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Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version
From: "Micheal Espinola Jr" <michealespinola () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:56:23 -0500
Since we are sharing: On Windows, I use the kixtart scripting environment for my logon scripts, and use its built-in "GetFileVersion" function to get the file versions of the definition files. There are also command-line utils for various platforms that can do the same. On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Brian Johnson <brian.l.johnson () gmail com> wrote:
I wrote a program that does this sort of thing, unfortunately I can't share it in whole. There are some reasonable resources on the web if you are willing to search around. For Norton: The registry key you care about is: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\SharedDefs\DefWatch\DefVersion To decode the value to a data I use the following code (where strValue is the results of the registry query): year = strValue(1) * 256 + strValue(0) month = strValue(3) * 256 + strValue(2) day = strValue(7) * 256 + strValue(6) rev = strValue(16) For McAfee the registry path you care about are: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\TVD\Shared Components\VirusScan Engine\4.0.xx with the keys: szEngineVer szVirDefDate szVirDefVer I don't believe that these decode to a date, if I am wrong please correct me. These are easy to query with WMI. Microsoft Script Center is a great resource on how exactly do to this if you haven't done this before. Good luck! On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Abhinav <kabhinav () gmail com> wrote: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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- Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version Abhinav (Feb 22)
- Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version The Security Community (Feb 25)
- Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version Micheal Espinola Jr (Feb 25)
- RE: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version Murda Mcloud (Feb 26)
- Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version Brian Johnson (Feb 29)
- Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version Micheal Espinola Jr (Feb 29)
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- Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version jfvanmeter (Feb 25)
- Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version Abhinav (Feb 25)
- RE: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version Mason, Samuel (Feb 25)
- Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version Abhinav (Feb 25)