DSO Exploit

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Don

Hello
When I disconnect from the internet I run Spybot.
When Spybot finishes it lists "DSO Exploit....5 entries".
I tell it to fix the problem and it removes the DSO
Exploit and says it has fixed the problem. However when
I go online again this comes back. Is the DSO Exploit a
part of my Windows XP program and should I leave it alone?
I use Zone Alarm, Spybot and Ad-adware and have all of
the critical updates for Win XP Pro.
Thank you for your help.
Don
 
it happens on some systems. nothing to worry about
try windows update as a old update has appeared, which may
be the fix for it.
 
No, it's a known, and documented, glitch in the new version of SpyBot Search
& Destroy. You can ignore those detections, as long as your computer has
been fully patched.

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
 
If you enter DSO Exploit in a Google search, you will find that it is a
known issue in S&D and they are working on a fix for it. There is nothing to
worry about though.

JAX
 
Greetings --

It's probably a false alarm.

The DSO exploit vulnerability 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, or
Service Pack 1, 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.greymagic.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


Bruce Chambers
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