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Category: Windows Risk factor: N/A Added: 14 Mar 2010
Synopsis:

It is possible to obtain the list of anti-spyware software installed on the remote Windows host.

Description:

By connecting to the remote Windows host with the supplied credentials, this plugin uses WMI to enumerate anti-spyware software installed on it.

Note that this plugin extracts this information from the
'root\\securitycenter' and 'root\\securitycenter2' WMI namespaces, which are only available in Windows desktop operating systems such as XP, Vista and Windows 7.

Solution:

n/a

Risk factor:

None