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Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version

From: Abhinav <kabhinav_at_nospam>
Date: Mon Feb 25 2008 - 01:55:19 GMT
To: jfvanmeter@comcast.net


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 I believe Nessus has a plug in to let you know that the virus scan is out of date and tells you the version number.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
>
>