Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1 Beta 2

Microsoft has created a new tool, the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), to analyze Windows systems for common security misconfigurations. MBSA runs on Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems and will scan for missing hotfixes and vulnerabilities in the following products: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 and 5.0, SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 and later, and Office 2000 and XP. Note: Please view the readme.txt file before executing the tool. The readme.txt file contains important information on system requirements, scan options, and tool support options. Requirements: - Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP MBSA offers an intuitive customer user interface and more informative dialogs compared to previous versions. Using the new Windows Update Agent and Microsoft Update catalog, MBSA has automatically expanding product support.