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DSSAGENT Software Detection

high Nessus Plugin ID 11997

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Synopsis

A potentially unwanted program is installed on this host.

Description

The remote host is using the DSSAGENT program. You should ensure that:
- the user intended to install DSSAGENT (it is sometimes silently installed) - the use of DSSAGENT 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.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fb2be43a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 11997

File Name: dssagent_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: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:dssagent:dssagent

Required KB Items: SMB/registry_full_access