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LanGuard Section

• GFI LanGuard System Requirements

  Information Computers running GFI LanGuard must meet the system requirements described below for performance reasons. Hardware Requirements Software Requirements Firewall Ports and Protocols Gateway P...

• Deploying GFI LanGuard Agents

  Overview GFI LanGuard Agents can be deployed only on machines running Microsoft Windows operating systems that meet a minimum set of system requirements. For more information refer to GFI LanGuard sys...

• Automatic Remediation Functions

  Information Automatic-Remediation enables you to automatically download and deploy missing patches as well as uninstall unauthorized applications during scheduled operations, automatically. IMPORTANT:...

• Configuring Patch Auto-Deployment in GFI LanGuard for Missing Updates

  Overview GFI LanGuard ships with a patch auto-deployment feature that enables you to deploy missing patches and service packs in all languages supported by Microsoft® products. GFI LanGuard also suppo...

• Configuring Unauthorized Applications Auto-Uninstall

  Overview Application Auto–Uninstall entails that applications marked as unauthorized for specific scanning profiles are first validated for a successful uninstall on a test machine. Subsequently, a sc...

• Configuring Wake-On-LAN on Scan Targets

  Overview Wake-on-LAN enables GFI LanGuard to wake machines from the following states: Powered off Sleep Hibernated IMPORTANT: If you have routers between the client machine and the GFI LanGuard machin...

• Performing a Manual Scan in GFI LanGuard

  Overview A Manual Scan is a process of performing audits on target computers without using agents. This article details the process of manually scanning target machines.   Process Launch GFI LanGuard....

• Configuring Auto-Remediation Messages in GFI LanGuard

  Overview GFI LanGuard enables you to automatically display warning messages before and after remediation operations. These messages are displayed on the end-users' computer and in some cases, allows t...

• Configuring Software Categories

  Overview GFI LanGuard comes with a software categories feature that enables you to add and sort software according to different categories. It also supports editing software details. This article prov...

• Creating a New Scanning Profile in LanGuard

  Overview The scanning profiles that ship with GFI LanGuard are already pre-configured to run several vulnerability checks on the selected target. This article guides you on how to create a new custom ...