KB194743 - Scripting Appears as Part of the Abstract in Search Results

Article ID: 194743

Article Last Modified on 6/28/2004

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Index Server 2.0

This article was previously published under Q194743

SYMPTOMS

When you view the results of a search, you may notice that the abstract returned for the document contains client-side JavaScript or VBScript.

CAUSE

This is caused by a bug in the HTML filter that shipped with Index Server 2.0.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

Service Pack 4 updates the HTML filter used by Index Server so that it no longer treats client-side scripting as part of the document abstract.

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