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RE: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version

From: Murda Mcloud <murdamcloud_at_nospam>
Date: Mon Feb 25 2008 - 23:07:28 GMT
To: <micheal.espinola@gmail.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>


>From memory, on NAV, I used to have a share on the network that had all the
downloaded defs in them so that clients could update from the central server, so you could check via the filename and the properties of the file I guess.
There's a folder on the client too-not sure where though.

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From: listbounce@securityfocus.com [mailto:listbounce@securityfocus.com] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 4:08 AM To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version

IIRC, no. You will need to look at the version info of the definition file itself.

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:50 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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