Spyware removal

[Musti786]

I installed Spybot (search & destroy) and ran it. It seems
that one problem is not getting cleared. It is DSO
Exploit. Can anyone help me understand what it is and what
does it do? How do I remove it?

Thank you.

 

[Myron J. Mandell]

Have you tried AdAware?
Have you tried SpywareBlaster?

I run all three of these programs on my home machine.

Myron

 

[Guest]

I have all three but still I get this DSO Exploit (5
enetries)

 

[dave]

don't worry. it's a small bug in the program, that affects
some machines. no security risk if you keep updating that
crappy browser.
try firefox from mozilla.org and be secure.

 

[Rock]

I installed Spybot (search & destroy) and ran it. It seems
that one problem is not getting cleared. It is DSO
Exploit. Can anyone help me understand what it is and what
does it do? How do I remove it?

Thank you.

Ignore the DSO exploit. It's actually not indicating the presence of
malware but a setting in IE which was patched long ago by an update
patch. The next version of Spybot S&D will have this fixed.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have all three but still I get this DSO Exploit (5
enetries)

Those are probably spurious. You can get them if you set IE home page
to Blank (about:blank) which is seen as possible evidence of a hijacker
around

 

[Alias]

Those are probably spurious. You can get them if you set IE home page
to Blank (about:blank) which is seen as possible evidence of a hijacker
around

I get them and my home page is set to my online banking. I've been ignoring
them.

Alias

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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, 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

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


Bruce Chambers
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