Microsoft upgraded its Baseline Security Analyzer to help enterprises identify common security misconfigurations in multiple Windows operating systems and checks for missing security updates across nearly all of Microsoft's enterprise software.
MBSA 1.2 has a graphical and command line interface that can perform local or remote scans of Windows systems. It supports alternate file versions, allowing multiple sets of file details to be checked during the security updates scan. MBSA also performs configuration checks on Internet connection firewall, automatic updates and the IE zone. Releases are now available for German, Japanese and French.
According to Microsoft, MBSA will scan:
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
- Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0/5.0/6.0
- SQL Server 7/2000
- Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 and later
- Office 2000/2002/2003.
Microsoft says MBSA also scans for missing security updates in:
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
- IIS
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Exchange
- Internet Explorer
- Windows Media Player
- MDAC
- MSXML
- Microsoft VM
- Microsoft Office
- Content Management Server
- Commerce Server
- Host Integration Server
- BizTalk Server
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Michael S. Mimoso, Editorial Director