It's a common annoyance lately. It's the Messenger service that is being abused. You can just disable it in the Services control panel.
AFAIK, other than as an annoyance it doesn't have any means of abuse other than possibly as a weird DOS attack. If you have a firewall, it's probably best to stop it there. Port 139. Here's an article: http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,24330,3374542,00.html -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Brook Davies [mailto:brook@;maracasmedia.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:52 AM > To: CF-Server > Subject: Server Security Breach > > > Hello, > > I had something unnerving happen yesterday. Our web server had a pop up > dialog box open on it after logging in. The dialog was an > advertisement for > call center and a 1-800 number! It did not originate internally. > > Is this a SMNP, or messenging service problem? What do I need to disable > and how potentially hazardous is this?? > > Brook > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body or visit the list page at www.houseoffusion.com
