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WILDTANGENT detection

high Nessus Plugin ID 12019

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Synopsis

The remote application is spyware.

Description

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

 - the user intended to install WILDTANGENT (it is sometimes silently installed)
 - the use of WILDTANGENT 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?659d920a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12019

File Name: wildtangent_detection.nasl

Version: 1.17

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: cpe:/a:wildtangent:webdriver

Required KB Items: SMB/registry_full_access