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Q316864: Problems with Adobe Acrobat 5.0 After You Install URLScan

Article: Q316864
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWinNT400PreSP7Fix
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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You may receive the following error messages in Microsoft Internet Explorer
after you install URLScan:

  File does not begin with '%PDF-'.

-or-

  The file is damaged and cannot be repaired

CAUSE
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In the Urlscan.ini file, RemoveServerHeader is set to 1.

RESOLUTION
==========

The update for this problem is included in the "MS02-018: April 2002 Cumulative
Patch for Internet Information Services". For additional information about how
to obtain this patch, click the article number below to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q319733 MS02-018: April 2002 Cumulative Patch for Internet Information
  Services

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this problem, set RemoveServerHeader to 0.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed that this problem could result in some degree of
security vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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Permitted values for RemoveServerHeader are 0 and 1. If the value is 1, URLScan
removes the server header on all responses. If the value is 0, URLScan does not
remove the server header on all responses. The default value for
RemoveServerHeader is 0. Note that this feature is only available if URLScan is
installed on IIS 4.0 or later.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the URLScan security tool, click the article
number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q307608 INFO: Availability of URLScan Security Tool

For more information, see the following Knowledge Base article:

  Q313489 You Can Place Content Headers in the Body of a Response If an ISAPI
  Filter Is Installed

Additional query words: IIS hotfix hot fix qfe quick engineering patch security_patch kbIIS400500510April2002Rollup

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Keywords          : kbWinNT400PreSP7Fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis400
Version           : :4.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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