ryanlsanders
Thu Jul 17 16:09:31 CDT 2008
Thank you for your reply. I want to feel confident, but have been
burned too many time, not with MBSA, but with other tools that were
not suppose to cause any issues........
I have been testing with MBSA on a limited base and continuing to
expand as my confidence with it increases.
On Jul 16, 9:26=A0am, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ryanlsanders wrote:
> > What are the risks of running MBSA against remote computers? =A0I
> > can't find enough details on how it works to feel 100% safe it
> > won't reboot or blue screen any computer I scan.
>
> > I normally do WMI queries against QFE, is that what MBSA does to
> > check security fix levels?
>
> IMHO, if MBSA blue screens a computer on you - there is probably somethin=
g
> wrong with that remote computer anyway that you need to check out and
> repair.
>
> As for feeling 100% safe - especially with a computer that is connected t=
o a
> network of any sort and used by people - is not going to happen.
>
> MBSA should not cause any issues with your computers - and again - if it
> does - that is something you need to check into anyway - because that is =
not
> 'right'...
>
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