NT 4.0 Server and XP OS internet access only
I have a situation with a client where a 1st floor
location has 3 pc that were removed from router access
via mac address exclusion. They need a forth one to
connect only to the internet. I can setup another PC and
lock it out of the NT 4.0 network but the problem is
these employees problably know the password for the
volunteer users in the upstairs office and that would by
pass login protection settings to keep them off the
network.
I need a PC locked down only accessing the internet so I
they can go anywhere on the net and not but the network
in harms way. I was wondering if XP pro OS has any
features that would lock the system down to only getting
onto the net and not allow any other password logins.
Thanks for any help.
Martin Stone
TurnKey Computer Solutions Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43473
User account abuse MSN Messenger
Hi,
My brother is not very computer literate and has found
that his MSN Messenger account has be compromisd. The
Specific user we have not been able to track as yet but
we would like to be able to find out how to find the
TCP/IP address for the abusing user.
Many Thanks in Advance. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43466
Open Email Relay/Proxy
I have been alerted bt BT that my Internet account is
being used to host an Open/Email Relay/proxy causing
spam/unsolicited emails. I have a static IP address for my
broadband account. BT are threatening to suspend the
account unless I can take corrective action. I cannot find
the solution or cause and I have not reconfigured my
server software. Any ideas?
Thank you Neil Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43460
Problem with accessing saved files after using a restore point!
Hi,
I have restored my XP environment to the first system restore point. XP automatically saved the previous user account information. In the Admin account I created, before moving back to the restore point, are still some important emails I want to retrieve. However XP doesn't allow me access to these folders, even under the system admininstrator account. Does anyone ahve an idea on how to bypass this "access denied" problem?
Thanks,
Marcus Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43459
"Always ask before opening this type of file"option?
when i download certain files, that always appear. well
yesterday i think i unchecked that box by accident when i
was trying to cancel the download. now the problem is it
will not show up and is opening files directly everytime.
i tried to find the sercurity or what ever option enables
it. ... well i never found it...
where is that option? how do i get it back or reset
it? ... there must be a way right? Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43458
Outlook express file attachments
I have Outlook Express 6. I recently downloaded the latest
Microsoft updates, and now I cannot open any e-mails with
attachments. I get a message that says "OE removed access
to the following unsafe attachments in your mail." This is
for all attachments, even ones I know are safe. How can I
disable this feature? Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43448
Malicious script
Some web sites are redirecting internet explorer to the
page http://best-porn-guide.com/iframe.html, which
contains a script that install software without
notification. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43444
Net Meeting Security
Hello,
If you can instruct me on how to secure my net meeting
access. The probple is anyone can access my net meeting
that uses my computer? I owuld like a log on to be
required and I know it can be however I dont know how to
set it to require a log on. Please respond to me via
email.
Suprasaud@hotmail.com
Nick Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43443
Surrendering Administrator Account?
Hi guys, I would like to have some opinion on this.
Recently we are doing some security audit and my boss
said that we should surrender our Domain Administrator ID
and keep the password in a safe.
Other than using Domain Administrator to join PC /servers
to domain, performing administrative tasks, etc, how can
I convince my boss that it is essential for System
Administrator like us to be responsible and keep the
Domain Adminstrator account and password to ourselves?
Hear from you guys soon!
Best Regards. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43440
Windows security updates notice
As soon as I got online today, a Windows Messenger
message popped up, stating I needed to click on the
enclosed link to download a security fix--something about
a winpatch.net-something-or-other. Do you send security
notices via Windows Messenger? I'm not familiar with Win.
MSNGR. cause I've never received messages from it before
this PC I recently got (I have AOL.) And the few I've
gotten on here were from people I don't know--one was an
ad; two were from the same person (same gender as me)on
different days saying that a friend of mine (doesn't give
name)says I'm cool. Well, I'm 50, married with 2 grown
kids--so I doubt that! I just closed all these messages
including the "security" one today. I did a search for it
on MSN's security site, which found nothing--'course I
couldn't remember the whole name accurately. Yesterday I
had to reinstall Win XP and everything else that came
with this PC after it crashed (couldn't get it to do a
recovery--something about an NDRLT file missing), and I
re-acquired Automatic Update but it wasn't til today that
it's stating I need to get a lot of updates (which I do
recognize from the 1st time.) It didn't start showing
this til AFTER I got and closed the Win Mssgr. message. I
just checked the Updates list and there's nothing on it
about winpatch.net-whatever. I'm confused, so please
email me a reply ASAP, and also tell me what I should
acquire from the website that will be able to decipher
the genuineness of something for me. Thank you. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43436
Am I being hacked?
