Download GFI LANguard NSS 5.0 build 20040722

A new version of LANguard Network Security Scanner is available on the GFI website. By analyzing the operating system and the applications that are used, this program tries to detect security holes in the network. IP by IP, all machines are examined and information is given about, among other things, installed service packs, missing security patches and open shares and ports. In addition, GFI LANguard NSS can also be used to deploy patches for both the operating system and individual applications. More information can here are being found. A few days ago version 5.0 build 20040722 was released and the following changes have been made:

Latest Changes:

• Fixed: Bug in patch deployment which occurred when a patch could not be copied because it already existed on the target PC which has the properties set with the flags read only or hidden
• Fixed: Application hanged when loading a very long list of target computers from a file in the deploy custom software deployment tool
• Fixed: Problem with filters/reports functionality by re-registering RepServer DCOM settings on failure detection
• Updated: Problem when communication port 1070 between GFI LANguard NSS and patch agent could not be opened
• Updated: The import export tool which permits import/export for only a part of the vulnerabilities data between an XML file and the database
• Fixed: Bug when the deployment of patches fails due to a thread limitation blocking files from being copied to the target machine
• Fixed: Bug causing an error in the scripts that used automation objects like Ms Excel, Ms Word
• Fixed: Vulnerabilities that have checks based on a condition checking if certain UDP ports are opened were no working in certain conditions
• Fixed: When using a “service not running” check, GFI LANguard NSS would not return TRUE if the service was not installed
• Updated: Reporting for users also the flag “password never expires”
• Fixed: Cleanup bug in the patch agent un-installation process
• Updated: Detection of the patches which have more than one file checks
• Fixed: Bug in Downloadsimporter.exe tool used for transferring patches downloaded using version3 to a directory structure compatible with version5
• Updated: The deploy custom software deployment tool and scheduled deployment to support deployment by IP when Netbios deployments fail
• Updated: Removed black screen at patch agent un-installation [break]