Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 320454 contains the following summary:
This article contains information about the Microsoft
Baseline Security Analyzer tool (MBSA). This tool centrally scans Windows-based
computers for common security misconfigurations and generates individual
security reports for each computer that it scans. MBSA runs on computers that
run Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. MBSA can scan for
security vulnerabilities on computers that run Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. MBSA scans for common security
misconfigurations in Windows, Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server,
Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office. MBSA also scans for missing security
updates in Windows, IIS, SQL Server, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player,
Exchange Server, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), Microsoft XML
(MSXML), Microsoft virtual machine (VM), Content Management Server, Commerce
Server, BizTalk Server, Host Integration Server, and Office (local scans only).
A graphical user interface (GUI) and command-line interface are available in
version 1.2.1.
MBSA version 1.1 replaced the stand-alone HFNetChk
tool and fully exposes all HFNetChk switches in the MBSA command-line interface
(Mbsacli.exe). For additional information about MBSA, visit the following
Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx
Download Information
English, French, German, and Japanese versions of MBSA are available from the Microsoft Download Center. Visit the following the MBSA Web page for direct links to download these versions:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx#XSLTsection124121120120
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