DSO Exploit Files

[Pat Scott]

I ran Spybot Search and Destroy and 5 files show up,
every time, stating the are DSO Exploit: Data Source
Object Exploit (Registry change, fixed) They are
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21- a bunch of numbers and then
\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\0\104!=W=3. Anyone have a clue as to what
they are and If they are safe to remove from the
registry? Spybot does not remove them. I can run spybot
and then close it and reopen it and they are there
again. Anyone know what these are and why Spybot won't
remove them even though it said it did?
Thanks for help.
Pat

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I ran Spybot Search and Destroy and 5 files show up,
every time, stating the are DSO Exploit: Data Source
Object Exploit (Registry change, fixed) They are
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21- a bunch of numbers and then
\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\0\104!=W=3. Anyone have a clue as to what
they are and If they are safe to remove from the
registry? Spybot does not remove them. I can run spybot
and then close it and reopen it and they are there
again. Anyone know what these are and why Spybot won't
remove them even though it said it did?

Problem with SpyBot.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/36.html

 

[GrandPa]

Download their new version 1.3.1TX, latest detection update 2004-10-14.
The DSO EXPLOIT 'bug' has been fixed.

 

[Pat Scott]

Thank you, I will try the newest version, I thought I had
it but I guess not. Thanks again.
Pat
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[John Barnett MVP]

Not in my latest download it hasn't. Version 1.3tx still displays DSO
Exploits. The only way i have got round it is by disabling the option in the
settings. Open spybot and change the mode to Advanced. Click Settings and
select Ignore products from the list on the left of the screen. The ignore
product window opens with the All product tab. Scroll down until you come to
DSO Exploits and place a tick in the box on the left to disable it.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I ran Spybot Search and Destroy and 5 files show up,
every time, stating the are DSO Exploit: Data Source
Object Exploit (Registry change, fixed) They are
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21- a bunch of numbers and then
\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\0\104!=W=3. Anyone have a clue as to what
they are and If they are safe to remove from the
registry? Spybot does not remove them. I can run spybot
and then close it and reopen it and they are there
again. Anyone know what these are and why Spybot won't
remove them even though it said it did?
Thanks for help.
Pat

Don't worry about it; it's a false alarm.

The DSO exploit was patched long ago by IE Cumulative Update
MS02-015, in March of 2002. If you've installed this specific patch,
or any subsequent IE Cumulative Updates, IE Service Pack 1, or WinXP
SP2, you're safe. It would appear that the latest version of Spybot
S&D is only checking for Internet zone settings in the registry that
could be used as work-around protection, and not for the presence of
any corrective patches. Hopefully, the makers of Spybot will soon fix
this bug.

MS02-015 March 28, 2002 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;319182

If you like, you can test your system for this particular
vulnerability at this web site:
http://www.grey.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/

The makers of SpyBot S&D have acknowledged the problem and will
fix it on their next update:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=paragraphs&detail=currentfaqs

In the meantime, in SpyBot S&D, click Mode > Advanced > Settings >
Ignore Products > Security > DSO Exploit, to turn off the false alarm.

Some people have reported that the Spybot Detection rules dated 30
Aug 04, when used with SpyBot S&D 1.3, will fix this problem.
However, I've had inconsistent results with that particular detection
update; sometimes it reads clean, then later it will once again find
the DSO problem, and then it will read clean again, all on the same
machine, with no other changes made.

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Bruce Chambers

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[Bruce Chambers]

Not in my latest download it hasn't. Version 1.3tx still displays
DSO
Exploits. The only way i have got round it is by disabling the
option
in the settings. Open spybot and change the mode to Advanced. Click
Settings and select Ignore products from the list on the left of the
screen. The ignore product window opens with the All product tab.
Scroll down until you come to DSO Exploits and place a tick in the
box on the left to disable it.

It ran clean for me, this time, for what it's worth.

--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having
both at once. - RAH

 

[Jan]

I ran Spybot Search and Destroy and 5 files show up,
every time, stating the are DSO Exploit: Data Source
Object Exploit (Registry change, fixed) They are
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21- a bunch of numbers and then
\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\0\104!=W=3. Anyone have a clue as to what
they are and If they are safe to remove from the
registry? Spybot does not remove them. I can run spybot
and then close it and reopen it and they are there
again. Anyone know what these are and why Spybot won't
remove them even though it said it did?
Thanks for help.
Pat

To get rid of the problem use this:


www.nsclean.com/dsostop.html