"Microsoft
teamed
with security software developer Shavlik Technologies LLC in St. Paul, Minn., to build the HFNetChk and Microsoft Personal Security Advisor (MBSA) tools.
The tools are the first in a series of products from Microsoft aimed at helping users better secure their systems", Culp (Scott Culp, a Microsoft security manager at the time) said.
Tim Rains, Chief Security Advisor of Microsoft’s Worldwide Cybersecurity & Data Protection group,
noted
"... MBSA scanned over 3 million computers each week."