BONZI BUDDY Software Detection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11995

Synopsis

The remote host has spyware installed on it.

Description

The remote host is using the BONZI BUDDY program. You should ensure that :

- The user intended to install BONZI BUDDY (it is sometimes silently installed)
- The use of BONZI BUDDY matches your corporate mandates and security policies.

Solution

Uninstall this software. To remove this sort of software, you may wish to check out Ad-Aware or Spybot.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bc15daa2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11995

File Name: bonzi_buddy.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/15/2004

Updated: 1/12/2015

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/registry_full_access