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Virtumonde, Registry Keys, User Accounts, Microsoft
by Guest Scott- 3 replies
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Can you identify the originator of Virtumonde by the registry keys it leaves? Would a user account prevent Virtumonde from installing? Would I get a notice that administrator priviliges are needed? Does Virtumonde use the Visual Basic language of Office, or something else? Will Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool completely scan my system independent of whether it's run from an admin or user account? Can I confidently assume my XP Home desktop system is clean since Ad Aware has not found anything and the August Malicious Software Removal Tool ran once? I have a notebook that connects to the desktop through a router. Can this malware spre…
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Problems with opening a file
by Guest yaro137@googlemail.com- 1 reply
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There is a Access database on one of the computers in our network. It's in a shared folder so all 5 of our PC's can access it. We have no server. All worked fine till recently when we can't open that file anymore. It happened on all of the comuters at once. When clicking on it some sort of warning pops up saying that the file is on the Internet and it's not safe to open it because of an unknown publisher. When I click to open it anyway Access starts but it says it couldn't open the file as it is outside our local intranet and cannot be opened for security reasons. I disabled our Norton firewall and windows firewall is off but it didn't make any difference. A…
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Giving admins Local Admin to DC's not Domain Admins
by Guest Brodieman- 11 replies
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Hi guys I have a requirement to be able to let certain sets of administrators the ability to login to domain controllers with out permissions over the whole domain. Althought I can give the users PowerUser or LocalLogon rights via making a domain security group a member of the PowerUser or LocalLogon group there does not appear to be a local admin group on DCs. Can you with Server 2003 give a user just local admin to a DC without DA rights???
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AVG turned off?
by Guest Tigress81205- 2 replies
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When Vista starts, the Windows Security center tells me that my AVG had been turned off (underneath Malware protection). I clicked on "Turn on now" and it said "you are about to run a program that did not come with vista. Do you trust this program?" I clicked "Yes I trust this program and am ready to run it". I clicked on it but then nothing showed up.... I don't get what's wrong?
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Greetings, I am getting an "Access is denied" Error when calling objects from the AdminIndexServerClass from an ASP.NET application. I use this object to perform a simple rescan on a Catalog after file are save to the local disk. This only works if the users belongs to the local Admin group. The the web site is setup to use Integrated Windows Authentication and Web.Config is set to <authentication mode="Windows"/> <identity impersonate="true"/> I have this working on an additional site but I have no clue what I did 4 years ago to solve this problem. I have tried various DCOM security settings on mssearch and played with various WMI rig…
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Cancel export certificate process in Windows Vista with IE 7
by Guest Delabarthe- 0 replies
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If I push "cancel" at the end of export ( certificate and private key ) process (last window), IE creates a pfx file but it's not true, if I import this file in another pc , IE imports this file into "Other people" not in "Personal". In Win XP with IE 7 , if i push "cancel" at the end , IE does not create any file. Thanks Dela
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Windows 2000 Certificate server---->2003
by Guest Mark Bohlsen- 10 replies
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3Hi, I plan to migrate my existing Windows 2000 physical server running certificate services (subordinate CA in the forest) to a VM, and then upgrade the server to Windows 2003 R2. Are there any caveats to an in place upgrade of this type? I will have to change the ip address, but the name of the server will stay the same. Is there any problems with this? Also, when I do the in place upgrade does it automatically detect that certificate services is installed and upgrade the certificate database without having to do anything else? Currently, all of 3 DC's in this child domain are Windows 2003. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, as I have…
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In the middle of the day the VPN from clients attaching to the SBS 2003 server stopped working. They are going through a cisco 1700 router and the IAS points to the Cisco with a shared password and then uses windows AD to authenticate. The event viewer shows the authentication has been approved (user name etc.) but the remote client has a timeout error saying error 718 when verifying user name and password no timely response by the server. The server is getting its DNS name resolution and email over a DSL line. When people RDP directly to the separate Terminal Server they have no issue. That is going over a cable line. We have rebooted the server and …
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UpdateUtil Application Startup Program Blocked
by Guest Michael G- 1 reply
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Hi everyone, I'd like to pose a question to the group regarding a message I've been receiving today. It appears that my automatic updates downloaded and installed SP1 for Microsoft.net Framework 1.1 and ever since every time I turn on my computer I get a pop-up message on my system tray telling me the a startup program has been blocked. This program is UpdateUtil Application. When I follow this into Windows Defender, it appears that this program is from Microsoft (not Microsoft Corporation, thought) and runs with the File Name: netfxupdate.exe. This application is not digitally signed, but it says the publisher is Microsoft. Other relevant info…
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SSD and Bitlocker
by Guest Devin Barkley- 1 reply
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Is there any data out there as to whether or not solid state drives improve system performance while using bitlocker? We have some laptops with TPM chips that tend to run like slugs. I'm looking for some way to improve the performance and thought SSD might be the answer. Thanks Devin
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security permissions set by perl script
by Guest Gary Ferland- 0 replies
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Greetings, We have our first Vista (64 bit untimate/sp1) machine in this Department and have a security related problem. We do a lot of scripting and much of this is with perl. We added the Active State Perl: http://www.activestate.com/index.mhtml If I run a script that creates a directory within my own space and authority, under user\name\documents, the secutiry permissions on the newly created directory are totally crazy. I am listed under "group or users names" but have no permissions set and cannot set them. The icon next to the folder name indicates it is shared but properties indicates it is not shared. If I try to move a folder with explorer…
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Malware Protection reports that "Windows did not findantivirus on this computer" what shud i do?
