o The Nmap Windows self-installer now automatically installs the MS

Visual C++ 2008 runtime components if they aren't already installed
  on a system.  These are some reasonably small DLLs that are
  generally necessary for applications compiled with Visual C++ (with
  dynamic linking).  Many or most systems already have these installed
  from other software packages.  The lack of these components led to
  the error message "The Application failed to intialize properly
  (0xc0150002)." with Nmap 4.65.  A related change is that Nmap on
  Windows is now compiled with /MD rather than /MT so that it
  consistently uses these runtime libraries.  The patch was created by
  Rob Nicholls.

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+o The Nmap Windows self-installer now automatically installs the MS
+  Visual C++ 2008 runtime components if they aren't already installed
+  on a system.  These are some reasonably small DLLs that are
+  generally necessary for applications compiled with Visual C++ (with
+  dynamic linking).  Many or most systems already have these installed
+  from other software packages.  The lack of these components led to
+  the error message "The Application failed to intialize properly
+  (0xc0150002)." with Nmap 4.65.  A related change is that Nmap on
+  Windows is now compiled with /MD rather than /MT so that it
+  consistently uses these runtime libraries.  The patch was created by
+  Rob Nicholls.
+
 o Updated showHTMLTitle NSE script to follow one HTTP redirect if
   necessary as long as it is on the same server. [Jah]
 

libdnet-stripped/libdnet-stripped.vcproj

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 				AdditionalOptions="/D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE""
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="include;"..\mswin32\pcap-include""
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_LIB"
-				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
 				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="true"

liblua/liblua.vcproj

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 				MinimalRebuild="false"
 				ExceptionHandling="0"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="0"
-				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				BufferSecurityCheck="false"
 				TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType="false"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"

libpcre/libpcre.vcproj

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_LIB"
-				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
 				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="false"

mswin32/Makefile

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ winbuild:
 	cp -a Release/nselib nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)
 	cp -a Release/nselib-bin nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)
 	cp winpcap/winpcap-nmap-*.exe nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)
+	cp vcredist_x86.exe nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)
 	zip -r nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)-win32.zip nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)
 	mkdir nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)/zenmap
 	cd ../zenmap && install_scripts/windows/copy_and_compile.bat

mswin32/nmap.vcproj

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=".;..;../liblua;../nbase;../libpcre;winip;..\nsock\include;"pcap-include";"..\libdnet-stripped\include";OpenSSL\include;"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_CONSOLE"
 				StringPooling="true"
-				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Release/nmap.pch"

mswin32/nsis/Nmap.nsi

@@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ Section "Nmap Core Files" SecCore
   
   ;Store installation folder 
   WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Nmap" "" $INSTDIR 
-   
+
+  ;Silent install of Visual C++ 2008 runtime components
+  File ..\vcredist_x86.exe
+  ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\vcredist_x86.exe" /q'
+  Delete "$INSTDIR\vcredist_x86.exe" 
+
   ;Create uninstaller 
   WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe" 
    
@@ -232,7 +237,7 @@ SectionEnd
 ;Descriptions 
  
   ;Component strings 
-  LangString DESC_SecCore ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Installs Nmap executable and NSE scripts" 
+  LangString DESC_SecCore ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Installs Nmap executable, NSE scripts and Visual C++ 2008 runtime components"
   LangString DESC_SecRegisterPath ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Registers Nmap path to System path so you can execute it from any directory" 
   LangString DESC_SecWinPcap ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Installs WinPcap 4.0 (required for most Nmap scans unless it is already installed)" 
   LangString DESC_SecPerfRegistryMods ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Modifies Windows registry values to improve TCP connect scan performance.  Recommended."