I've been hit by this Website over and over and over and over.... http://www.destroyads.com/ They tell me for $24.95 I can download a software to prevent such popups. What kind of scam is this? They are the only such company that I have dealt with that is abusing the Networking features in...more >>

Does anyone know how to stop messenger service pop up ads? I did not recieve these ads when I had Windwos 98 operating system. Thanks for anyone's help....more >>

Clearfind.com has set itself as my homepage and I cannot remove it. In internet options my set homepage option is greyed out. How do I get rid of it? Thanks...more >>

Microsoft Customer this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three new vulnerabilities. Install now to continue ke...more >>

Even though Microsoft said my message would appear in a few seconds, nothing showed in several minutes. Wonder what happened? I've had three messages on my Yahoo account from Microsoft. The subject telling me to use the patch immediately was preceded by icon that has paperclip on a recta...more >>

In my email inbox on my Yahoo account, I have had three messages telling me to use the Microsoft patch right away. The subject was preceded by the icon paperclip like one on a square white rectangular box. Since I understand Microsoft has been attacked by the awful virus, I am checking to ...more >>

DCOM got error "Overlapped I/O operation is in progress. " and was unable to logon ..\IWAM_SINDMSPGEN01 in order to run the server: {F21BD7BE-1CF4-41F2-9C75-E3841A578F45} ---dcom Has anyone seen this error before and know possible causes?...more >>

I installed a certificate for a public servers ssl pages, from a "unknown" server somewhere else. I trust the cert because I generated, but the message continues to pop-up and it says: issuer not trusted. These computers don't know each other, etc. Is there a way to do this without pa...more >>

I recently started using Outlook Express 6 for e-mail and have been having problems with OE removing attachments (eml and pdf extensions. How can this be managed?...more >>

Help!. I was going though junk mail and I hit the button saying not to accept anything for addresses ending with aol.com I did not mean to hit that one I wanted to block mail coming from certain junk mailings. How can I get mail from my friends that use e-mail through aol? ...more >>

PLEASE HELP ME STOP THESE POP UPS. I AM A NETWORK ADMIN AND I CAN NOT GET RID OF THESE POP UPS. I AM GOING CRAZY. I WISH I COULD SUE SOMEONE FOR THE DISRUPTION TO OUR COMPANY. UNABLE TO WORK...more >>

I recently installed SSL using the MS CA Services. When I connect from a client, it tells me I need to use https. So, I do, and I get parge not found. The IIS log shows error 403. I have the diagnostic tool and when I run the simulated handshake, i get System time: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:35:...more >>

I need to be able to use Visual Studio .NET on my workstation to work with projects in a web folder on our Windows 2003 server over the internet (TCP/IP), since the web server is *not* networked to the office. Can I do that? If so, how? I really don't know much about Windows 2003....more >>

Hi, I have two sites with different IPs bind to them. Can I install different certificates on these two sites. If anyone know pls tell me the detailed procedure. I have tried but its not working. Only one site is working but the second one gets the page of the first site i configured. Thank...more >>

As seen in URLscan log of an IIS 5 at all current service [09-22-2003 - 23:42:46] Client at 213.31.11.55: Error 122 occurred getting verb. Request will be rejected. Is this the same 122 as net helpmsg describes as an exception due to an "undersized data area passed to system call" (i.e. if so...more >>

Need some help on this one. Currently we're running our webmail on a NT 4.0 box with IIS 4.0 our certificate is about to expire with verisign, and we want to set this up ourself. We also have certificate server on MMC 1.2 service pack 3 running on our sql box on a different domain. Thanks, ...more >>

I have a utility the adds websites in IIS from a remote computer. Can someone tell me what policies, permission, or whatever I need to change to be able to connect to the IIS from a remote server. ...more >>

how do I eliminate this??...more >>

HI, We are trying to transfer few websites from Linux hosting to IIS ( On windows 2003). Some of the users on these sites get authenticated against linux '.BDB' file ( which holds the info about username and password) Once this we sites are transfered to IIS ,,is there a way to transfer th...more >>

