Microsoft Windows AutoRuns Codecs

info Nessus Plugin ID 70616

Synopsis

Report programs set to normally start with multimedia.

Description

Codecs are encoders and decoders for digital data streams commonly associated with video and audio playback.

The following keys are codecs that are set to start automatically to control different types of digital media encoding and decoding.

See Also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/102972

http://www.nessus.org/u?51a21182

http://www.nessus.org/u?4ed43f4b

http://www.nessus.org/u?7bbdfed2

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 70616

File Name: windows_autoruns_codecs.nbin

Version: 1.281

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/25/2013

Updated: 11/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, war/setup/ran