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• Remote Event Viewer Error: Error 5: Access is Denied

  Overview The below error message is displayed when attempting to connect to the Remote Event Viewer: Error 5: Access is Denied   Root Cause The option Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communic...

• Resolving 'Error 1314: A required privilege is not held by the client' When Scanning or Deploying Patches

  Overview The following error is reported when scanning or deploying patches to a remote computer: Error 1314: A required privilege is not held by the client.   Solution This message is a Windows-speci...

• During SNMP scanning, device types are changing

  Answer PROBLEM During the initial part of the scan, GFI LanGuard correctly identifies the device, but during port scanning it changes to an incorrect device. ENVIRONMENT GFI LanGuard All Supported Env...

• Does GFI LanGuard require internet access to scan a network for vulnerabilities?

  Overview This article answers the question of whether internet access is one of the GFI LanGuard requirements for vulnerability scanning. Solution Internet access is NOT a requirement of GFI LanGuard ...

• Does GFI LanGuard have to be installed on the local network to perform vulnerability scanning?

  Answer GFI LanGuard can be deployed on any Windows based (Vista/2008 or newer) computer, as long as it is able to reach and login to the target computers that need to be scanned. For example, GFI LANg...

• At least one network discovery method must be enabled!

  Answer PROBLEM   When running a scan from the GFI LanGuard console, you receive the following error: Network discovery; At least one network discovery method must be enabled! NetBIOS queries or SNMP q...

• Antivirus Not Detected When Scanning

  Overview This article describes the process to follow in case the antivirus is not detected when scanning a machine with GFI LanGuard.   Resolution Open the GFI LanGuard console and select the Scannin...

• Adobe Flash OVAL vulnerabilities for old versions appear in scan results

  Answer PROBLEMGFI LanGuard shows OVAL vulnerabilities for old versions of Adobe Flash Player, even though the newest version is installed   ENVIRONMENT GFI LanGuard All supported environment SOLUTIONS...

• Interpreting Manual Scan Results

  Overview This article describes in detail how to interpret the results you receive back from running a Manual/Interactive scan. Introduction The Scan Results Overview and Scan Results Details sections...

• Enabling Security Audit Policies

  Overview The GFI LanGuard apart from providing information on the current audit policy settings on scanned machines, allows users to access and modify the audit policy settings of the target computers...