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When you inject a .NET application using the Acunetix .NET AcuSensor Injector, the output of the status window should look like the screen shot below. In this example, 8 files were injected. In some cases, …
Every Acunetix WVS build released passes through a series of usability and quality assurance tests before being released to the public. However, certain setups and scenarios can produce unexpected results. If you encounter any strange …
Scan Settings templates give you the ability to configure the scanner and save such configuration settings as a template for future use, instead of having to reconfigure the global scanner settings for different targets.
Using Scan …
Acunetix WVS displays vulnerability alerts and threats in real-time during the whole process of the scan. Before scanning a site, WVS first crawls the website to find all available input forms/links that can be manipulated …
In version 8 of WVS, it is possible to save the settings used to scan a website as a template. It is possible to have as many scan settings templates as you like, and they …
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner provides the functionality to scan multiple websites at the same time through the web-based Acunetix WVS scheduler.
The Acunetix Scheduler will run a new WVS instance for each website scheduled to be …
“Connection was terminated by host” indicates that the remote server being scanned is closing the connections being sent to it from Acunetix WVS. There are several reasons why this might happen, but typically it is encountered …
Some websites are designed to use custom 404 error pages instead of a web browser’s standard error page because they can be branded and made to contain useful links to other important pages. If your …
URL rewrite (ex. mod_rewrite) is a common technology which is enabled on a web server to change the format of the URL being requested on the fly, for search engine crawling purposes.
Common example:
http://testasp.vulnweb.com/showthread.asp?id=1
can be rewritten …
When used by a website, URL rewrite rules need to be defined in Acunetix WVS to instruct the Crawler on how to recognize rewritten URLs, otherwise some URLs will be misinterpreted as directories — which …
