Check to see if an Antivirus is installed and updated in Visual Basic

Question

_{Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:08 PM}

I am trying to build a program for a PC Business to check and see if an antivirus is installed, if not suggest some that are available, but im lost when it comes to trying to get my program to check and see if one is installed.  Any Suggestions?

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_{Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:56 PM ✅Answered}

if you want to check for specific antivirus, you can check it through registry key below.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

To do it the same way as windows security center, you have to use WMI to query the SecurityCenter. **root\SecurityCenter
**or from registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SecurityCenter. Most supported antivirus software microsoft should be registered under this key.

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_{Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:52 PM}

I found out that the registry only holds the old version of Security Center, not the new version, so to get it to work on XP, Vista, and Windows 7, you have to use the WMI and search for root\SecurityCenter2 then it should pop right up.

But i thank you for your quick response and without you, i would have been looking in the wrong place. : )