PowerShell EncodedCommand

In some cases we want to hide the command to prevent users from seeing it as a clear text. PowerShell has a way of running Base64 encoded commands using -EncodedCommand Parameter

Base64 encoded string of a set of characters that contains only a-z, A-Z, 0-9, + and / and is often used in situations when sending non-text information via a text only transmission .

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## PowerShell Encoded Command
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cls
$cmd = 'Write-Host "This is a Encrypted Text"'
#encodes the characters, and returns the resulting bytes.
$ubytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($cmd)
#Converts to Base64String; Refer - http://www.hcidata.info/base64.htm for indepth Base 64 Encoding
$encodedcmd = [Convert]::ToBase64String($ubytes)
write-Host "Encoded String is `n$encodedcmd"
write-Host "Running Encoded Command -->  " -NoNewline
Powershell.exe -EncodedCommand $encodedcmd