Once
you’ve loaded MSBA select Pick a computer to scan. Assuming you’ve
followed the steps as described previously you should be greeted with the screen
beneath.
The
Security report name indicates where reports are to be saved, as in the default
option shown that would indicate, where x represents a Drive letter, x:\Documents
and Settings\Accountname\SecurityScans\domainname – PCname (date & time of
scan).xml, e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\SecurityScans\Workgroup -
Main (04-18-2002 06-02 PM).xml. Edit this to a more fitting report title if
you wish to do so.
As
regards the Options be sure to Untick all unneeded options.
Being that this guide is intended for stand-alone systems it’s unlikely
you’ll have IIS or SQL installed so be sure to Untick those.
Select
Start scan to (predictably) run the MBSA scan of your system.
By
now you should be able to successfully use MBSA on your Windows 2000/XP system
to scan for vulnerabilities or other weak areas of your system. If you have a
Questions/Comments be sure to post them in the Misc.
Software & Utilities Forum. In the future this guide may be further
expanded or alternatively an additional system security article will be posted.
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