How to Use

Using MBSA in OFF-line Mode with WES 7

MBSA uses files that it downloads from the Internet, but the computer I want to use to scan my network

doesn't have Internet access. How can I use MBSA in an offline and secure environment?

You can either perform the scan using the mbsacli command-line utility with the /nd (do not

download) parameter, or you can perform the scan using the GUI. Before scanning you must copy the

necessary files to the computer performing the scan. Four types of files are required:

• Security update catalog (wsusscn2.cab), available from the Microsoft website:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=74689

• Windows Update Redistribution Catalog (wu redist.cab) at

http://update.microsoft.com/redist/wuredist.cab

• Authorization catalog (muauth.cab) for Windows Update site access, available from the Microsoft

website or by examining the contents of the wuredist.cab file at

http://update.microsoft.com/redist/wuredist.cab