--- Simon Conant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was talking about most poor dialup users (not pros.) for whome windows update is not an option or don't have a clue about security patches. (I don't know, what a average user knowledge in usa is but THINK GLOBALLY!)
And for the MSBA thing, If you use it in a hardened OS with SCRIPTING and other lot of stuffz disabled it doesn't function at all!!! MSBA was intended to harden security!!! But if you INSTALL it in a PROPERLY HARDENED OS, it doesn't WORK!!! NEITHER THE CMD LINE, NOR THE GUI!? regards, bipin > Have you looked at MBSA? > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx > > Also, http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com > > And don't forget, many viruses are NOT vuln-related > but rather user > (i.e. mass mailers requiring user action and no > vuln). > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
