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 Jul 13 2004, 11:35 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 356 Joined: 21-May 04 From: santa fe, new mexico Member No.: 478  |
Any words of wisdom, oh wise ones? nmdamgud |
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Jul 13 2004, 12:07 PM
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 Forum Addict Group: Global Moderator Posts: 20,843 Joined: 11-April 04 From: Chicago, Il. Member No.: 113 |
Try running the program in Safe Mode with system restore disabled. Don't forget to re-enable SystemRestore afterwards and set a manual checkpoint for it.
Regards, John -------------------- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one should be silent.
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Jul 13 2004, 12:26 PM
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 Guru at being a Newbie Group: HJT Team Posts: 5,718 Joined: 8-April 04 Member No.: 96 |
Hi dg,
What you describe is a bug in the newest version of Spybot. DSO Exploit is a security flaw in Internet Explorer that will no longer affect you if your IE and Operating System is fully updated. Of course if you're not fully updated you should get that way. You can find a technical explaination of what's going on at the Spybot S&D support forum here: http://forums.net-integration.net/index.ph...hl=dso+exploits An official explaination and discussion with what your options are (if you read the whole thread) here: http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=17159 This is confusing a lot of people so I'm going to pin this topic. I'll come back later with a clearer explaination of what should be done when this happens. But for right now, just ignore it. -------------------- If I have helped you, please consider a donation in memory of my cousin Matthew, lost to leukemia August 29, 2008 at the age of 25. Matt's sister, Marla, and his wife, Erin (who he had newly wed), are raising money to fight such blood diseases.
Marla's Site Erin's Site |
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Jul 13 2004, 12:34 PM
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 Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,873 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
The DSO Exploit is a bug in Spybot S&D. If you have your sytem updated with the latest patches you are fine.
Here is some information from their support forum http://forums.net-integration.net/index.ph...hl=dso+exploits -------------------- Lawrence
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Jul 14 2004, 12:40 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 356 Joined: 21-May 04 From: santa fe, new mexico Member No.: 478 |
ignore it? i can do that...i am, after all, a woman!!
damgud 
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Jul 15 2004, 12:02 AM
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Guru at being a Newbie Group: HJT Team Posts: 5,718 Joined: 8-April 04 Member No.: 96 |
Yah, well men can ignore it too.
 Another option is to exclude DSO exploit from further searches. That way it won't come up in the scan results so there won't be anything to ignore. You may have to run Spybot S&D in Advanced mode. Click Mode in the toolbar and select Advanced. When the scan is complete, right click on the DSO Exploit entry(s) and select Exclude. There is some question as to whether this exploit has actually been fixed by MS. Does anyone know which patch addresses this issue? There is a small freeware utility called DSOStop that is supposed to correct the exploit, but as I understand it, it goes beyond that to basically disable ActiveX altogether. So I wouldn't recommend it unless you understand exactly what it does and how it would affect your browsing experience. If you want to surf without the dangers of ActiveX or any other MS flaws try an alternate browser like Mozilla or Opera. -------------------- If I have helped you, please consider a donation in memory of my cousin Matthew, lost to leukemia August 29, 2008 at the age of 25. Matt's sister, Marla, and his wife, Erin (who he had newly wed), are raising money to fight such blood diseases.
Marla's Site Erin's Site |
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 Nov 12 2004, 06:55 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 5-November 04 Member No.: 4,580 |
Hi,
I have the same problem with DSO exploits after having had the about:blank virus/spyware. Thought I had removed this by using CWshredder, Ad-Aware, Norton and Spybot S&D plus updating to XP service pack 1a/2, but still exists. You seem to think it is not a problem and a glitch with Spybot, but I think I may still have the or at least "a" virus/spyware as my machine is displaying the following symptoms: Slow running times on internet No pop ups tab in the tools menu of IE (so I can block them) A changed toolbar in IE (lost the back/forward arrows and new things added) Strange clicking noise when entering sites like there is a redirection Yellow exclamation mark by the cursor hand when going to hotmail/other sites I think this is related to the about:blank redirection and the DSO exploits but..... The last two weeks has been a fair introduction to the world of viruses for me so any info greatly received! Regards |
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Nov 12 2004, 10:09 AM
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 Bleeping GloDiva Group: Members Posts: 7,479 Joined: 25-April 04 From: As always I'm beside myself ;) Member No.: 228 |
pacino You should start your own topic. There is most definitely something going on with your 'puter.
This post has been edited by Scarlett: Aug 25 2005, 02:27 PM --------------------  |
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Nov 18 2004, 08:52 PM
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Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,873 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
For those who use Spybot and are still receiving the DSO Exploit error. You can download the following file that should help to fix it:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4392.html -------------------- Lawrence
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Nov 19 2004, 05:33 PM
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 Member Group: Security Colleague Posts: 22 Joined: 15-November 04 Member No.: 5,174 |
For those who use Spybot and are still receiving the DSO Exploit error. You can download the following file that should help to fix it:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4392.html Marvy, finally a patch from a site I trust. I have seen a patch before but the site it was on was well, lets just say questionable. 
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Mar 12 2005, 06:22 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 6-March 05 Member No.: 13,728 |
Nmdamgud...Did you get rid of your DSO Exploits? I had them and got rid of them without the download.
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Aug 25 2005, 02:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: 28-July 05 Member No.: 29,023 |
Thanks for this info. Sorry for duplicating this post below before seeing this!
Ally.
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Jun 25 2007, 06:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 25-June 07 Member No.: 139,316 |
for anyone else that has this same issue, 2 things must be done, always update spybot once a week at the least, and make sure you use teatimer and SD resident whcih both run real time to prevent the junk from entering in
 but ya update all the time so new definition file is downloaded along with the rules. good luck -------------------- |
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