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Service Pack Manager 7.2.5

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Free Trial Version of Service Pack Manager v7.2.5
Looking to manage the roll out of Windows Service Packs, including the recently released Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, within your enterprise network? Service Pack Manager discovers NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista systems and reports on the current OS and Service Pack level. SPM allows you to schedule automatic update of your network systems and more...
Service Pack Manager is an automated network security patch management tool. It enables fixing security vulnerabilities and stability problems in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista and additional Microsoft products, such as Office, IIS, Exchange, SQL, ISA, IE, Outlook, and Windows Media Player. It remotely detects, tracks, monitors and installs service packs and hotfixes on enterprise networks from a central console.

A new version 7.2.5.0 has been posted on Apr 13, 2008. It adds support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and improves the detection of Office 2007 on Windows platforms with Microsoft Visio installed. 

A new version 7.2.4.0 has been posted on Mar 20, 2008. It fixed the detection of Office 2007 on Windows platforms that have Web Express and other latest MS components installed. 

A new version 7.2.3.0 has been posted on Feb 27, 2008. It fixed the detection patches for Windows Vista OS and patches for other MS products running under Vista. 

A new version 7.2.2.0 has been posted on Aug 21, 2007. It fixed the detection patches for Windows Vista OS and patches for other MS products running under Vista. Fixed problems with detecting patches for Windows Media Player.

A new version 7.2.1.0 has been posted on June 13, 2007. It fixed the problem detection of MS Office 2007 and detection of patches for MS products other than Windows, running under Windows Vista.

A new build 7.1.1.3 has been posted on Jun 16, 2006. It fixes the issues of detecting Office 2002, 2003 and Windows Media Player 10. It is required for accurate detection and installation of the patches released by Microsoft on June 13, 2006.

A new version 7.2.0.0 has been posted on May 10, 2007. It added support for patching Windows Vista and introduced improvement to the scan engine.

A new build 7.1.1.1 has been posted on Mar 14, 2006. It fixes the issue of detecting Office 2003 SP1 after installing patch MS06-012 that changes Office 2003 SP1 registration in the system registry.

A new build 7.1.0.9 has been posted on Feb 14, 2006. It fixes the issue of detecting Windows Media Player 10

A new build 7.1.0.8 has been posted on Feb 6, 2006. It adds capability for successful discovery of new Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2003 and new Service Pack 2 for ISA Server 2004. 


A new build 7.1.0.7 has been posted on Jan 23, 2006. It fixes the issue of Scheduled LiveUpdates from Secondary console. 

Service Pack Manager v7.1 is available (June 7, 2005). This release introduces a Distributed Patch Management in addition to existing built-in tool for managing Windows Firewall which is part of the Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 Server SP1. Distributed Patch Management allows for an operator of the Master Console to test, approve, and publish the patches on the Intranet Web Server, while the operators of the Secondary Console can retrieve the approved patch information from the Intranet Web Server and deployed approved patches throughout domains or network segments they are responsible for.

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Zotob and IrcBot Information - Aug 17, 2005

FREE DOWNLOAD:
Download Full Functional Time-Limited Version 7.2.4.0
This version is time-limited and limited to 50 machines.

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Service Pack Manager User Manual


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FREE DOWNLOAD: Download Free Cost Calculation Spreadsheet  
The spreadsheet allows users to calculate the costs of maintaining the security of Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista machines manually, based on the network size, labor costs, update frequency, and other enterprise-related factors.


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  • Proof of the threat posed by these new malware specimens is that over the last few hours, companies and media like Daimler-Chrysler, Kraft Foods, UPS, General Electric or the Financial Times, have joined those initially affected, like CNN, ABC, The New York Times, Caterpillar or the US Congress. The fact that the ABC TV network had to use electric typewriters to finish their World News Tonight news program shows the seriousness of these attacks. 

    In order to protect yourself against these new malware specimens, it is highly advisable to download and install the update released by Microsoft described in security bulletin MS05-039. This patch can be deployed using Service Pack Manager to hundreds and thousands remote computers on the network in minutes
  • Read Microsoft article "What You Should Know About Zotob":
    http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/zotob.mspx
  • To remove Zotob.A download and run PQRemove utility by Panda Software
  • To remove Zotob.B download and run PQRemove utility by Panda Software
  • To remove Zotob.D download and run PQRemove utility by Panda Software

 Windows Firewall Manager

PRESS REVIEWS
The User Manual contains detailed explanations and plenty of screenshots.
You can manage hundreds and thousands machines running Windows Firewalls without need of Active Directory and Group Policies. No scripting required. 
- Create your own set of Windows Firewall parameters and exceptions (Policy).
- Scan the network machines and review compliancy of the target machine (down to port level) with your own defined policy. 
- Push your own Windows Firewall Policy to hundreds and thousands of machines with a mouse click, in minutes.


Service Pack Manager 7.1 
Review - August 2005


Patch Management - Buyers' Guide

Enterprise Patch Management for Windows, April 2004
Ahead of the Service Pack
 


Network Computing Magazine, April 2004:
  • "SPM was one of the easiest products to get up and running. Once it was installed, we started scanning our systems using its intuitive interface."
  • "...it remains an extremely affordable tool."
  • "Scanning was easy: We simply selected systems we had added and clicked the NetQuery button. SPM then scanned and returned results in relatively short order."
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