You are a desktop support technician for your company. All client computers run Windows XP Professional and have an antivirus application installed.

A user reports that she received an e-mail message from the company’s IT department stating that she needs to apply the most current Windows security patches to her computer. The user works from home and has a broadband connection to the Internet.

You need to ensure that the user applies the most current Windows security patches to her computer. You instruct the user to log on to her computer as an administrator.

What else should you instruct the user to do?

A.
Download the most recent virus signature file and run the virus scanner.

B.
Connect to the Microsoft Windows Update Web site and scan her computer.

C.
Run the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) tool and scan for security updates.

D.
Run the Security Configuration and Analysis tool to configure her computer by using the hisecws.inf security template.