Not certain, but you could compare the NASL and the NSE to see. Nessus may just be easier for some if you don't have the SVN version of Nmap already installed in your environment.
Cheers, Paul Albert R. Campa wrote: > interesting, so not having looked at this yet, whats the difference > between that and scanning with Nessus? > > > __________________________________ > Albert R. Campa > > > 2009/3/30 John Sawyer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > The Conficker check is in the latest SVN version of Nmap. It's in > the smb-check-vulns.nse which now checks for Conficker, MS08-067 and > a regsvc DoS. > > nmap --script smb-check-vulns.nse -p445 > > For safety's sake, you might want to also run it with > --script-args=unsafe=1 to prevent possible crashes from the regsvc > check. That should not turn off the conficker check. > > -jhs > > On Mar 30, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Chris Merkel wrote: > >> According to this: >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/30/conficker_signature_discovery/ >> >> A script should be released today to scan for conficker-infected >> machines over the wire. >> >> I looked at the NSE portal and haven't seen anything yet - would it >> show up there, or is there a development site or repository where this >> will first appear? >> >> I'd like to get a scan in before April 1st, when variant C drops. >> >> -- >> - Chris Merkel >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com <http://pauldotcom.com/> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com <http://pauldotcom.com/> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com -- Paul Asadoorian PaulDotCom Enterprises Web: http://pauldotcom.com Phone: 401.829.9552 _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
