The Dissolvable Agent (Agent) is installed on Windows devices to collect host data in order to perform certain vulnerability and compliance scans. During the scan process the Agent is installed as needed. Once the scan is complete, the Agent will remove itself completely.
Information collected by the Agent is securely transmitted to the scanner using a cryptographically secure protocol. The information is encrypted and integrity-protected and is not stored on the scanner except in memory while the information is processed. The information is discarded securely as soon as it is no longer needed.
The Agent is temporarily stored in one of the following directories, depending on the OS configuration and CPU of the machine. All traces of the Agent are removed automatically when the scan on the host is complete, including removal of the temporary directory.
%windir%\System32\Qualys
%windir%\SysWOW64\Qualys