For the second time in a week, I am locked out of .NET
Passport because of too many sign-in attempts with
incorrect passwords. What worries me is that I haven't
made any sign-in attempts prior to the one that told me I
am locked out (same as the event earlier this week). What
might be causing this? If someone is trying to hack my
sign-in, what steps should I take?
Thanks in advance for any help. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43432
PC-Cillin
Just wondering if anyone has any comments on PC-Cillin
from Trendmicro. I used their site to fix 3 viruses that
Norton didn't ever pick up. Wondering if their software
is as good as the rest. Norton didn't pick up the viruses
at all, McAfee did, but wanted to charge for everything
but the free scan. If am impressed and feel a bit
obligated now to use this product from Trendmicro since I
am needing to re-subscribe to some form of protection, and
since they were the only site that truly fixed me up from
my troubles. Thanks.
Chad Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43428
Browser Redirect Question
Help, using MSN Explorer home page
keeps changing and the web browers
keeps being Redirected to a site
call SEARCHMEUP How can I get this
annoying problem resolved.
Thanks in advance.
KP Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43427
Computer Protection
I have just gone through the headache of being infected
with 3 viruses which Norton didn't pick up at all. The
McAfee and TrendMicro.com sites both did. I got a free
fix tool from the trendmicro site through their housecall
feature. They sell a program titled "PC-Cillin." I am
wondering if anyone has used this or know if it's any good
versus McAfee and Norton? I'd like to use their product
since they were the ones that detected my viruses and
fixed them for free, but not if the software isn't as good
as others. Thanks.
Chad Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43424
msn default site
Since a few days started to appear a passthrough site
that overlap above msn. The name of the site is wabu: it
has a search engine and links to online gambling, sex,...
I have two young children. I tried to go to my tools
options and reset MSN as my default site, without sucess.
Can anybody help? Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43422
Triming large <CA name>.edb file.
Hi,
I would like to know how to remove/trim the content
of the Window Server 2003 CA's <name>.edb under
Certlog.
Thank you,
-Pandit Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43415
nachi worn and reinstallation
I did a reformat and reinstallation of Win XP last night and this morning, when I hooked up the Net and download McAfee Virusscan, it told a few minutes later after installing the Windows Updates that it detected the Nachi worm and deleted it. Now, this is the second time this happened to me, and the first time was when I bought Win XP and installed it on a reformatted drive. I did some research on McAfee about the worm, but I still have one question: Is this worm present on my system when I reinstall Win XP or do I become instantly affected when I hook up to the Net? I didn't do anywhere on the Net except on MSN site and McAfee. I also have another hard drive hooked up as a slave, but it only contains music files. Could that be the culprit also? Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43409
drop down window
When I type www in the address bar previously visited site
url's appear in a drop down window, is there any way that
these previously visited addresses can be removed? Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43403
Warning: MVP.org is not an MSoft MVP site
The Microsoft MVPs have a web domain, mvps.org, which
contains whatwe hope are a lot of useful articles aimed at
being of help to users of Windows.
We have become aware that there is another domain,
mvp.org *without*the s, and would advise you all that this
has no connection with theMicrosoft MVP program or its
members, and may put visitors at risk.
(Visiting that site is not recommended at the present time!)
Posted on behalf of numerous MVPs.
--
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Windows Server System : Security)
MCDBA MCSE W2k3+W2k+NT4 Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43395
stop home page changes
How to stop home page changes:
Use SPYBOT........
Inside spybot press the Immunize button.
At the bottom of scroll area find:
Lock IE start page setting against user changes.
File > Close
Check Tools > Internet Options and find home page buttons
are available. Tried this on 10 pages that ask to change
home page and each was defeated.
For spybot:
SpybotSD - Search & Destroy by PepiMK Software:
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download
Good luck and hope this helps others....... Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43393
PLS HELP!! Think I've been hacked!!!
Seeing number of symptons that suggest that.
IE homepage keeps resetting to a "t.track..." address.
Received scam e-mail re:AT&T bill, and tried to ffwd to
AT&T. Got this reply ...
*****************
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mailwallout.sgi.int.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the
following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't
work out.
<scamcheck@mindspring.com>:
207.69.200.154 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 554 This mailbox is full. Please try
again later. for
scamcheck@mindspring.com
Giving up on 207.69.200.154.
******************
I have ZoneAlarm, and NAV. Still I can't get rid of the IE
homepage thing. I real worried about my stuff. Do I need
to close accounts, etc?
Please help.
Thanks in advance. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43390
Safe XP Security Downloads?
