DSO Exploit

[Cardinal Bob]

I have Spybot on our computer to locate and eliminate spyware and every time I run it, it locates this thing called "DSO Exploit". I can't seem to remove it. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[Chaz]

I have Spybot on our computer to locate and eliminate spyware and every time I run it, it locates this thing called "DSO Exploit". I can't seem to remove it. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

It has been fixed.

There is a patch for SpyBot so it will not detect it anymore.

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

 

[Cardinal Bob]

Does that mean that it won't be on our computer anymore, or just that Spybot will ignore it?

Thanks for the answer and the link!

 

[Chaz]

Does that mean that it won't be on our computer anymore, or just that Spybot will ignore it?

Thanks for the answer and the link!

I think the exploit has already been fixed if you are caught up on Windows Update. SpyBot still reads the registry as not fixed.

My understanding is that SpyBot incorrectly identifies it as an exploit.

From the link:
The DSO Exploit is a security gap in IE. Microsoft did already repair this, so if you have all Windows updates and patches installed, it will not be dangerous for your system. 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. Please update your main program.