Network Adapter Disable

[A. Hohl]

Windows 7 32 and 64 bit Powershell version 3.0

I am looking for a script that I can remotely disable wireless adapters. here is what I currently have, however I get an error that a null value cannot be called. This is part of a malware response, we disable the Ethernet port but we need a way to disable the wireless and this is what I think we need to do. I just need it to disable wireless only.

$ComputerName = read-host -Prompt "Please Enter the Computer Name to Disable the Wireless Adapter"
$Variable = Get-WmiObject Win32_networkadapter -ComputerName $ComputerName | where {$_.name -like "*wi*"} $Variable.disable() -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$variable = Get-WmiObject Win32_networkadapter -ComputerName $ComputerName | where {$_.name -like "*802*"} $Variable.disable() -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$variable = Get-WmiObject Win32_networkadapter -ComputerName $ComputerName | where {$_.name -like "*4G*"} $Variable.disable() -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

IF this script would not work something similar would be great!

Thanks for any help!

[davidc]

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[A. Hohl]

Windows 7 32 and 64 bit Powershell version 3.0

I am looking for a script that I can remotely disable wireless adapters. here is what I currently have, however I get an error that a null value cannot be called. This is part of a malware response, we disable the Ethernet port but we need a way to disable the wireless and this is what I think we need to do. I just need it to disable wireless only.

$ComputerName = read-host -Prompt "Please Enter the Computer Name to Disable the Wireless Adapter"
$Variable = Get-WmiObject Win32_networkadapter -ComputerName $ComputerName | where {$_.name -like "*wi*"} $Variable.disable() -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$variable = Get-WmiObject Win32_networkadapter -ComputerName $ComputerName | where {$_.name -like "*802*"} $Variable.disable() -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$variable = Get-WmiObject Win32_networkadapter -ComputerName $ComputerName | where {$_.name -like "*4G*"} $Variable.disable() -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

IF this script would not work something similar would be great!

Thanks for any help!

[Alexander Riedel]

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[jvierra]

The correct syntax would be like this:

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1. if($adapters = Get-WmiObject Win32_networkadapter -FIlter 'name like "%wi%"' -ComputerName $ComputerName){
2.     foreach($adapter in $adapters){
3.         Write-Host Disabling $adapter.Name -fore green
4.         $adapter.disable()
5.     }
6. }else{
7.     Write-Host 'Adapter not found'
8. }

[MarvelManiac]

The correct syntax would be like this:

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1. if($adapters = Get-WmiObject Win32_networkadapter -FIlter 'name like "%wi%"' -ComputerName $ComputerName){
2.     foreach($adapter in $adapters){
3.         Write-Host Disabling $adapter.Name -fore green
4.         $adapter.disable()
5.     }
6. }else{
7.     Write-Host 'Adapter not found'
8. }

Why is the % sign the proper syntax?