Convert PowerShell script into non-readable format

Question

I have a PowerShell script which installs a patch (contains set of files to be added) on a customer machine. For this, I have created a batch file which executes this PowerS

Answer 1

You can convert the script to Base64 encoding, so that it's not immediately readable. To convert a PowerShell script file to a Base64 String, run the following command:

$Base64 = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('c:\path\to\script file.ps1'));

To launch the Base64-encoded script, you can call PowerShell.exe as follows:

powershell.exe -EncodedCommand 

For example, the following command:

powershell.exe -EncodedCommand VwByAGkAdABlAC0ASABvAHMAdAAgAC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIAAiAEgAZQBsAGwAbwAsACAAdwBvAHIAbABkACEAIgA7AA==

Will return the following results:

Hello, world!