POWER SEARCH Detection

high Nessus Plugin ID 12018

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Synopsis

A spyware is installed on the remote host.

Description

The remote host is using the POWER SEARCH program. You should ensure that : - the user intended to install POWER SEARCH (it is sometimes silently installed) - the use of POWER SEARCH matches your corporate mandates and security policies.

To remove this sort of software, you may wish to check out ad-aware or Spybot.

Solution

Uninstall this software.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12018

File Name: pwrsearch_detection.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/15/2004

Updated: 2/1/2022

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:power_search:power_search

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Detections

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