DSO Exploit

[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

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi Don,
no it's not a part of XP.
Use CWshredder to get it remove.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Richard Urban]

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

 

[JAX]

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

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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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