Re: UofRMachineCheck 1.0.0.1 DLL available - checks for AV, sets Aut oUpdates on + source + GPL

["Faigle, Chris" <cfaigle () RICHMOND EDU>]

All,

        I left an errant test registry write in the original version of
the GetMachineStatus function.

        This is now removed in v. 1.0.1.1

Best,
Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: Faigle, Chris [mailto:cfaigle () richmond edu] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:55 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] UofRMachineCheck 1.0.0.1 DLL available - checks for
AV, sets Aut oUpdates on + source + GPL

All,

        Hi.  We are, as you probably are, getting ready for back to
school here at the University of Richmond.

        Our students are not on our domain, and we have no log-in
capabilities on their Windows machines.

        During the registration process we want to be able to determine
if they have Symantec Anti-Virus (our mandatory standard here), and if
so what their definition dates are.

        We also want to turn on their Automatic Updates and do this by
Policy so that it cannot be turned off in the control panel.

        I have developed a COM DLL that performs these, created the .cab
file and a test web-page.  The code was developed with Visual Studio 6 /
Visual C++, with Service Pack 6.

        The test page demonstrates how to instantiate the control,
provides buttons to test each of the three functions and has some helper
functions to deal with the output from the control.  Full integration in
your registration process should be relatively easy.

        This is freely available with full source under GPL at:
http://is.richmond.edu/techsupport/security/Downloads.htm

        The test page is available at:
http://www.richmond.edu/~cfaigle/UofRMachineCheck/TestMachineCheck.htm

        NOTE! The two buttons: SetAUOn and SetAUPolicyOn are going to
make registry changes on your machine!  You can reset the first via the
control panel.  You must delete the key:
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\AU to regain control
panel access if you click the second button.  Also, these changes affect
Automatic Updates only after reboot.

        The dll can be easily modified to return other information; if
you make your own version, I ask that you please modify all the GUIDs as
these will always be used for our release.

        If you find any issues, would you please let me know - I have
yet to perform all the testing that I would like and I was hoping that
other institutions might be able to lend a hand here.

        I hope that you find this helpful.

Best,
Chris Faigle
IS Security
University of Richmond
cfaigle () richmond edu

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