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pete0085
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 Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: MBSA and XP |
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This is a question regarding scanning with MBSA 2.0. It's having
difficulties preforming a complete scan on Windows XP machines and gives me
the result of incomplete scan.
The message says: Cannot contact windows update agent on target computer,
possibly due to firewall settings. Is there a way around this, is there a
port that needs to be opened up? Anyone have experience with this? |
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MowGreen [MVP]
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:03 am Post subject: Re: MBSA and XP |
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Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/default.mspx
Read the Overview above. And the FAQS below:
MBSA 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/qa.mspx
Specifically: How to Correct Common Errors
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pete0085 wrote:
| Quote: | This is a question regarding scanning with MBSA 2.0. It's having
difficulties preforming a complete scan on Windows XP machines and gives me
the result of incomplete scan.
The message says: Cannot contact windows update agent on target computer,
possibly due to firewall settings. Is there a way around this, is there a
port that needs to be opened up? Anyone have experience with this? |
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pete0085
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject: Re: MBSA and XP |
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Any more info then that? I followed their procedures and opened up the
correct ports on the windows firewall and made the adjustments to the com+
reg settings and it sill gives me the same error message.
"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
| Quote: | Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/default.mspx
Read the Overview above. And the FAQS below:
MBSA 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/qa.mspx
Specifically: How to Correct Common Errors
MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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Never Forgotten
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pete0085 wrote:
This is a question regarding scanning with MBSA 2.0. It's having
difficulties preforming a complete scan on Windows XP machines and gives me
the result of incomplete scan.
The message says: Cannot contact windows update agent on target computer,
possibly due to firewall settings. Is there a way around this, is there a
port that needs to be opened up? Anyone have experience with this?
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pete0085
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:10 am Post subject: Re: MBSA and XP |
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Thanks, someone in the MBSA newsgroup was able to help me out. I couldn'
find any documentation in the MBSA about this, but had me add a program
exception to my firewall gpo, "%windir%\system32\dllhost.exe"
This solved the problem for whatever reason.
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