[ale] OT: _vti_bin/owssvr.dll

[James Sumners]

Probably all three. The dll seems to be used by Office XP for webdav
type stuff -- http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812708

On 6/6/05, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> If a client requests _vti_bin/owssvr.dll from your webserver, what is
> the reason?
> 
> I've gotten 3 different opinions on this:
> 
>   A)  MS Frontpage does this when opening a website
> 
>   b)  It's a virus/hack attempt
> 
>   c)  It's nothing to worry about, happens to me all the time.
> 
> Just looking for a consensus.
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
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