Brilliant Digital Software Detection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11996

Synopsis

Spyware is installed on the remote host.

Description

Brilliant Digital, a media player that tracks browsing habits, is installed on the remote host. This program has been reported to cause excessive CPU and memory consumption and occasional crashes.

Solution

Ensure Brilliant Digital was intended to be installed (it is sometimes silently installed), and that the use of this software is in accordance with your corporate mandates and security policies. If not, then remove the software.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?64866ea4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11996

File Name: brilliant_digital_detection.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/15/2004

Updated: 2/1/2022

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:brilliant_digital:brilliant_digital

Required KB Items: SMB/registry_full_access