 This version monitors Windows Update, Windows Firewall, and the availability of an anti-virus program.Third-party providers of personal firewall and anti-virus software packages were encouraged to use WSC API to register their products with WSC.On 25 August 2004, "PC Magazine" published an article in their "Security Watch" newsletter titled "Windows XP SP2 Security Center Spoofing Threat" which outlined a design vulnerability which could allow malware to manipulate Security Center into displaying a false security status regardless of the true security status.