On the next Microsoft Patch Tuesday, coming on August 13th, Microsoft will disable VBScript by default in Internet Explorer for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. This is part of Microsoft's initiative ...

Windows 7 and Windows 8 updates scheduled for next Patch Tuesday will disable VBScript in Internet Explorer 11.

This appears to be the last resort among administrators fed up with users who have been duped once again by a VBScript virus.

After the update is applied, VBScript will be disabled by default on Internet Explorer 11 for pre-Windows 10 machines.