DSO Exploit

[Carmelchik]

Here's the website which talks about the security hole in IE that allows spyware to get through:

http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/

I regularly run Spybot on my cpu and every time I run it, it gives me the spyware result as DSO Exploit.

Is there a way to get rid of it? Will I minimize my chances of getting it if I use Mozilla but still use MS Outlook (or should I switch to Eudora)?

Thanks.

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[M8KWR]

go to this site to download an app to get rid of it.

http://www.nsclean.com/dsostop.html

hope this helps.

 

[BFOJ]

Another possible solution:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4392.html

 

[bcastner]

It is generally consider a false report by Spybot: "Spybot S&D will still find it, because it contains an invalid value. Spybot S&D just has to reset that value. Unfortunately, in the current version, it sets again an incorrect value, so it is found in the next scan."

Quoting BFOJ's link above, but the issue has been discussed in security forums many times.

 

[jujet84]

What version of SpyBot are you running

 

[jujet84]

What ersion are you running

 

[Carmelchik]

I'm running Spybot 1.3.

bcastner - how come you're saying that it's a false report by Spybot, while M8KWR and BFOJ gave me a download to get rid of it?

What is the best spyware/adaware program detector out there? I've tried Spybot, Spyware Blaster, Spyware Doctor, Webroot Blaster, Bazooka and all of them miss something (I do regularly update).

Does anyone recommend to use Mozilla Forefox instead of IE and Eudora instead of Outlook?

Thanks to you all. Sorry for so many questions.

 

[BFOJ]

I too have read that Spybot gives a false report, just can't remember where I read it at. I agree with bcastner on that issue.

 

[bcastner]

http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-09-09.htm

http://www.webuser.co.uk/cgi-bin/fo...=131964&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=93&part=

http://forums.itweek.co.uk/thread.jsp?forum=5&thread=43079

http://computercops.biz/postt92453.html

and literally hundreds more.