Home > IT Answers > Windows Server > Active Directory
KarenHu
10 pts.
 Active Directory
Active Directory, Active Directory Account Lockout, Active Directory security
can AD only lock accounts that pose a threat - with regards to a virus that locks accounts. I found a w32.downadup.b virus on the domain and it locks all accounts in AD. how can i configure AD to ignore the accounts that are not posing a threat.

Software/Hardware used:
Active Directory
ASKED: August 19, 2009  7:25 PM
UPDATED: August 19, 2009  8:02 PM
RELATED QUESTIONS
Answer Wiki:
Duplicate <a href="http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/active-directory-14/">question</a>. You cannot easily configure these types of exceptions in AD. See my answer to your other question. The best thing you can do is take infected machines offline ASAP so that the account lockouts do not occur.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  August 19, 2009  8:00 pm  by  Labnuke99   32,720 pts.
All Answer Wiki Contributors:  Labnuke99   32,720 pts.
To see all answers submitted to the Answer Wiki: View Answer History.


RSS - Discussions Help
Discuss This Question:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _