Articles

Basic Information FAQs Feature requests

• Providing Troubleshooter Logs from GFI LanGuard

  Overview    Screenshots and screencasts help the GFI Support agents in understanding issues better.  This article outlines the instructions to gather troubleshooter logs from the (affected) machine wh...

• LanGuard Apache Server Has Vulnerabilities Reported

  Overview Vulnerabilities are discovered from time to time in the Apache server software by security reporting agencies. LanGuard or other security scanners such as Nessus will sometimes return an erro...

• Software Updates Download Showing as 'Not found'

  Overview In the Activity Monitor > Software Updates Download screen, users occasionally see updates (or patches) listed as 'Not found' under the error column.   Information Normally, this means that i...

• Scanresults.mdb Is Taking up Large Disk Space

  Overview This article shares the steps to resolve the issue of Scanresults.mdb growing out of proportion. Important Note: If you are unsure about securely performing the steps mentioned in this articl...

• Scanning Computers/Servers with Two Factor Authentication

  Overview This article provides details about two-step authentication when attempting to scan computers/servers. Anyone trying to scan a server which has two-factor authentication will need to submit a...

• Performing SNMP Audits on Network Targets and Identifying Weak Community Strings

  Overview This article guides you on how to perform SNMP Audits on network targets and identify weak community strings using the SNMP Audit Tool in GFI LanGuard. Information GFI LanGuard uses the Simpl...

• Performing SNMP Walk to Probe Network Nodes and Retrieve SNMP Information

  Overview This article guides you on how to perform an SNMP Walk to probe network nodes and retrieve SNMP information using the SNMP Walk Tool in GFI LanGuard.   Information GFI LanGuard uses the Simpl...

• Patch Repository Filling up the Hard Drive

  Overview If the patch repository is filling up the hard drive, there are a few steps that can be performed to resolve this issue. NOTE: We do not expect our clients to perform these steps as they may ...

• Reference Databases Used for Vulnerability Detection

  LanGuard performs vulnerability detection during default scans. Irrespective of the LanGuard version that you are using, the scans perform vulnerability detection from the Oval Repository. It then cro...

• GFI LanGuard 12.5 Release Notes

  Overview This article provides the Release Notes, and the changes performed on the latest version of the product, i.e., GFI LanGuard 12.5.   Information Release Notes New Refreshed main desktop applic...