antivirus

Missing directive or assembly reference using WMI ManagementObjectSearcher?

I have found this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1331887/detect-antivirus-on-windows-using-c However when I try this code in visual c# express edition 2008 it says : Error 1 The type or namespace name 'ManagementObjectSearcher' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) C:\Users\Andy\D...

WMI documentation for AntivirusProduct c#

Hey! I am attempting to find the property names for the "select * from AntivirusProduct" statement when using c#. I am wanting to find info like company / vendor / any other details about the AntivirusProduct entry - however I cannot find the documentation to find what to do i.e "select company from AntivirusProduct" Can somebody ple...

How can I tell the "windows security center" that I'm an "antivirus"?

we are developing an anti-virus, I'm trying to find out how can we tell the operating system -windows XP in this case- that our software is an anti-virus. I want that the OS recognize our software as an anti-virus and the security center list it. ...

kaspersky support command line interface ?

kaspersky support command line interface yes or no (or how i can control with kaspersky by command line interface) ... and how i can use it to scan some file on AIX server UNIX operating system ... ...

virus scanning with c# and symantec scan engine

We have a c dll that was written years ago to call symantec's virus scanner, carrier scan. Well it doesn't run on windows 64 and I have to get a new version up and running. I found some code here - http://vaibhavkulkarni.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/a-icap-client-code-in-c-to-virus-scan-a-file-using-symantec-scan-server but for some reason...

Windows 7 Symantec Endpoint Protection Problem

In my company, we use Symantec Endpoint Prodection. But I have an update problem: How can i solve it? Can Windows 7 block Symantec's update? ...

detect currently installed anti-virus

Possible Duplicates: Detect Antivirus on Windows using C# How to detect if a virusscanner and/or firewall is installed? (And a few other security-related Q's.) is there a way to detect currently instaled av without searching for known processes? ...

Is antivirus software on a Linux desktop more or less secure?

On a Linux desktop (not a mail server for Windows machines, or similar), but sharing a network with other Windows machines, would you say your network is more or less secure running a Linux antivirus product? Or does it make no difference either way? I'd argue that you're extremely unlikely to end up in a situation where you're unknowin...

Remove McAfee antivirus

Hello, Can someone help me to remove McAfee anti virus from Windows Vista? I tried to do that in various ways: -Control Panel/Programs and Features/Unistall, but the uninstall button doesn't exists. -Downloading McAfee unistaller from official site, http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe, but he co...

Virus-scanner-proxy and automated downloads

My company uses a proxy that automatically scans downloaded files for viruses. The user is forwarded to a page showing the download and scan progress. When it's done you can download the file. It's highly annoying but scanning all (there are whitelists too though) incoming data is non-negotiable requirement. While this is only "annoying...