I use CPanel v3.0 and in the error logs I find this error alot

[error] File does not exist: /public_html/scripts/..%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe

But what is strange about that is that it points to my IP address??? Why

What does is this error message refering too? My site is hosted with a company so I don't control the servers and configuration

Thanks

Some asked almost the same question a couple of days ago..

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47148

ok got it... I just did a little more searching and found more information about it...but what I still don't understand is that the IP address is refering to my company where I work? We do have IIS 4.0 installed on our network for our intranet. Do you think our IIS serever my be probing my site?

1) I guess you know already - what you find in your logs can only
affect Windows servers - Linux is totally immune. So apart from the
extra load & traffic, no problem.

2) If the IP that caused this is from your intranet server, then yes,
it's infected and it's about time to patch it & eliminate whatever it's
infected with, "Code Red" I guess, unless their have been newer
virusses which leave "cmd.exe" hits in the logs..

Search the Microsoft site for "Code Red" for more info...

Yeah that is strange... we did patch it awhile back for CODE RED and ran the norton fix to clean it out... I guess we need to take a second look again.. I do know that there are a couple of different viruses like this and you have to run different fixes...that might be what it is...

thanks for the info.

-Darren

you IIS server is most likely infected by code red.
I doubt if they are "probing" your site.