Unnecessary Services check
Applies To: Forefront Client Security
The Unnecessary Services SSA check determines whether any potentially unnecessary services are installed on the scanned computer. It also detects the current state of these services (enabled or disabled).
This check searches for the following services:
MSFtpsvr (FTP Publishing)
TIntSvr (Telnet)
W3SVC (World Wide Web Publishing)
SMTPSVC (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
Resolutions for potentially unacceptable scores
For High and Medium scores, it is recommended that you investigate the scanned computer and determine whether the services found to be installed or running are necessary. If unnecessary, they should be disabled. For example, if the Telnet service is found to be installed and enabled, but users are not required to remotely connect through Telnet to that specific computer, this service should be disabled.
Scoring and results
This check generates scores on two levels:
Overall
Per service
Overall scoring
The following table shows how Client Security determines the overall score resulting from assessing the status of potentially unnecessary services on the scanned computer.
| Score | Number of services with Medium score | Number of services with Informational score | Number of services with Low score | Results message |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Medium |
At least 1 |
0 or more |
0 or more |
The following number of potentially unnecessary services are installed: number. |
Informational |
0 |
At least 1 |
0 or more |
The following number of potentially unnecessary services are installed: number. However, the services are disabled or configured by Group Policy. |
Low |
0 |
0 |
0 or more |
No potentially unnecessary services were found installed. |
Per service scoring
The following table shows how Client Security determines the score resulting from assessing the scanned computer for a specific, potentially unnecessary service.
| Score | Service is installed | Service status | Startup type | Startup type configured by Group Policy | Results message |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medium |
Yes |
Started |
Automatic, Manual, or Disabled |
No |
The following service is installed: service-name. Status: Running, StartupType: startup-mode. |
|
Yes |
Stopped |
Automatic or Manual |
No |
The following service is installed: service-name. Status: Stopped. StartupType: startup-mode. |
Informational |
Yes |
Started or Stopped |
Automatic, Manual, or Disabled |
Yes |
The following service is installed: service-name. However, startup mode has been configured by Group Policy. |
|
Yes |
Stopped |
Disabled |
No |
The following service is installed but disabled: service-name. Status: Stopped. |
Low |
No |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
The following service is not installed: service-name. |