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[Michael]

Hello, I am new to the list (as of today) and have this "problem" that creeps into the access and error logs that I thought I would see if anyone has a solution or suggestion.   It appears in both my Windows and Linux implementations.   things such as these appear and make the logs VERY difficult to read without writing a program to parse these out.   "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 210 "GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 208 "GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 218 "GET /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 218 "GET /scripts/..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 232 "GET /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 249 "GET /_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 249 etc..... but I am sure you get the drift.....   any help would be appreciated.......    thanks in advance