Asiya <asiya_is_here@sbcSORATHglobal.net> wrote in
news:C394ACC7.2442E%asiya_is_here@sbcSORATHglobal. net:

> On 12/23/07 11:10 PM, "John Bokma" <john@castleamber.com> wrote:
>> Asiya <asiya_is_here@sbcSORATHglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Then the 404 errors:
>>>
>>> /MSOffice/cltreq.asp
>>> /administrator/components/com_webring/admin.webring.docs.php
>>>
>>> No way can these be simple typos because I have never had pages even
>>> close to those file names.
>>
>> That's not referer [sic] spam. This are programs that scan for know
>> security risks. You might want to report those (I am going to do so
>> next year, of course 100% automated)
>
> I Googled the webring line and found that it's an attempt to exploit
> something in Joomla (which I don't have). The MSOffice thing is just a
> weird feature in IE. Hmmm...guess I should go through my logs and
> Google all the strange 404 errors that come up, just in case. Thank
> you!
>
>

I've expalined this on more than a few occassions (perhaps not in this
NG).
For the longest time, many assumed this was a virus or some function of
MS Front Page.

In fact, what it really is?
Some devoted MS Word person that is using Word as a browser.

if you read the Word NG's?
You'll find that most of these folks firmly believe that Word should be
used for everything between shingling the roof and mowing the lawn ;-)