_vti_bin.owssvr.dll and _vti_aut/author.dll

[JA]

Hi, Can anyone tell me what these are?

I keep getting 404 error pages (in the logs) for _vti_bin.owssvr.dll


and _vti_aut/author.dll is in the top 10 of pages viewed, to the tune of 275
mg of bandwidth for 10 days.

Thanks, J~

 

[Steve Easton]

That means people are trying to hack into your website, especially the reference to
vti_aut/author.dll.
As long as they return 404 errors you are good to go.

You might want to make sure you have a really strong password for your site though, in
case one of the "hackers" decides to run a brute force password tool against your site.

You'll see these entries from time to time, especially when the "hacker world" is running
a contest to see who can hack the most sites.


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[JA]

I clicked on the author.dll, and it isn't giving a 404 after all. It shows
this:

method=

status=

a.. status=xxxxxx
b.. osstatus=0
c.. msg=Unknown CONTENT_TYPE: "".
d.. osmsg=
(I changed the real number to xxxxxx). Is this something they can use to
hack the site? It's been viewed 827 times, a couple of which were from me.


Thanks, J~

 

[Steve Easton]

What do you mean by "clicked on the author.dll" ??


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[JA]

In my stats. It lists pages visited as links.

What do you mean by "clicked on the author.dll" ??


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[JA]

In my stats. It lists pages visited as links.

What do you mean by "clicked on the author.dll" ??


--

Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[Steve Easton]

author.dll doesn't qualify as a "page visited"

If you're seeing 404 entries for author.dll in your error logs, that's exactly what you
want to see.
( unless You" can not log into your site )

Check the section of your stats for logged in users.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Every time your site is access by FP you will see a link to Author.dll.

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