Many times when I'm accessing the internet, my access is interrupted by this error: "CYBER SENTINEL - VIOLATION DETECTED ....enter password to override Cyber Sentinel" I'm not sure which program generates this security message, but I'd like to know where I can find (or create) the pa...more >>

Hi, After installation of SP4 on IIS5 (win2k) SSL no longer functions consistantly. It will load https pages occasionally (from outside clients) but normally just gets a DNS error. SSL pages will never load browsing from the server. Non-ssl the site will work ok both on the server's browser and ...more >>

Hello, I just noticed that our dedicated server doesn't have any anti-virus software running on it. Before I run out and get Norton's Anti-Virus Corporate Edition, is it a good idea to put anti-virus software on a web server (we do some uploading of ..doc and .xls files for our user base to...more >>

I am wanting to secure a new Exchange Environment. Active/Passive Exchange Cluster, so can I bind the SSL cert to server 1 and server 2 under the same DNS or do I need to purchase a cert for each server. with the same DNS? Thanks! ...more >>

Unspecified error C:\INETPUB\WWWROOT\WELCOME\../common/adovbs.inc, line 4 And line 4 is this Connect.Open "database" Its happening across the board too, on each database on this server. Same errors, but connecting to different databases. Any ideas? -- David Lozzi Associated Busine...more >>

I am retiring an old IIS server and need to move its Web certificate to another server. I follow Microsoft directions to use the Certificate MMC to export, and on the new server, use the Certificate MMC to import. I check the certificate info and everythink looks fine, with intended use as "Ser...more >>

Before you post a question to a Microsoft.public.*.security newsgroup, note that your question may already be answered below: Answers to Top Frequently Asked Questions: http://securityadmin.info My question is not mentioned below. How do I get an answer immediately, with no waiting? http:...more >>

I would like to install the DOTNET 1.1 FRMWRK on a production machine (IIS5 Win2k). It runs ASP and it's locked down with the IIS 2.1 LockDown Tool and a bunch of few other tweaks. The intent is to start porting old ASP scripts to ASPX. No web services intended. By simply installing the framew...more >>

Microsoft Corporation Public Assistance"=20 <qospmbsbnraha@updates.com> I received this emaill with=20 an attachment to download, but was not sure if it is=20 really from Microsoft as I update regularly and there are=20 no updates for windows see below for content of message From: "Micros...more >>

I have a website and require SSL for some of the content. I installed a certificate, and each time a user connects, the certificate re-maps or has to be accepted each time. IS there a way which we can require acceptance only once, or can we have ssl without a certificate? Any help is a...more >>

I am attempting to bring up certificate service to create a couple of certificates to use for internal testing of web pages before moving them to public locations where Verisign certs will be used. I initially installed certificate services with a standalone Certificate Authority on an AD server...more >>

Apologies for the long posting. :-) I'm about to apply for a certificate for an IIS server. Whilst the CA is cranking out the certificate, I'm having a play with a test certificate using the _same_ web site by creating my own CA on MS Cert Authority. I notice that in IIS I can only have one pe...more >>

Hello, I'm doing an application ASP and she have her own login. Now I'm working to do "autologin" for user who are in the same domain (iis authentication). It work fine... But now, when a user try to launch application from external domain, I would the application login appear without stand...more >>

Hi All, I'm having a problem whereby when I try to view asp pages I get an error 404 page cannot be displayed. I've tried restarting IIS Admin service, default website but to no avail.I've been using IIS for a while now but I've never come across this before. I might add that this is the first t...more >>

is there any way that php can get the user login and authenticate using iis? ...more >>

Does anyone know why I would not be able to reply to to others e-mails or have them reply to me. There are no error messages. I have bellsouth as my ISP. Two e-mail accounts exist, bellsouth and bww. I receive both on outlook express, but only receive replies on bellsouth. I thank anyon...more >>

