WMI "root\SecurityCenter2" C++ documentation

Question

Hello, I have searched documentation / examples on how to use objects from WMI "root\SecurityCenter2" but could not find anything. I want to know if there is any resources on how to use and what are the objects from this namespace? Thank you.

Answer 1

You can investigate it using “wbemtest” tool. Start it from Run dialog or console. (It is usually included in Windows).

Press “Connect”, enter “root\SecurityCenter2”.

Press “Enum Classes…” and “OK” to list the available classes.

Press “Enum Instances…” and enter “AntiVirusProduct”, for example (i.e. a class). If instances are found, open (double-click) them to see details.

To access WMI in C++: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/creating-a-wmi-application-using-c-.

Answer 2

As far as I know root\SecurityCenter2 is not documented by Microsoft.

However, you may find the WscGetSecurityProviderHealth function to be helpful.

And there is this from SO - detecting-anti-virus-on-windows-with-wmi-which-namespace

Answer 3

You can use in a PowerShell command :

Get-CimClass -Namespace root\SecurityCenter2

Answer 4

For someone interested in getting information on antivirus, firewall, etc, there is also exists this solution:
https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-classic-samples/tree/master/Samples/WebSecurityCenter
But it's marked to work with Windows 8 and above.