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View Full Version : wscript.shell is harmful?


lover
07-04-2003, 04:28 AM
Hi;
Somneone are saying wscript.shell which is an asp component is harmfull. User can register their component and execute files etc using this component and they can own your server. It sems logical
Now the problem is: How can i disable this component?

protecweb
07-04-2003, 04:37 AM
This only applies to sites or applications that are running in-process.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q278/3/19.asp&NoWebContent=1

lover
07-04-2003, 06:52 AM
Thanks for the link, i have unregistered it

JimTsang
04-16-2005, 10:32 AM
Is this a concern for Windows 2003 (IIS 6.0) as well?