Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 1.0 available

Microsoft has created a new tool, the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), to analyze Windows systems for common security misconfigurations. Version 1.0 of MBSA includes a graphical and command line interface that can perform local or remote scans of Windows systems.

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,
• Office 2000 and XP.

View: MS TechNet: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

Screenshot: MBSA 1.0 GUI

Download: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (8th April 2002, 2.5mb)