anna]

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This article is about Kaspersky Security Center for Windows (KSC for Windows)

In this article we will share the steps on how run a .bat file remotely through Kaspersky Security Center (KSC).

How to execute a batch file on the remote hosts

1. Create an installation package based on a file
   
2. Create a remote installation task for that Installation package
3. Assign the task to a target hosts and start it

During task execution NAgent will run the file using a 32-bit cmd.exe process (C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe) under LocalSystem account.

Limitations

Some commands and programs

• Do not support execution under LocalSystem account.
• Are not recognized as internal (external) for 32-bit cmd, thus can not be started from 32-bit cmd.exe process.

How to execute batch file using 64-bit cmd.exe process:

1. Add symbolic link to 64-bit cmd.exe in the script
2. Run all cmdlets using this symlink
    

Example

REM the following creates symlink named cmdin64.exe to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe cmd.exe /c mklink cmdin64.exe "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" REM next line starts uwfmgr.exe with , which is not recognized as internal or external for 32-bit cmd.exe cmdin64.exe /c uwfmgr.exe

Using x64 versions of commands.

For example, to import .reg file you need to create the following bat file:

Example

echo off   reg add <reg file> /reg:64

You can find x64 versions of the commands online.