What Free internet security downloads on CNET.com are
safe and useful for XP? Some are Spybot Search & Destroy,
SpyHunter, Ad-aware, ZoneAlarm 4.5.538--safe for XP? A
couple reviews said Ad-aware would NOT allow the
Restore/recovery option. Would any of these above
programs allow safe surfing w/o spyware on Kazaa or
related peer to peer music sharing websites? I have
McAfee VirusScan 2004, but I think I need some of the
above programs too safely use P2P or insure my personal
data is secure, although certain websites are secure
anyway when you place orders. THANK YOU FOR ANY
SUGGESTIONS!!! Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43389
temp internet files-security.
hi folks. when i delete/empty temp internet files,i find
that often,within the same day 5/6000 files creep back in!
what,s going on? i am using xp pro and ie6. i am a total
novice,and have only had a pc in front of me for about 10
months.i have had this problem for some three or four
months now and it,s driving me nuts.please help. thank
you in advance.robert. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43387
trojan?
Hi,
a friend of mine has booked a ticket for a concert and a few minutes later
it was booked again. When he complained to the ticket-company and said that
he only ordered one ticket and asked why they charged him two, they said
that it was booked twice. When they checked their log-file, they found that
one was ordered from my computer. But to do so, I would have had needed my
friends log-in, his PIN and his bank account. Now he is really pissed off at
me and thinks I spyed in his stuff, which I definitely didn't.
However, there is no question that the order was sent from my computer. Now
my question: Since I know I definitely didn't do this and noone else has
access to my computer - is there any kind of virus that can do things like
that? Like a trojan virus or anything that scans computers which I have a
connection to (via FTP), spys out passwords and then completes actions like
booking something the other person did just a second ago?
If there is a Virus like that, please tell me. My anti-virus hasn't found
anything, but I know I didn't betray my friend and I don't want our
friendship to be ruined. So I am looking for an explanation...
Thanx,
Steph
PS: Please excuse my english.
reply to stephanie_pesch@yahoo.de Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43381
XXXmpeg
Please can anyone tell me how I remove this site. Not very
computer literate and dont know where it has com from. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43378
are downloads scanned?
I am wondering if downloads are scanned for viruses, spyware etc etc. My AV
software seems to intercept most e mail threats and my firewall seems to
protect me against direct intrusion but when I run my spyware program I
nearly always have something lurking, a tracking cookie or some other such
thing, how do these things get passed all of the security?
Whenever I get an attachment in an e mail, my e mail prog firstly warns me
that the attachment might contain something nasty, I then save the
attachment to my desktop and run a virus scan on it before I open it, am I
doing the right thing? Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43377
online banking
I recently started having trouble with online banking bill
pay screen only. It runs extremely slow, ie. 20-30
seconds to acknowledge a mouse click. I have scanned for
virus's, used windows update, un-installed IE 6 and re-
installed. Bank tech support had me download netscape 7.1
which works fine!! So said something is wrong with IE 6.
Anybody have any other ideas of how to correct this?? Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43368
Disappearing Patch KB824146
Following instructions from Microsoft I downloaded and
installed the KB824146 Security Update (Blaster patch) on
my new computer. I checked in the Add or Remove Programs
folder and noted that Windows XP Hotfix - KB824146 was
listed as an installed program.
Then I went to WindowsUpdate website, had my computer
scanned and downloaded all 13 required Critical Updates.
When I checked the Add or Remove Programs folder I noted
the 13 new Windows XP Hotfixes, but that Windows XP
Hotfix - KB824146 was no longer listed as an installed
program.
Why is that? Is there a more recent update which I must
have downloaded and which replaced KB824146 so that it's
no longer in my system? Or should I reinstall KB824146?
Twice I tried talking to someone on the Microsoft 1-800-
PCSAFETY number, but they could not help!
