Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Number of days before virus definitions are outdated

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: defavdaysbeforevirusoutdated.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Windows Defender AV: Define the number of days before virus definitions are considered out of date Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyrigh...

Avast Antivirus Path Traversal Vulnerability

The remote Windows host is running Avast Antivirus with a virus definition prior to version 150918-0. It is, therefore, affected by a path traversal vulnerability that occurs when processing ZIP archives. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted ZIP archive, to delete o...

Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator HTML injection vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Symantec LiveUpdate is the Symantec for automatically updating Symantec virus definitions and products of technology. LiveUpdate client with each Symantec product and installed automatically. LiveUpdate periodically connect to the LiveUpdate server to check the application on the computer to...

Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection / System Center Endpoint Protection / Anti-malware Client Detection and Status

Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection, or another antimalware product from Microsoft, is installed on the remote host. However, there is a problem with the installation; either its services are not running or its engine and/or virus definitions are out of date. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

McAfee Antivirus ZIP / RAR Scan Evasion

The McAfee antivirus application installed on the remote host is affected by a scan evasion vulnerability due to the virus definitions being out of date. In this case, the DAT file version of the installed antivirus product is prior to 5600. An attacker can exploit this, by embedding malicious co...

ESET Antivirus CAB Scan Evasion

The ESET antivirus application installed on the remote host is affected by a scan evasion vulnerability due to the virus definitions being out of date. In this case, the virus signature database file version of the installed antivirus product is prior to 4036. An attacker can exploit this, by...

Symantec Antivirus Software Detection and Status

A Symantec antivirus application is installed on the remote host. Note that this plugin checks that the application is running properly and that its latest virus definitions are loaded. This script has been rewritten by Montgomery County Original script was written by Jeff Adams and Tenable Netwo...

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Detection and Status

Kaspersky Endpoint Security, a commercial endpoint security software package for Windows, is installed on the remote host. However, there is a problem with the installation; either its services are not running or its engine and/or virus definitions are out of date. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Panda Antivirus Detection and Status

Panda Antivirus, a commercial antivirus software package for Windows, is installed on the remote host. However, there is a problem with the installation; either its services are not running or its engine and/or virus definitions are out of date. C Tenable, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description...

Dabber worm detection

W32.Dabber propagates by exploiting a vulnerability in the FTP server component of W32.Sasser.Worm and its variants. It installs a backdoor on infected hosts and tries to listen on port 9898. If the attempt fails, W32Dabber.A tries to listen on ports 9899 through 9999 in sequence until it finds a...

Dabber Worm Detection

W32.Dabber propagates by exploiting a vulnerability in the FTP server component of W32.Sasser.Worm and its variants. It installs a backdoor on infected hosts and tries to listen on port 9898. If the attempt fails, W32Dabber.A tries to listen on ports 9899 through 9999 in sequence until it finds a...

Trend Micro Antivirus Detection and Status

Trend Micro Antivirus, a commercial antivirus software package for Windows, is installed on the remote host. However, there is a problem with the installation; either its services are not running or its engine and/or virus definitions are out of date. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Antivirus Software Check

An antivirus application is installed on the remote host, and its engine and virus definitions are up to date. C Tenable, Inc. @PREFERENCES@ include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid16193; scriptversion"1.51"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate", value:"2025/05/27";...

McAfee Antivirus Detection and Status

McAfee VirusScan, an antivirus application, is installed on the remote host. However, there is a problem with the installation; either its services are not running or its virus definitions are out of date. C Tenable, Inc. This script has been rewritten by Tenable Original script was written by Je...