Since we are sharing:
On Windows, I use the kixtart scripting environment for my logon
scripts, and use its built-in "GetFileVersion" function to get the
file versions of the definition files.
There are also command-line utils for various platforms that can do the same.
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Brian Johnson
<brian.l.johnson@gmail.com> wrote:
I wrote a program that does this sort of thing, unfortunately I can't
share it in whole. There are some reasonable resources on the web if
you are willing to search around.
For Norton:
The registry key you care about is:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\SharedDefs\DefWatch\DefVersion
To decode the value to a data I use the following code (where strValue
is the results of the registry query):
year = strValue(1) * 256 + strValue(0)
month = strValue(3) * 256 + strValue(2)
day = strValue(7) * 256 + strValue(6)
rev = strValue(16)
For McAfee the registry path you care about are:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\TVD\Shared Components\VirusScan Engine\4.0.xx
with the keys:
szEngineVer
szVirDefDate
szVirDefVer
I don't believe that these decode to a date, if I am wrong please correct me.
These are easy to query with WMI. Microsoft Script Center is a great
resource on how exactly do to this if you haven't done this before.
Good luck!
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:50 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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