I've configured the metabase (IIS 5) so the server would return it's DNS host name vs. it's IP address when performing redirects. Is the "UseHostName" setting a valid metabase entry for IIS 6.0? The MSDN site only lists IIS 5.0 & 5.1. TIA Ray http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....more >>

I need to remove my content advisor password, everytime I try to display a web page I get no page to display go to my content advisor. (Do not have a glue what it is) Thanks for all you help...more >>

how do I enable attachments not be removed by oe? thanks...more >>

Is the recent e-mail message from Microsoft with the attached "installer211.exe" valid? Should it be downloaded?...more >>

I have a webserver, windows 2000 IIS 6, and in the layout, I need to have users authenticate into two different web folders on the same site. The users can authenticate fine into one, but once they go and try to authenticate into the other part of the site that is secure, they get a "Page can...more >>

I am relatively new to this. I am setting up a personal website at home. I have a link within my default page, to a "members" page. This member page, is within a folder under the web site folder, and I have chanegd the NTFS rights so only the administrator and the system have full rights...more >>

Just received an email, allegedly from Microsoft, with a heading 'last critical update' Should anyone recieve one of these, Microsoft DO NOT send out updates by email. These messages contain a virus You have been warned. Best wishes and happy surfing Geoff *** Sent via Developers...more >>

We have an interesting scenario in which we need to block access to downloading Access databases (mdb). Before you suggest that we just put them in a folder not accessable via the web, that's not possible. Is there any way (short of setting permissions on every single database) that we can blo...more >>

What is an echo request?...more >>

Hi all, Sometime I found on my IIS Log File some of other text added in. I think the text from the buffer. The text may be a part of email I was reading, or a part of data I copy/past on some word documents. My system is win2000 Pro. with all up-to-date MS Critical Update. My Norton An...more >>

Hi all, I run the iis lock down on my web server and aparently everything goes fine. Then when i browse to my default web site it doesn't appears, the i move to the Internet Service Manager and i didn't find my site, the tool deletes it. Someone with a similar experience ? REgards....more >>

HELP! I am unable to log into secure websites, pay bills on line, college secure sites, etc. The computer specialist told me I downloaded a corrupted file from Microsoft between September 11 and Sept 18 that was an update for a root certificate. He told me I had to take my computer back...more >>

After I moved my ASP pages and an Access database from PWS in NT 4.0 to IIS 5.0 in XP Pro, I can't edit data in the database through the ASP web application. The error type is... Microsoft JET Database Engine (0x80040E09) Cannot update. Database or object is read-only. However, the datab...more >>

Hi, This should be a simple question (for once :)!). I was wondering, is the concept and/or term "Certificate Trust Lists" or "CTL" something that is IIS-only? Or is it a general PKI concept/term? I'm just curious because I've scanned through a number of generic PKI-specific books, and ...more >>

Where do i need to go to correct this error in my ASP APP. The actual error is: Error MS VBScript Runtime (0x800A0046) Permission denied. appfolder/appname/line number..(which is the cdo.send)...more >>

Hi there everyone, The question I have is rather simple, is there somewhere on the net an idiot (fool) proof configuration guide to host websites on a Win2K IIS webserver? There are lots and lots of sites that can guide me to security issues in IIS or on Win2K according to my wish to host we...more >>

I have a .net client with a .config file that I would like a user to download. IIS seems to restrict downloads of files with a .config extension. I would like to allow the .config file to be downloaded from this folder. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks Bill...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to insert a compact privacy policy string into the custom HTTP header of a site running on IIS6 on Server2003. The problem is that the input text box is truncating the compact policy string. It looks like a max length property is being applied to the input box. This wa...more >>

Could someone explain me how IWAM account is used. As per my understanding, if a COM component is called by ASP page, The process will be owned by the user running the ASP page ( IUSR or local user depending on the authentication ). But how IWAM account is used to run COM components? Thank...more >>