Re: Microsoft Patches...

Ron Gula <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Nurhussein, Said wrote:
> Hello,
> I am running Nessus 3.2.0 on Windows XP (both server and client on the
> same machine).  When I scan workstations with Default Scan or Microsoft
> Patches policies, all I get is 1 medium level vulnerability regard a
> remote host service but not all of the other missing Microsoft patches
> as well as other vulnerabilities. How can I fix this?
> Thanks

Hello Said,

You should perform your scans with the username and password of the
remote systems in order to perform a credentialed patch audit.

You could also try testing more checks by enabling the plugin families
you want to test. By default, many of these checks are not enabled.

Ron Gula
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