I have a question about ipsec policy. here's what I did:
1) ran secpol.msc to open the Local security settings snap-in
2) created a policy called "block_subnet" that blocks all traffic from
the specified subnet (why I did this is not relevant)

Got a friend I'm trying to help with his computer (he has visual problems).
He says he (accidentally?) downloaded some sort of anti-spyware and now his
whole computer is running slow.  I hope to get to his house tomorrow to look
at it, but any suggestions what it might be, and ...

First post here.
I've attached a snippet from my Kiwi Syslog from a customer's server.
Take a look at the times any you'll see I'm getting bombarded with
SMTP -- over 40 in half a minute, but sometimes as many as fifteen a

Hello, figured I'd throw this around here before buying an answer.  I've got
an international client who are having trouble with password complexity,
particularly in non-english countries (France, Italy) using their countries
Windows kb drivers and keyboards.

Ok short and sweet on this. I did the Express Upgrade. 98% Unattended
installation. Only options I was presented with was with certain drivers
being updated. Which according to the instructions provided I was told not to
as it would be updated upon completion of the upgrade. When ...

How to remove explorer bar (under view) in IE

anyone know to ge this out of a xp home system?

I expect to install Skype on my laptop (Win XP) to communicate while I'm
traveling. I would like to know is there are some security settings that we
have to set when working with Skype.
Thanks for your advices.

I recently noticed a file named "net_save.dna" in the root of my C:
drive. The file 990 bytes (4.00 KB on disk) and was created and last
modified yesterday. I've done researched the file all over the web and
can't find any answers as to what it is. Others have seen the same

My computer keeps crashing. The processor goes to 100% usage and it
doesn't let me do anything else.
I can't update my antivirus (mcafee) it says :
Failed to Initialize Updater subsystem. Make sure the mcAfee Framework

We had a security breach on a server yesterday.   Looking through the
processes, the following process caught my eye: c:\windows\system32\eventm.exe
It's properties call it the "Services and Controller app" and it runs as a
Service called "Event Manager".   The Service is a ...

After start WSUS 3.0 mmc console i get error (translate from russian):
Uncaught exception in equipment of an operated code:
FX: {8b6499ed-0241-e032-6508-da4b1c879d7e}
It is impossible to result COM-object of type " System. __ ComObject " in

We are currently reviewing security on our college IT Network.
We operate a single Active Directory domain and give access to various
resources on the network using AD groups.
Being a college we have both student and staff users with appropriate rights

Not sure if this is the right place to post this question but....
I have a Windows XP SP2 workstation and whenever AU kicks in to check its
update status it takes over the machine. 100% CPU for 5 to 10 minutes. New
programs will not start, everything dead slow. If I get Process ...

I need logs for simulation purpose to detect the attacks. Where can I
find web repositories for logs.
Thanks,
kanthi.