Software

The software audit displays the applications, divided by categories, that are installed on scanned computers . For each application, the audit displays details such as application name, publisher and version.

For more information refer to Software audit.

The table below displays a summary of the information gathered by the software audit:

Data Description Ports Protocol
General applications Enumerates every application installed on the scan target(s).
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Antiphishing applications Lists antiphishing applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Antispyware applications Lists antispyware applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
AntivirusA software countermeasure that detects malware installed on a computer without the user's knowledge. applications Lists antivirus applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Backup applications Lists backup applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Data Loss Prevention Lists Data Loss Prevention applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Device Access Control Lists Device Access Control applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Disk Encryption Lists Disk Encryption applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Firewall applications Lists firewall applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Health Agent Lists system health monitoring applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Instant Messenger Lists Instant Messenger applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Patch management applications Lists patch management applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Peer To Peer Lists Peer to Peer (P2P) applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
URLThe Uniform Resource Locator is the address of a web page on the world wide web. Filtering Lists web filtering applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Virtual Machine Software Lists virtualization software detected on your network.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Client applications Lists VPN client applications.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry
Web Browser applications Lists web browsers.
  • TCP 139
  • TCP 445
  • SMB
  • File and printer sharing
  • Remote registry

NOTE

For a full list of supported security applications including vendors and products, refer to http://go.gfi.com/?pageid=security_app_fullreport