inconsistent results on the same scan configuration using plugin id 10400

hello All,

problem: scans with identical configuration yield different results on
the same set of target ip addresses for number of targets greater than
1. the only thing different about each scan is the time when the scan
is started.

more detail: i am scanning a subnet using only one plugin (10400). i
tried 2 different nessus servers (both ver 2.2.2). i am connecting to
both using NessusWx (version 1.4.5).

using a single test target, my results are the same on each scan (as
expected). but when i scan the entire subnet or import a list of
targets from a file, the results differ on each scan.

i was prompted to test 10400 due to inconsistent results for scans
using 11119 and 15894 [ ms04-040 vulnerability and windows xp service
pack leve respectively]. plugin dependencies were enabled for all
scans.

it appeared that i was not getting a 'high severity' result from
either one of the plugins when 10400 did not get a 'medium severity'
result. (to be expected since 10400  accesses the remote registry
using smb credentials).

i have verified my smb credentials and they are valid. even so, even
if my smb credentials were bad, i would expect to get similar results
for each time the scan is run.

any thoughts would be much appreciated. 

regards

monzy
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