Critique of Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser for System Weaknesses

Microsoft released the Baseline Security Analyser (MBSA), a free tool which analyses Windows systems for common security misconfigurations, earlier this week. But users have already slammed it as just a GUI version of the software giant's HfNetChk.. . . Microsoft released the Baseline Security Analyser (MBSA), a free tool which analyses Windows systems for common security misconfigurations, earlier this week. But users have already slammed it as just a GUI version of the software giant's HfNetChk.

Since the release last year of Microsoft's command line hot fix network security checker, administrators have clamoured for a release with more functionality.

The only alternative to date is a paid-for tool called HFNetChkPro, developed by Microsoft and Shavlik Technologies, which costs $5,000 for a 250-desktop licence.

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