[Offtopic] Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

[Stephen Loosley]

Hi all,

For people running a Win computer, or a Win network, one would
thoroughly recommend people downloading and running their free
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer ..

<http://www.microsoft.com/australia/security/default.mspx>

<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx>

Here's what  Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer  (Version 2.0.1)
© 2002-2007 Microsoft Corporation reports and fixes, on a typical
fully-trusty Win XP notebook service pack 2 home-edition Compaq.

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Computer name: WINXP
IP address: 203.xxx.xxx.xxx
Security report name: WINXP - 154 (30-07-2007 1-31 AM)
Scan date: 30/07/2007 1:31 AM
Scanned with MBSA version: 2.0.6706.0

Security update catalog: Microsoft Update
Security assessment: Potential Risk

Security Update Scan Results

  Score 
Check passed
 
Office Security Updates
No security updates are missing.
What was scanned      Result details
Check passed
 
SDK Components Security Updates
No security updates are missing.
What was scanned      Result details
Check passed
 
Windows Security Updates
No security updates are missing.
What was scanned      Result details

Windows Scan Results

Administrative Vulnerabilities

  Score 
Check failed (non-critical)
 
Automatic Updates
Updates are not automatically downloaded on this computer.
What was scanned                How to correct this
Best practice
 
Incomplete Updates
No incomplete software update installations were found.
What was scanned                How to correct this
Additional information
 
Windows Firewall
Windows Firewall is enabled and has exceptions configured.
Windows Firewall is enabled on all network connections.
What was scanned      Result details      How to correct this
Check passed
 
Local Account Password Test
No user accounts have simple passwords.
What was scanned      Result details
Check passed
 
File System
All hard drives (1) are using the NTFS file system.
What was scanned      Result details
Check passed
 
Guest Account
The Guest account is disabled on this computer.
What was scanned      
Check passed
 
Restrict Anonymous
Computer is properly restricting anonymous access.
What was scanned      
Check passed
 
Administrators
No more than 2 Administrators were found on this computer. 
What was scanned      Result details
Check not performed
 
Autologon
Check is skipped on Windows XP Home Edition computers.
What was scanned      
Check not performed
 
Password Expiration
Check is skipped on Windows XP Home Edition computers.
What was scanned      

Additional System Information

  Score   Issue  Result 
Best practice
 
Services
No potentially unnecessary services were found.
What was scanned                
Additional information
 
Shares
No shares are present on your computer.
What was scanned   Result details             
Additional information
 
Windows Version
Computer is running Windows 2000 or greater.
What was scanned                

Internet Information Services (IIS) Scan Results

  Score
Check not performed

IIS Status
IIS is not running on this computer.
          

SQL Server Scan Results

  Score
Check not performed
 
SQL Server/MSDE Status
SQL Server and/or MSDE is not installed on this computer.
          

Desktop Application Scan Results

IE Zones
Internet Explorer zones have secure settings for all users.
What was scanned      Result details
Check passed
 
Macro Security
4 Microsoft Office product(s) are installed. No issues were found.
What was scanned      Result details

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Regards people
Stephen Loosley
Victoria Australia