A: Antivirus engines detect its behavior as a “potentially unwanted application” (PUA) or hacktool. You need to add an exclusion after verifying the hash. Do not disable your antivirus globally—just exclude the specific verified file.
Open a command prompt or PowerShell on the target machine. download winpeasexe verified
Basic Execution:
winPEASany.exe
Recommended Execution (Colorful Output):
WinPEAS uses colors to highlight vulnerabilities. To see these colors correctly in a Windows terminal (especially if using tools like impacket-wmiexec), you may need to redirect the output or use specific flags. A: Antivirus engines detect its behavior as a
winPEASany.exe -a
(The -a flag runs all checks, which is the most thorough option). (The -a flag runs all checks, which is
Output to File: It is often best to save the output to a text file for later analysis.
winPEASany.exe > output.txt
type output.txt
Hash Verification: