


So problem solved yes? Well for Windows 8 users, Microsoft has provided a secure way of obtaining this information, but how relevant is this today? If you consider the market share for Windows 8 desktops, not very relevant at all.

Microsoft has even provided a sample project illustrating how to work with the new Windows Security Center interfaces. Recently, Microsoft have exposed some new interfaces for determining the product's name and state that are reporting the Windows Security Center that are available on Windows 8 operating system. But what about detecting the antivirus software protecting the endpoint in a growing list of antivirus software? Surely we can use Windows Security Center to determine the antivirus software protecting the endpoint, right? Yes and no. It is no surprise that antivirus software is a necessity in today's digital world to detect a growing list threats. In order for third party security applications to be Windows compliant, they must report their state to Security Center through the use of a private API that can be obtained by signing an NDA. ESET endpoint products (for Windows) - Click Policies, click the ESET Endpoint for Windows policy > Edit > Settings > Update > Profiles > Updates > Modules Updates > Deselect Choose automatically and enter the offline repository address to the Custom server field.Windows Security Center is a reporting tool that is built into the operating system, since the release of service pack 2 for Windows XP, that monitors the health state of the endpoint in different areas, such as Windows updates, firewall settings and antivirus/anti-spyware settings. ESET Management Agents - Click Policies, click the Agent policy > Edit > Settings > Advanced Settings > Repository > enter the offline repository address to the Server field.Ĭ. ESET PROTECT Server - Click More > Server Settings > Advanced Settings > Repository and enter the offline repository address to the Server field.ī. Restart the ApacheHttpProxy service using the following command:ġ8. Now your offline repository is running on the address ).ġ9. Set the new repository address using the ESET PROTECT Web Console:Ī. Copy the downloaded repository into C:\Repository.

With the address of the repository folder, as follows:ġ6. In the nf file, replace the following lines Create a new folder for the offline repository, for example, C:\Repository.ġ5. Test if the service is running by opening in your web browser (replace YourIPaddress with IP address of your computer). Start the ApacheHttpProxy service using the following command:ġ3. ServerRoot "C:\Program Files\Apache HTTP Proxy"ĭocumentRoot "C:\Program Files\Apache HTTP Proxy\htdocs"ĬacheRoot "C:\Program Files\Apache HTTP Proxy\cache"ġ2.
