MBSA and XP

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pete0085

This is a question regarding scanning with MBSA 2.0. It's having
difficulties preforming a complete scan on Windows XP machines and gives me
the result of incomplete scan.

The message says: Cannot contact windows update agent on target computer,
possibly due to firewall settings. Is there a way around this, is there a
port that needs to be opened up? Anyone have experience with this?
 
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pete0085

Any more info then that? I followed their procedures and opened up the
correct ports on the windows firewall and made the adjustments to the com+
reg settings and it sill gives me the same error message.

MowGreen said:
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/default.mspx

Read the Overview above. And the FAQS below:

MBSA 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/qa.mspx

Specifically: How to Correct Common Errors


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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This is a question regarding scanning with MBSA 2.0. It's having
difficulties preforming a complete scan on Windows XP machines and gives me
the result of incomplete scan.

The message says: Cannot contact windows update agent on target computer,
possibly due to firewall settings. Is there a way around this, is there a
port that needs to be opened up? Anyone have experience with this?
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MowGreen [MVP]

If Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V.2.1 is installed, is the
latest Version of the Windows Update Agent installed ? -
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

Have you seen this ? -

A new version of the Windows Update offline scan file is available
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926464

If you need further assistance, suggest you post to the MBSA newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...db3-c1ba-4d3a-9587-569f947b7281&lang=en&cr=us

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Any more info then that? I followed their procedures and opened up the
correct ports on the windows firewall and made the adjustments to the com+
reg settings and it sill gives me the same error message.

:

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/default.mspx

Read the Overview above. And the FAQS below:

MBSA 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/qa.mspx

Specifically: How to Correct Common Errors


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


pete0085 wrote:

This is a question regarding scanning with MBSA 2.0. It's having
difficulties preforming a complete scan on Windows XP machines and gives me
the result of incomplete scan.

The message says: Cannot contact windows update agent on target computer,
possibly due to firewall settings. Is there a way around this, is there a
port that needs to be opened up? Anyone have experience with this?
Click to expand...
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P

pete0085

Thanks, someone in the MBSA newsgroup was able to help me out. I couldn'
find any documentation in the MBSA about this, but had me add a program
exception to my firewall gpo, "%windir%\system32\dllhost.exe"

This solved the problem for whatever reason.

MowGreen said:
If Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V.2.1 is installed, is the
latest Version of the Windows Update Agent installed ? -
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

Have you seen this ? -

A new version of the Windows Update offline scan file is available
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926464

If you need further assistance, suggest you post to the MBSA newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...db3-c1ba-4d3a-9587-569f947b7281&lang=en&cr=us

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Any more info then that? I followed their procedures and opened up the
correct ports on the windows firewall and made the adjustments to the com+
reg settings and it sill gives me the same error message.

:

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/default.mspx

Read the Overview above. And the FAQS below:

MBSA 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/qa.mspx

Specifically: How to Correct Common Errors


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


pete0085 wrote:


This is a question regarding scanning with MBSA 2.0. It's having
difficulties preforming a complete scan on Windows XP machines and gives me
the result of incomplete scan.

The message says: Cannot contact windows update agent on target computer,
possibly due to firewall settings. Is there a way around this, is there a
port that needs to be opened up? Anyone have experience with this?
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Re: Front End Back End Outbound mail

Hi,
I had simmilar problem in my network. I used the same solution wrote by
pete0085 below. I was searching solution for this problem for a year but
could not get any information from MS documentations.

Thanks

pete0085 said:
Thanks, someone in the MBSA newsgroup was able to help me out. I couldn'
find any documentation in the MBSA about this, but had me add a program
exception to my firewall gpo, "%windir%\system32\dllhost.exe"

This solved the problem for whatever reason.

MowGreen said:
If Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V.2.1 is installed, is the
latest Version of the Windows Update Agent installed ? -
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

Have you seen this ? -

A new version of the Windows Update offline scan file is available
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926464

If you need further assistance, suggest you post to the MBSA newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...db3-c1ba-4d3a-9587-569f947b7281&lang=en&cr=us

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Any more info then that? I followed their procedures and opened up the
correct ports on the windows firewall and made the adjustments to the com+
reg settings and it sill gives me the same error message.

:


Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/default.mspx

Read the Overview above. And the FAQS below:

MBSA 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/qa.mspx

Specifically: How to Correct Common Errors


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


pete0085 wrote:


This is a question regarding scanning with MBSA 2.0. It's having
difficulties preforming a complete scan on Windows XP machines and gives me
the result of incomplete scan.

The message says: Cannot contact windows update agent on target computer,
possibly due to firewall settings. Is there a way around this, is there a
port that needs to be opened up? Anyone have experience with this?
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willone59

Thank you pete0085, Microsoft should put his on the help pages.... Please!

pete0085 said:
Thanks, someone in the MBSA newsgroup was able to help me out. I couldn'
find any documentation in the MBSA about this, but had me add a program
exception to my firewall gpo, "%windir%\system32\dllhost.exe"

This solved the problem for whatever reason.

MowGreen said:
If Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V.2.1 is installed, is the
latest Version of the Windows Update Agent installed ? -
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

Have you seen this ? -

A new version of the Windows Update offline scan file is available
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926464

If you need further assistance, suggest you post to the MBSA newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...db3-c1ba-4d3a-9587-569f947b7281&lang=en&cr=us

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Any more info then that? I followed their procedures and opened up the
correct ports on the windows firewall and made the adjustments to the com+
reg settings and it sill gives me the same error message.

:


Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/default.mspx

Read the Overview above. And the FAQS below:

MBSA 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/qa.mspx

Specifically: How to Correct Common Errors


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


pete0085 wrote:


This is a question regarding scanning with MBSA 2.0. It's having
difficulties preforming a complete scan on Windows XP machines and gives me
the result of incomplete scan.

The message says: Cannot contact windows update agent on target computer,
possibly due to firewall settings. Is there a way around this, is there a
port that needs to be opened up? Anyone have experience with this?
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