MS09-004 fixes a vulnerability in an extended stored procedure for transactional replication. It shouldn't touch SSRS at all, so that leads me to think something else is going on.

Are there...

Is the Windows user a member of a Windows group which does have login rights to the SQL Server?

True,...

Derek Dongray (2/11/2009)

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David B (2/10/2009)

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in a standard corporate network all AV's will probably be the same brand and version and so if the workstation AV cant stop it, neither will...

AndyD (2/11/2009)

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Just a brief note to say that if your MS SQL Server is "behind the firewall", then it is not safe.

Any organisation that has a single firewall between...

Michael Demmitt (2/10/2009)

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The server ops team where I work set up AV software on our SQL boxes and left them to the default settings. Unfortunately, we found out the...

Jack Corbett (2/10/2009)

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We are not currently running AV on our SQL Servers. This is something I have typically left up to the Network/System Admins with the caveat that, if...

SSPI errors likely mean you've got a kerberos authentication issue going on. The KB article is the right way to go. RDP authenticates the user locally, so you're not doing...

At the OS level, is auditing for logon events turned on where you can success and failure? If so, is there anything in the Security event log corresponding to his...

David B (2/9/2009)

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I think it all depends.

If your server is in a position where it is accessible to the net at large, then oh yeah, AV that bad boy, run...

Given that the last few successful virus/worm threats attacked SMB/RPC, I believe in running AV on the SQL Server, while setting the AV software not to scan the appropriate file...

There aren't any manually instructions like there are with SQL Server 2005. Looks like Microsoft is relying on the setup.exe to get it all. Manually uninstall of SQL Server 2008...

Are the non-XP users using a different Windows login to connect than what they sign on to their computers?

It won't. Here's why: If I'm an administrator on the box, I can reset the permissions at any time and there's nothing you can do to stop me. SQL...

If you use EFS, you won't be able to copy unless you possess the key. You'd have to log as the SQL Server service account or an account that could...