How to get the latest patch updates of antivirus client in Windows 7 in C#

Question

Is there any way to know the antivirus patch updates in Windows 7 since WMI doesnt povide them. I found that Windows Xp do provide the version Number but is there any other method to know the version number for Windows 7

Windows XP
Namespace : SecurityCenter
AntiVirusProduct-Properties

companyName
displayName
enableOnAccessUIMd5Hash
enableOnAccessUIParameters
instanceGuid
onAccessScanningEnabled
pathToEnableOnAccessUI
pathToUpdateUI
productUptoDate
updateUIMd5Hash
updateUIParameters
versionNumber

Windows Vista and Windows 7

Namespace : SecurityCenter2

displayName
instanceGuid
pathToSignedProductExe
pathToSigned

I need to develop an application that will provide me the patch updates of the antivirus in C#

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '15 at 05:08

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Two ways you could try:

string x = Environment.OSVersion.ToString();

or another round about way is to run cmd.exe to run "ver"

string[] MyArguments = { "ver", ">text.txt"};
Process.Start("cmd.exe", String.Join(" ", MyArguments));

then open the file text.txt to parse the version information.

answered Jun 08 '15 at 05:08

SteveFerg

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I dont need OS version.I need Antivirus 's version @SteveFerg – TechBrkTru Jun 08 '15 at 05:13
then check out: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1331887/detect-antivirus-on-windows-using-c-sharp – SteveFerg Jun 08 '15 at 05:16
Well even through `WMI` I wont get the version number in Windows 7 ...@SteveFerg – TechBrkTru Jun 08 '15 at 05:27
You can use the API from opswat called Metascan: https://opswat.com/products/metascan though I do not know how much it costs, but they have a free demo. – SteveFerg Jun 08 '15 at 05:53
there is also a powerShell you could try at: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Get-the-status-of-4b748f25 – SteveFerg Jun 08 '15 at 05:57
Just going through them...Thanks @SteveFerg – TechBrkTru Jun 08 '15 at 06:06
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/79932/discussion-between-techbrktru-and-steveferg). – TechBrkTru Jun 08 '15 at 08:26

How to get the latest patch updates of antivirus client in Windows 7 in C#

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