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Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version


From: Abhinav <kabhinav () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:55:19 -0600

This is for a test lab where I dont have access to nessus. I am
looking to write my own tool which can give me this information.

-Abhinav

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:57 AM,  <jfvanmeter () comcast net> wrote:
I believe Nessus has  a plug in to let you know that the virus scan is out of date and tells you the version number.

 --John
  -------------- Original message ----------------------
 From: Abhinav <kabhinav () gmail com>
 > Hello List
 > I  am trying to programmitically find out the virus definition version
 > of the anti -virus software installed. The two anit-virus we use in
 > our company are from Norton and Mcafee.
 > Is there a registry key/or windows api/WMI call that I can use which
 > can provide me this information?
 >
 > Thanks
 > -Abhinav




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