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January 24, 2022

Technical Tip: Information to provide when requesting AntiVirus (AV) support

 

Description

This article describes the information required when submitting a request to add support for an AntiVirus(AV) program. Note requests to add support should be submitted as a New Feature Request (NFR).

If uncertain whether or not the program is already supported, open a support ticket and provide the information detailed in the following KB article:

Technical Tip: AntiVirus (AV) information to provide support

Scope FortiNAC.
Solution

When requesting support be added for a specific product, provide the following information.

Please note additional information may be requested depending on the program and operating system.

 

  • Contact Information.
  • Contact Name.
  • Best contact time including the timezone.
  • Best contact method Phone / Email.
  • Email.
  • Phone.
  • Feature Description. 
  • Business impacting reasons.
  • Users affected.
  • Screen capture of the AV program's Help > About.
  • Output listed below for the applicable operating system.

 

Windows:
Registry export as text of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\:

  1. Run Windows Regedit
  2. 'Right-click on' HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\
  3. 'Right-click' and select EXPORT.
  4. Select 'Text Files' for 'Save as Type'.

 

If text export is not permissible, export the following instead:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
HKLM\Software\wow6432node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Nodes for the vendor and/or product (i.e. HKLM\Software\ExampleSoftware and HKLM\Software\wow6432node\ExampleSoftware)

 

macOS:
Output of the following command:


pkgutil --pkgs | grep -i -e <vendor_name> -e <product_name> | xargs -L 1 pkgutil --pkg-info

 

Example:


pkgutil --pkgs | grep -i -e avast -e one | xargs -L 1 pkgutil --pkg-info

 

Linux:

rpm packages: Output of the following command:


rpm -qa | grep -i -e vendor -e product | xargs -L rpm -qil


Related article:

Technical Tip: Information to provide when requesting device support

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