Someone advised me that I should have disabled my Norton
Antivirus software when I downloaded the Windows Critical
Updates, but I cannot get anyone at Microsoft to confirm
or deny that. Can anyone help? Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43360
MSN supposed request for personal data
I just received a supposed email from MSN, saying that
during a normal test review, they found Errs in my system,
and, needed to update all my personal info, including
credit card info, etc. At first glance looks very very
much like an official MSN sight, but the request seemed to
be outside of logical MSN std policies. Has anyone else
seen this...who would I forward HTML of this site, for MSN
review and possible capture if indeed it is Identity Theft
group. Thanks for listening. Justone1 Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43359
rrre:unistall Wow
thanks for the uninstall and you took out the one I always
use and I didn't know that was the one with the spy bots,
but I still have one with dirty pictures that I can't
remove that came with talking buddy it has another name I
guess I looked at the end instead of in Ad=aware Advanced
Searchbar could you be able to remove that too if you
have a chance and I will silently be out of you computer
space, and eternally grateful. Thanks for a Canadian Nana
and the beginners in computers Huggybear Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43356
re: unistall MyWebSearch Toolbar
I recieved an email that you had to install a program
called talking buddy. With great difficulty I managed to
unistall the program , but the toolbar remains and through
that. I have recieved in one day 50 spybots and my
computers has shut down and crashed all day and I need
help to uninstall . Iam new and oldie. And a handicap
pensioner so buying expensive programs is out. Any
suggestions. My humour is getting warped lol. Any help
would be grateful. And I will not install any more
unchecked programs. your truly huggybear Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43354
No password dialog box
Problem is no password dialog box at a website.
I've subscribed to a website's email newsletter. The
newsletter provides 'privileged' username and password to
access a "markets list" page at the website. But the URL
only returns 'Authorization required'.
The editor emails me that I have the right URL, username
and password and perhaps I need to clear the cache - but
no go. My OS is Windows ME with 128-bit encryption.
Is my browser failing - or am I being spoofed?
Since I'm annoyed, here's the access details:
http://worldwidefreelance.com/markets/index.htm
Username: write Password: well
--Jeremy S. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43352
having spam once i on my internet
dear sir :
Can you halp me to stop the spam from my computer and i
trying to find the free download browser cleasner , but i
can't find it in the microsoft.com , can u tell me how to
stop the spam to come to my computer or what can i
downloan to stop it to come . my e-mail
add. :oxdbxo2003@yahoo.co.uk
thank you sir . Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43349
sm1bg.exe
does anyone know for sure what this process is? i have
found online that it is anything from a trojan to a USB
driver for Napster(most likely). if anyone knows for
sure i would appreciate a response. thank you. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43345
general security help
The FBI has been harassing and mentally torturing me for
two and half years since around Oct 01. The FBI has
installed
gps tracking devices in my car, tracked me like an animal,
wire tapped my phone and has been monitoring all my web
surfing
activities for 2.5yrs and completely dehumanized me.
The FBI agents have been following me 24X7X60X60 everywhere
including grocery stores, retail stores, malls,
restaurants and movie
theaters. The FBI agents who were following me have at
times
verbally and racially abused me in retail store and
grocery store
parking lots by shouting at me inanities.
One FBI agent once tried to ram into my car from behind
with a
comcast van and came within one inch of hitting me from
behind.
There was no traffic altercation between us and there was
no
traffic on the road. The FBI agent in the comcast van
never tried
to overtake me and was very angry at me and hated me for
no reason.
I have been unemployed for close to 3 yrs and When I send
resumes
to potential employers, the sadistic FBI agents who were
monitoring
my email and websurfing, have been badmouthing and
assasinating my
character with recruiters and jeopardizing my job
opportunities
for the last 2.5 yrs.
The FBI has been interfering in my personal life for no
reason.
The FBI has completely destroyed and denied me any sort
of privacy for 2.5 yrs. Each and every word I type and
post on
the web is being monitored and each and every email tapped.
The sadistic FBI has forced me to live like a virtual
prisoner
for 2.5 yrs with zero privacy and 24 hr real time video
focused
on me. I cant talk to friends, family members and
prospective
employers without the fear of being over heard and
recorded.
I am afraid of doing everything and anything without fear.
I am not a terrorist. I am not even a muslim. I dont have
any muslim friends. I am not a drug smuggler. I did not
kill
anybody. I did not threaten to kill anybody. I dont have
a
record like gottis or escobars. I do not have any prior
criminal record. Why should I suffer all this harassment
and
constant loss of privacy for such an extended period of
time.
I feel completely naked infront of the world and it has
been
like that for a couple of years.
I am not familiar with US legal system that much. Can
somebody
tell me why the sadistic FBI has such ridiculous
amount of power to harass and mentally torture me. WHy do
the
FBI has the right to think they are God and they are
always right.
WHy should my life depend on what the FBI thinks of me.
Why should
I be put through so much pain and suffering. Why do the
FBI has the
right to deny me privacy for so long. Who gave the FBI
the right to interfere
in my personal life and bad mouth and assasinate my
character with
potential employers. Why are the FBI agents telling
employers not
to hire me. As it is, it is very difficult to find a job
in this
economy and whatever few opportunities I get are being
screwed
by these fbi sadists.
On what basis, the FBI installed a gps device in my car
and tracking
me like an animal. On what basis did the FBI wire tap my
phone.
