add the following to the web.config as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<security>
<requestFiltering>
<fileExtensions allowUnlisted="true" >
<remove fileExtension=".mdb" />
<add fileExtension=".mdb" allowed="true"/>
</fileExtensions>
</requestFiltering>
</security>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
MIME Type must be registered on IIS