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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?
While I'm still trying to figure out netgear armor myself I've noticed that when I installed bitdefender on my laptop from the armor app and did a manual virus and vulnerability scan from the device itself the results showed up on the netgear armor app.
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.
Hi all, adding to this, when a device is added to Orbi or Nighthawk router running Armor the scan should be completed at the time of it being added. Once the first scan is completed the device will get added to a scan queue and a vulnerability scan will occur once a week. If the time comes for a particular device to be scanned for vulnerabilities and that device is not online or connected to that router's network then the scan will be skipped and the device will be added to the bottom of the queue. The device that is on the bottom of the queue will have to wait for all other devices to be scanned before it gets around to it again.
Thank you for that DexterJB . I'll have to wait and see how this modus operandi works for me, but I'm concerned that it may not work very well; the reason being that I do not leave ANY of my devices ON LINE when not in use. One solution that would work best for me is to be able to run Vulnerability Scans on the demand, with that optiion becoming available only every 7 days. That would work very well, likewise I assume, for other participants in this Forum. Once you close the cover of those laptops, they're offline. But thank you, you post answered a very important question for me.
