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HOW TO RUN WPSCAN ON WINDOWS

Byrockstardevil

Requirements:
rubyinstaller
Development Kit for rubyinstaller
curl DLL for windows : libcurl.dll

1 - install rubyinstaller

you must have Ruby 2.2.3 version .

download links here : http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/

for more info : https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki

2 - install Development Kit for rubyinstaller

download link : http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/

how to install : https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit

if you face that problem  "unknown encoding name -  (ArgumentError)"

just type "chcp 1252" in cmd and hit enter

3 - install libcurl.dll

A - Download libcurl.dll

from : http://www.confusedbycode.com/curl/

B - copy libcurl.dll

copy  libcurl.dll into ruby bin folder or wpscan folder and make sure to add it to your PATH. I also added .DLL to PATHEXT ex :

C:\Ruby21-x64\bin\

you can visit : http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm
to know to set the path and environment variables in Windows

4 - Download wpscan and install

Download from official website : http://wpscan.org/

unzip wpscanteam-wpscan-XXXXXX.zip and rename output forder to wpscan

now open cmd in and type these commands

chcp 1252

cd  C:\wpscan

gem install bundler && bundle install --without test

5 - run wpscan

cd wpscan

wpscan.rb --url http://www.exmple.com

and its work
Done

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