On what basis did the FBI tap and monitor my web
activities
and email for 2.5 yrs. I feel as if I was put in a 6x6
cell with
24X7 video focused on me and fbi agents standing around
the cell
and constantly poking me with sticks.
One undercover FBI agent sent an email and called me a
dumbass.
His email is sfrank9@aol.com and his ebay id is
spodekmodek.
Lot of FBI agents are harrassing me 24X7 in vehilces with
michigan title plates UFX 210 (white SUV), XRA 155 (black
car), BOGEY 27 (black car), PPL 587 (red car).
Assume everything I said is true and somebody with legal
knowledge
and expertise help me out here.
I do not have access to us.legal and misc.legal usenet
news groups. I would appreciate if somebody can do a cut
and paste this into us.legal and misc.legal news groups. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43337
Norton Firewall, NavW32.exe....crash.
I'm clearly an ignoramus, so I'll need simple answers. I'm
afraid.
I have all the Norton AV stuff installed on my laptop,
including Internet Security 2003. (I recently heard that
this can cause problems, by the way)
Anyway, I recently noticed that everything was slowing
down, and seemed to be behaving oddly(I had several
windows open, including an msn messenger conversation) And
at the same time I found an irritating messge kept popping
up, telling me that NavW32.exe (a Norton file) was
attempting to access the internet. I don't remember seeing
that one before. I clicked permit, then permit again...
then finally got so annoyed I blocked, and then created a
rule to block, just to stop that infernal message fom
getting in my way. Oops. I don't know how to undo that.
Further more, everything continued to repond in a highly
confusing manner, until I suddenly lost my internet
connection altogether. I can connect through aol, but it
now seems that Microft Internet explorer has lost my
settings, and I don't know how to put them back. In the
corresponding box on the pc I'm using now, there's a
message which says "Do NOT delete". Well, I didn't, but
something evidently has.
Could this be due to a virus of some kind? Loking again at
Norton, I found the box was unchecked for msn messenger
protection. Maybe something got in through the IM window?
It was all up-to-date, anyway.
julie Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43336
securing wireless usb devices
I manage the computers for a small charter high school. We have a wireless network, and some of the usb adapters are being stolen. Any ideas on how to secure these devices? The only solution I have come up with so far is to take them all off the computers and make the kids check them out.
The other thing they are doing is unplugging them from the computer, and since there are 6 usb ports on these computers, they are getting plugged back into the wrong port, and then they don't work. Are there any usb port covers available somewhere?
thank you. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43335
Certificate Services
Correct me if I am wrong:
I have created CA xyz. I have created web server
certificate. Now, I need client machines to trust this
CA, but I don't want to place private key CA on the client
machine(because it could be stolen and somebody could
impersonate me). From the mmc trusted root CA I exported
xyz into xyz.cer file.
Does xyz.cer contain public key?
If not, how do I export public key?
Thanks in advance Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43334
security patch 816093 or MS03-011 help
I need to reinstall this patch & cannot get it.There are
only articles but no download anywhere.Do you know how I
can get it?Veronica Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43331
update 816093 or MS03-011
I need to reinstall this security update for virtual
machine & cannot find the download only articles about
itCan anyone help Veronica Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43330
Eyeball on www/http bar
I have an eyeball with "do not enter" picture that has
appeared on the bar where you enter web address, and no
matter which address I go to it remains there. Could
someone explain what it is and what it does? I can click
on it and it takes me to privacy settings. Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43328
I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security
I am getting several daily emails with an attachment of a
program "patch.exe" and is telling me to load this as it
has to do with viruses through email. I have not loaded
the program because i am not sure what it is but it does
say that the sender is security@microsoft.com but in
properties it says the return path is admin@duma.gov.ru. I
am not sure if i should use this or not can anyone verify
this patch is safe and they have also received it or used
it.
Thanks
Donna Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43324
Strange Behavior
All of a sudden, every time I press letter g browser url
windows drops down.
Would anybody know the cause and how to fix it?
Thanks Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43323
oe function in email
attachments on email received is block can open email but
not attachments get an OE MESSAGE HOW DO I TURN IT OFF Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43318
OE removed attachments to the following attachments in your mail.
Hi
The above message comes up and I would like to find out
how to avoid Outlook Express doing this to what are in
fact perfectly safe attachments thja are removed.
Thanks!
Geoff Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43315
uninstall Mcafee
I want to install Norton Internet Security, but need to uninstall McAfee products first. When I tried this was prompted to "remove McAfee Security Services first". How do I do this? Tag: 2 Hard Drives Tag: 43311