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How to Launch Vulnerability Scan?
As the title says, how can I launch a vulnerability scan with netgear armor on my NightHawk R7000P? There is nowhere in the menu to launch one and I have had it since launch and no scan has been perf...
Hello ChemicalGilroy,
Netgear Armor automatically runs a scan upon launch and continues to run weekly scans. The result of your weekly scan appears below the "Vulnerability Assessment" section.
~Christian
My router has been installed for almost two weeks and it has not done a scan. What's up? How do I force a scan?
I'm thinking I won't be continuing this service after the 90 day trial. Seems pretty crappy. I can't manually start a scan?!
What if my network was infected and I think I cleaned it, but I want to scan again to make sure. I have to wait a week? That's crazy!
- Good points.. I guess you may not need a manual scan b/c if your device still has an issue Netgear will provided another alert?
But it be nice to do a Manual scan? I also have some devices it scanned another’s it never scanned and it been weeks why? What date and time does it scan the devices ?- Apologies I re read the response above and it appears it scan everytime app is started correct? Anyway I still have one issue If so how come some of my devices it never scanned and it been weeks?
I totally agree with JohnBaltimore. If the software is supposed to scan a device automatically it does not reflect that that has occurred. Futhermore, in the case of a Windows device which does permit a manual scan, the Netgear Armor software still does not reflect that that scan has occurred. What am I missing here???
Hi ControlledKhaos . You are missing the same as what we all are -- a moderator to shed some light over this. In a separate discussion, I asked what day of the week are we to expect the said scan/assessment to take place, and a description of what it actually does. It's nice to see that all the devices on the network are protected, but disturbing to see "Not scanned yet" for every single one.