SpyBot

[Guest]

I have installed this with all updates and SP2 too. When I run SpyBot (in
safe maode) it finds "DSO exploit" and fixes it (showing a green tick). If I
run it again, DSO exploit is back again. I'm also running CWShredder,
Spyblaster and Adaware.

 

[Peter]

It has already been fixed in Windows but Spybot hasn't yet been updated so
will continually show it. Just right click the result(s) and mark them to
be ignored in future.
See: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/36.html

 

[David H. Lipman]

It is a False Positive declaration by SpyBot and indicates you have not applied the update
or patch that stops the False Positive declaration.

Dave



| I have installed this with all updates and SP2 too. When I run SpyBot (in
| safe maode) it finds "DSO exploit" and fixes it (showing a green tick). If I
| run it again, DSO exploit is back again. I'm also running CWShredder,
| Spyblaster and Adaware.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have installed this with all updates and SP2 too. When I run SpyBot (in
safe maode) it finds "DSO exploit" and fixes it (showing a green tick). If I
run it again, DSO exploit is back again. I'm also running CWShredder,
Spyblaster and Adaware.

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, or newer, 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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[Peter]

There is a SB Beta in testing...soon to be released, that addresses that
problem.