Are Your Computer Secure?
Free Tool to check security on your computer and network from Microsoft
What is MBSA?
MBSA 2.0 is a tool designed to help small and medium businesses determine their security state in accordance with Microsoft security recommendations and offers specific remediation guidance.
Administrators can use MBSA to detect common security misconfigurations and missing security updates on their computer systems. MBSA is capable of local and remote scans across a wide range of Microsoft server and workstation platforms.
MBSA scan for ?
- Is Windows Firewall enabled?
- Are Automatic Updates enabled?
- Are strong passwords enforced?
- Are unsecured Guest accounts enabled?
What is Protocol?
PROTOCOL
A standard way of communicating across a network or internet. A protocol like “language” of computer network. A method by which two difference systems can communicate together.
What are Protocol functions?
- Handshaking
- Type of error checking
- Data Compression Method
- How to format a message
- How to indicate that it has finished sending / receiving a message
- Termination of the session or connection
Common Protocols
- TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
- HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
- TELNET (Telnet Remote Protocol)
- POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3)
- SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
- IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
What is FTP?
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
is the simplest and most secure way to exchange files over the Internet or network based on Internet Protocol. To transfer files with FTP, you can use a program like FileZilla Freeware FTP Program to connect to server or remote computer that runing FTP Server Software. After connected, you can upload and download files between two computers.
Why using FTP Transfer files?
Some web site had both service for transfer file with “HTTP” and “FTP”. But we are fully recommened to use FTP for transfer files because is very faster that “HTTP”

Example for using FTP
- For Webmaster: Transfer Files to Web Hosting
- For Network admin: Transfer or Download Driver and Utility program
- For Home Use: Transfer or download Freeware program, Anti-Virus program etc.