by Guest tendai- 1 reply
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Ive been having this problem for weeks now, so i started my pc the other day before it had been working properly and then randomly reports to me that it has a problem because "Windows did not find antivirus on this computer" but also says that Spyware and other malware protection are protected by "Windows Defender and Mcafee VirusScan bothe report that they are turned on" and also at that time my firewall had shut down, i turned on the firewall and worked but i was not able to work out how i can get my antivirus detected (i am using the Macfee Security Center which oddly reports that everything i working well) i restarted my pc several times the problem didnt go away, ive…
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Vista Hidden Administrator:Password Use
by Guest grinder- 4 replies
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The Hidden Administrator account has elevated priviledges that the ordinary adminsitrator enitity/identity canot use. Some of these prerogatives are important: such as to immunize the computer against spy wear ala Spybot program. The 'administrator' title for me as the sole user is NOT enough to do this task and I must activate the hidden administrator to do it. Rather that periodically activate the program to immunize once a new bunch of threats are available, it is tempting to simply password protect the hidden administrator account and let it run all the time but with protection. ::IS THIS A SAFE AND LEGITIMATE COURSE OF ACTION [TO PASS WORD PROTECT TH…
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Unable to un-encrypt a folder using Windows encryption - access de
by Guest Tyler T- 2 replies
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I used Windows encryption to encrypt a folder 2 years ago. Now I am unable to decrypt (un-encrypt) the folder. It says "Access Denied". I clicked on Properties-Advanced and unchecked the box "Encrypt contents to secure data". I use Verisign PKI certs that are renewed annually. I see that the old ones are still available in IE. Any ideas of how to un-encrypt the folder and files. I need to move these to a new HDD.
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Groups
by Guest Steven- 2 replies
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We have roughly 500 offices in a single forest, single domain with no trusts. Win2003R2 Native mode. Many of our security groups are mail enabled and we also have many distribution groups. I know in Exchange 2007 these DL's must be universal but I'm wondering if these groups should be universal or glocal given our environment with Exchange 2003. And lastly can membership slow logon depending on the type of group? -- Curious
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What exactly is the "Logon GUID"?
by Guest Spin- 6 replies
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Gurus, In the event log detail below, what exactly is the "Logon GUID" referring to? The transaction below represents a user named "TestUser" who accessed a network share on "SQLServer", from a machine who's IP address was 192.168.1.24. Event Type: Success Audit Event Source: Security Event Category: Logon/Logoff Event ID: 540 Date: 8/26/2008 Time: 2:06:10 PM User: DOMAIN\TestUser Computer: SQLServer Description: Successful Network Logon: User Name: TestUser Domain: DOMAIN Logon ID: (0x0,0x55025) Logon Type: 3 Logon Process: Kerberos Authentication Package: Kerberos Workstation Name: Logon GUID: {34942986-0087-5999-249a-e218464f6320} Ca…
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When is it OK to disable IPSec on windows 2003?
by Guest Tim- 2 replies
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I have a bunch of servers in my environment that have IPSec enabled but not configured; some of theose servers are having serious performance issues, but if I stop and disable the IPSec service, the performance issues go away. I have read some articles that say that IPSec should only be enabled if it's going to be configured, but I'm not that familiar with IPSec. I have two questions: 1. Is the statement that IPSec should only be enabled if it's going to be configured and used a valid statement? 2. What's the easiest way - besides opening the IPSec Snap-In on every server and checking for policies - to know whether or not a server is actually usi…
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hi guys, need some advice and solution on how to install service to bypass vista interactive mode.( UIODetect.exe) thanks for ur help cheers! kianlie -- kianlie84
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Standalone CA's and CRL
by Guest Gunna- 0 replies
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When setting up a standalone CA on Server 2003 Standard you can select the LDAP CRL publish location but since it is not an Enterprise CA does it still publish the CRL into Active directory? Reason I ask is I created a Root CA standlone on a Server 2003 standard domain member. Then created a standalone subordinate on Server 2003 standard domain member and it complained about not being able to check the CRL when I grabed the cert from the Root. I understood this meant either the CRL isnt publihsed or not reachable. Any ideas?
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windows defender screwed up
by Guest a- 3 replies
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It's giving me a constant message to check for definition updates, and when I do says there are no new ones. The last installed August 5. What's going on? Thanks, John