SMB Registry : Stopping the Registry Service after the scan failed

info Nessus Plugin ID 35706

Synopsis

The registry service could not be stopped after the scan.

Description

To perform a full credentialed scan, Nessus needs the ability to connect to the remote registry service (RemoteRegistry).

While Nessus successfully started the registry service, it could not stop it after the scan. You might want to disable it manually.

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 35706

File Name: stop_registry_svc_failed.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.5

Type: summary

Family: Settings

Published: 2/18/2009

Updated: 3/19/2011

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/stop_registry/failed