I believe that his point was that by simply hearing that the server is hanging, you've already diagnosed it as a polymorphic trojan infection. That is a bit (okay, more than a bit) premature. If indeed it IS infected, your recommended course of action isn't as far-fetched, but it is simply way too soon to jump to that conclusion. -----Original Message----- From: thekevin@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thekevin@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:38 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Server crashes http://www.ISAserver.org Ever tried to get rid of a polymorphic Firewall killer otherwise?...Before your ISP kills your connection due to the port scanning/virus distribution coming from the machine in question? A boot disk might be more accessible than a copy of DELPART for most. thekevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tolmachoff (Lists)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:18 AM Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Server crashes http://www.ISAserver.org Wow. With the little bit of information provided by the poster, you clearly diagnosed his server problem and provided a clear solution, FDISK. Personally, I prefer DELPART. Gees, I have not heard reformat used so easily in a while. John T eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: thekevin@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thekevin@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:12 PM > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Server crashes > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > I had a similar problem recently.I would guess your base server machine is > infected with something along the lines of MultiBot Pro,which is a > successful Firewall/Antivirus killer. A reinstall of the O/S is > required,that being the case as almost all of these trojans are > polymorphic.If you don't Fdisk your Boot drive FIRST,your wasting your time. > Remember to do your reinstall DISCONNECTED from the internet.W2000 family is > highly vulnerable to the net nowadays without ALL the patchs.Don't forget > Microsoft's new AntiSpyware Beta 1 which is currently KING and will catch > and remove what has been eating all other Anti V and firewalls for > breakfast. It's also FREE!!! > > Happy hunting, > thekevin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Umesh" <umeshblr@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:25 AM > Subject: [isalist] ISA Server crashes > > > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > > > Hi, > > I have ISA 2000 server with sp2 and hotfix installed.It gets hanged > > frequently atleast for every 4 hrs.In the event log it shows ISA cache > > initialization failed.What it means?Can anynone help me out to solve this > > issues?Is there any patches available? > >