RE: MS Anti Virus?

[Ron DuFresne <dufresne () winternet com>]

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Dan  B. Mann wrote:

>    From my perspective, a place that MS needs to also focus on is the
> patch scanning technology.  SMS, WindowsUpdate, MBSA, all can give
> different, confusing results even when scanning the same machine!
> Please, give me a scanner that covers all of your internal products, and
> gives reliable results.  Having one tool contradict another ends up
> creating a mess, and it is frightening.  It's not fun to try and track
> down a bunch of machines on a weekly basis to really find out whether
> they are patched or not.
>
> Does Microsoft read this list?

I believe that if it's not in VB script, then it's inedible to M$
personnel.

Thanks,


Ron DuFresne
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity.  It
eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the
business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart
        ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!***

OK, so you're a Ph.D.  Just don't touch anything.

_______________________________________________
Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html