Strange accounts on my machine

[R. Dale Shipp]

I recently ran the MS Security Analyzer and discovered a few strange
things I'd like to ask about.

One thing of immediate concern is a screen that is looking at user
accounts on my machine (this one is XP Pro) and their passwords. Tha
analyzer was looking for blank or simple passwords and it complained
about one account for which it could not see the password. That was the
Guest account which I disabled as soon as I got the computer.

However, it is not complaining about eight accounts that I did not know
that I had on the computer. These are:
HelpAssistant
Support_<some number>
Support_<some other number>
ASPNET
Administrator
IUSR_<my computer name>
IWAM_<my computer name>
SQLDEBUGGER

Can anyone tell me why these accounts are there and whether or not I
should be worried about any of them?

 

[Andrej Budja [MVP]]

You don't have to worry about these accounts. These are system
accounts.

HelpAssistant
Support_<some number>
Support_<some other number>

are used by Help and Support System

IUSR_<my computer name>
IWAM_<my computer name>

used by Internet Information Services,

ASPNET

for ASP.NET used by IIS

Administrator

Administrator account

SQLDEBUGGER

part of SQL engine...

As said, you don't have to worry about them.

Andrej

 

[R. Dale Shipp]

You don't have to worry about these accounts. These are system
accounts.

Thanks.

Now can you tell me why when I look at logs, I see entries which say
that GUEST logged in even though I have the GUEST account disabled? I
also get a large number of ANONYMOUS logins/logouts. I think that all
of them are coming from the other computer on my LAN. Are they just
things relating to keeping the network file sharing up to date?