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teddkilroy - 12 Aug 2008 15:03 GMT

Need help using this product, all i get is a "The catalog file is damaged or
an invalid catalog."

Thinking offline is the way to go since we use a proxy and we are not in
controll of the firewall.

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Doug Neal [MSFT] - 12 Aug 2008 17:32 GMT

Tedd,

Thanks for posting this item. The fix is to be sure you have the absolute
latest of all files needed for offline scans, not just the latest
WSUSSCN2.CAB file (which is the offline catalog). You also need
WUREDIST.CAB (to confirm the Microsoft files are genuine), the MUAUTH.CAB
(which authenticates MBSA through the WUA client) and all of the potentially
required WUA Standalone Installers.

These files need to be placed in the specific MBSA directories as detailed
in the MBSA FAQ (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184922.aspx)
under, "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?"

I hope that helps...

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> Need help using this product, all i get is a "The catalog file is damaged
> or
> an invalid catalog."
>
> Thinking offline is the way to go since we use a proxy and we are not in
> controll of the firewall.

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Bill Sanderson - 15 Aug 2008 00:18 GMT

Doug - I've not read that documentation yet, so I don't know where these
files are found, but I wonder whether it might be possible to package them
or otherwise make them available through a link at the security portal--
www.microsoft.com\security\portal ?

It's true that this is generally oriented towards non-IT professionals, but
it is a useful place to go to find current definitions for Microsoft
anti-malware tools to use in an offline environment.

> Tedd,
>
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>> Thinking offline is the way to go since we use a proxy and we are not in
>> controll of the firewall.

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