Hello,

 

Thanks for dropping by. This plugin is obsolete since PC Monitor has integrated support for third party security products and windows firewall monitoring. Please use PC Monitor's security center features since it's better than mine.

 

Thank You,

Paul.

 

Hello PC Monitor Users,

I would like to present my second plugin for the community. It's main purpose is to monitor the status of security software. Main features are:

• View and get notified if the antivirus is enabled or not, updated or not.
• View and get notified if the third-party firewall is updated or not.
• View, get notified and control Windows Firewall.

Please take your time and read the 'readme.txt' file as it explains everything you need to know about installing, using and customizing the settings.

Note: This plugin does not support Server operating systems for checking Antivirus or Third-Party Firewall Products however starting 1.4 you can monitor and manage Windows Firewall.

Warning: Not all security products are supported on windows vista+. Vista and newer generation operating systems include a newer Security Center which permits security software developers to have custom statuses based on a 6 digit code. There is a standard code set which is used by most antiviruses but some choose to have custom status codes. If your plugin shows on your PC Monitor client "Unknown status: NUMBER" this means that your antivirus solution has custom codes.

In order to make the plugin work we need the status codes for all four possible situations:

• Auto protect Enabled - Antivirus Updated
   
• Auto protect Disabled  - Antivirus Updated
   
• Auto protected Enabled - Antivirus Outdated
   
• Auto protected Disabled - Antivirus Outdated

You can get these status codes yourself by enabling diagnostics in PC Monitor and viewing the trace log generated in your PC Monitor executable path.

In order to enable the diagnostic logging feature you need to:

• Open 'PC Monitor Manager'
• Open the 'Settings' tab
• Open the 'Diagnostics' sub tab
• Click the button 'Enable Diagnostics'

In the file trace.log you will see an entry:

• 03/02/2012, 11:32:33.007: [securityPlugin Plugin] Unknown State: NUMBER

Take a note of that number and write it down along with the antivirus state at that moment. Then change the state of the antivirus and wait 15 seconds to see another state number then continue with the remaining states. After you got all four post a reply to this thread with the codes and the product name.

Thank you for helping improve our plugin.

My release is open-source bound by no license. That being said you can freely modify, distribute, claim as your work, sell and / or include in your copyrighted material as long as it doesn't breach PC Monitor's license or terms and conditions.

Download Link: Click (Version 1.4)

 

Changes:

• Added support for Product Version on Pre-Vista environments.
• Added support for Firewall products.
• Added support for Windows Firewall
• Added support for notification switches on mobile clients.
• Revamped configuration system.
• Fixed an issue where the notifications would be sent without computer identification details.

Any feedback and plugin ideas will be appreciated.

Screenshots:

Edited September 16, 201311 yr by Paul

Not yet, due to some priorities I had to postpone the release date for my plugins but I will make myself time for them this week. Thank you for your patience.

I've finished implementing implementing the new plugin version however I am not officially releasing it until I've done enough testing and I would like to add firewall monitoring too.

 

Here is the BETA version that contains some new API features, correct notification messages and the ability to enable and disable overall plugin notifications from the mobile client. It requires Agent Version 3.4.1+.

 

Download link: removed .

 

Paul

Edited January 11, 201312 yr by Paul

Where is the link, I want to download this?  Waiting on approval?  For how long?  ;-)

Oh yeah, forgot about this. I will post a link later on today.

Hello Paul,

 

Is there a link ?

 

Thanks

Adam

Hi Paul. Any idea on when you will be the link?

I have updated the first post with a link to the new plugin. Thank you for your patience, I apreciate it.

Thank you very much Paul, will install this on all my 25 clients.

Let me know if you encounter any problems with it.

Hello.. ;-),

 

- Will this plug in notify on virus detection in windows 8 when using MS Defender ?

- I am getting a  : AV: windows defender  - STATUS UNKNOW

 

Cheers...

Hello Marla, I will have to verify it and I will come back with a reply.

Sure no problem and thank you... ;-)

Just leaving a note for Marla45 here. Plugin development has stopped since this particular feature is now implemented by PC Monitor itself and it's way better than mine. Please use PC Monitor's security center feature: http://forum.pulseway.com/topic/914-pc-monitor-40-for-ios-is-now-available/ .

 

Thank you.