Security Basics: Re: Mcafee and Norton Anti Virus definition version

[jfvanmeter () comcast net]

I believe Nessus has  a plug in to let you know that the virus scan is out of date and tells you the version number.

--John
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From: Abhinav <kabhinav () gmail com>
> 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