Vulnerability Assessment tools

[Guest]

Vulnerability Assessment--new! This new security feature
automatically performs
regular scans of your computer and alerts you to
operating system and brow ser
vulnerabilities. It then provides one-click access to
Windows Update so you can
download the patch file. This feature is found on PC
Chillin

it would be nice if something similar to that would be
included on MSAS advance tools.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

So what machine already running AutoUpdate is this featue going to find
missing updates on?

 

[JohnF.]

Another feature for users to turn off because it slows down their pc when it
scans and they can't have that.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

My feeling is that the ability to detect what patches are needed, and
download and apply the--is already covered in the os--in fact, by several
different apps and mechanisms.

I kind of like having a third-party mechanism--like Shavlik's HFNETCHK to
provide another view of the situation--but I don't need another Microsoft
view.

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