= Contents =

  Introduction
  Requirements
  Copyright and license
  Contacts


= Introduction =

Proactive Security Auditor FE (Freeware Edition) is a free, small, fast and easy to use program to assist system administrators and ordinary users to keep their computers secure by identifying what security updates are installed on local and remote machines, and allowing to download and install missing patches from Microsoft web site.

The features and advantages of Proactive Security Auditor FE are: 

- Very small and extremely fast 
- Intuitive user interface 
- Agentless - no software to install on client machines 
- Credentials management 
- Does not use MSXML and MDAC - no additional software/libraries needed 
- Scanning remote machines selected by NetBios names or IPs 
- Compare scans made at different times - see what patches have been added and removed 
- Browse Microsoft security bulletins (all or by product) 
- Filter patches by status (installed/missing/note) 
- Filter patches by severity (critical/important/moderate/low) 
- Generate HTML reports 
- View modes - by computer or by date 
- Deploying patches on local and remote machines


= Requirements =

Proactive Security Auditor was designed with maximum compatibility in mind: it runs on all Win32-compatible operating systems:

- Windows 95
- Windows 98
- WIndows Me
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003

For edditional requirements, see User Manual.


= Copyright and license =

See "license.txt" file.


= Where to get the latest version =

The latest version of PSA is always available from our web page at http://www.elcomsoft.com/psa.html. 

Our range of System & Security Software (http://www.elcomsoft.com/sss.html) also includes Proactive Password Auditor, a password auditing and retrieval program for NT/2K/XP/2003 systems administrators to identify and close passwords security holes, and Advanced Registry Tracer, a Windows Registry snapshot program.

The Password Recovery Software product line (http://www.elcomsoft.com/prs.html) includes password recovery and decryption programs for ZIP, RAR, ARJ and ACE archives, all versions of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Backup, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Mail and Schedule+, VBA, Lotus Organizer, Lotus WordPro, Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Approach, Borland/Corel Paradox, WordPerfect, QuattroPro, Intuit Quicken and QuickBooks, Adobe Acrobat PDF, Mirabilis/AOL ICQ and other instant messengers, Eudora and other email clients, Windows 2000/XP/2003 Encrypting File System on NTFS, Windows NT/2000/XP user passwords, Windows PWL/RAS/dial-up/VPN/shares/asterisked passwords.

If you'd like to receive notifications about new releases of PSA, other System and Security Software, and/or Password Recovery Software, please subscribe to our mailing lists at http://maillist.elcomsoft.com.

For technical support, please contact us at support@elcomsoft.com. In the subject of your mail, please write PSA x.y (where x.y is the version number), followed by problem, suggestion or whatever else. You can also contact our customer service department at info@elcomsoft.com, and sales department at sales@elcomsoft.com.

Our fax numbers:

+1 866 448-2703 (US and Canada, toll-free)
+44 870 831-2983 (UK)
+49 692 557-7249 (Germany)

Please write in English language only.
