2.3 Quick Scan During a quick scan, GFI LANguard will analyze target computers and retrieve setup information and missing updates including: • Missing Microsoft Office patches • Missing Microsoft Windows service packs • System information (Software) including OS details and settings, open ports and open shares. • System information (Hardware) including Network card details (e.g. MAC address) and any USB devices connected. Quick Scans have relatively short scan duration times compared to the Full Scan – mainly because only a subset of the entire vulnerability checks database is performed. It is recommended to run a Quick Scan at least once a week. When to use Quick Scans? It is recommended to use Quick scans: • When performing a first time scan since these provide in a very timely fashion, a sample of the information that GFI LANguard can extract from target computers. • To run daily network audits of multiple network machines since it is non-intrusive and does not overload network infrastructure/bandwidth. • To retrieve system information and to scan only for high security vulnerabilities. 2.3.1 How to launch a Quick Scan To run a quick scan: 1. Launch the GFI LANguard management console from Start ► Programs ► GFI LANguard 9.0 ► GFI LANguard. 2. From the Network Audit ► Scan tab which opens by default, click on the Quick Scan option. 3. Specify the target computer to be scanned by selecting one of the following options: • Scan this computer – Use this option to scan local host. • Scan another computer - Use this option to scan a specific computer. Parameters required are target computer name or IP. • Scan entire domain/workgroup – Use this option to scan the domain/workgroup to which your local host is joined. 4. Click Next. 5. Specify the credentials that GFI LANguard will use to logon to target computers. GFI LANguard must logon to target computers with administrator privileges. 6. Click Scan to start the process.
