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Windows File Downloads

PowerShell

[System.Net.WebClient]::new().DownLoadFile(uri, outpath)

# Exampe
[System.Net.WebClient]::new().DownLoadFile('http://somesite.com/file.txt', 'C:\Users\username\Desktop\file.txt')

# Older versions of PS
$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.DownloadFile(uri, outpath)

# Example
$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.DownLoadFile('http://somesite.com/file.txt', 'C:\Users\username\Desktop\file.txt')


Binaries

certutil

# Example
certutil.exe -urlcache -split -f http://7-zip.org/a/7z1604-x64.exe 7zip.exe

BitsAdmin

# Example
bitsadmin /transfer job /download /priority high http://uri/file.exe outpath


VBS and Cscript

Part 1

echo strUrl = WScript.Arguments.Item(0) > wget.vbs
echo StrFile = WScript.Arguments.Item(1) >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_DEFAULT = 0 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_PRECONFIG = 0 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_DIRECT = 1 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_PROXY = 2 >> wget.vbs
echo Dim http, varByteArray, strData, strBuffer, lngCounter, fs, ts >> wget.vbs
echo Err.Clear >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = Nothing >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") >> wget.vbs
echo http.Open "GET", strURL, False >> wget.vbs
echo http.Send >> wget.vbs
echo varByteArray = http.ResponseBody >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = Nothing >> wget.vbs
echo Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >> wget.vbs
echo Set ts = fs.CreateTextFile(StrFile, True) >> wget.vbs
echo strData = "" >> wget.vbs
echo strBuffer = "" >> wget.vbs
echo For lngCounter = 0 to UBound(varByteArray) >> wget.vbs
echo ts.Write Chr(255 And Ascb(Midb(varByteArray,lngCounter + 1, 1))) >> wget.vbs
echo Next >> wget.vbs
echo ts.Close >> wget.vbs

Part 2

cscript /nologo wget.vbs <uri> <outpath>
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