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Description:

Monitors system security settings and configurations. More Info MS KB Q883792

Note the Security Center provides different security warnings using balloon tips, and they can be turned off through the Security Center interface. But one can also do it by setting these DWORD values:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Security Center]
AntiVirusOverride = 1 (0 = Antivirus monitoring)
AntiSpywareOverride = 1 (0 = Anti Spyware monitoring
FirewallOverride = 1 (0 = Firewall monitoring)

Related Disable Balloon Tips

Note Security Center also functions as Windows Security Health Validator (WSHA) used by the Network Access Protection Agent. It can provide the following health information:

• Firewall is enabled
• Antivirus is enabled and up-to-date
• Antispyware is enabled and up-to-date
• Automatic Updates is enabled
• Security updates are up-to-date

Recommended State:

• Disabled.

Default State:

• WinXP SP2: Automatic.
• Vista: Automatic (Delayed Start).

Process Name:

• WinXP SP2: svchost.exe -k netsvcs (wscsvc)
• Vista: svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted (wscsvc)

Supports:

• None

Depends:

• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)