this is code red or nimda worms (or some worm close to it) and the solution is to run linux. then, if you care, block the IP sending the requests. since you don't run IIS, you will not have a problem other than the bandwidth used by the rouge windox. you could try and figure out the admin e-mainl of the send (requester) and send them an e-mail letting them know they or dumd for using M$ on the net, and what they are doing. (since they most likely got no clue,)
On Saturday 02 February 2002 13:47, you wrote: > Checking the webalizer stats for Apache, I see that I have a huge amount > of 404 errors. I looked in the error log and found a single IP address > requesting all sorts of Windows programs and directories. For example: > /winnt/system32/cmd.exe > /MSADC/root.exe > > root.exe and cmd.exe are the two main files, the paths vary. > > And, what should/can I do about it? > > Todd
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