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From: dufresne at winternet.com (Ron DuFresne)
Subject: MS Anti Virus?

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
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