RE: DSO exploit question

From: MAP (MAP_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/03/04


Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 10:07:02 -0700


"GL" wrote:

> Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me with this question I have
> regarding Spybot 1.3. When I run spybot a highlighted in red a problem listed
> as: I have read the reviews from 8/27/04 under XP new user spywarequestion. I
> have just purchased a new lapop about a month ago and I just installed
> service pack 2 on it last week and I am still getting this DSO error when I
> run spybot and I have read the review and I tried to go back and download for
> the patch for internet explorer 6.0 but it is saying that you need to
> download version 6.0 but I already have it loaded on this laptop. I -am
> hoping that since I have downloaded service pack 2 that it should be okay and
> that I can exlude this item from future searches. Can someone help me out
> here? Thank you very much
>
>
>
> "DSO Exploit" - 5 entries
>
> Expanding the item, it lists 5 registry entries DSO Exploit: Data source
> object exploit (Registry change, nothing done)
> HKEY_USERS\S-XXXXXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3
>
> DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done)
>
> HKEY_USERS\SXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Intern
> et Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3
>
> DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done)
> HKEY_USERS\S-xxxxx\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3
>
> DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done)
> HKEY_USERS\S-XXXXXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3
>
> DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done)
> HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3
>
> The series of X's in the keys above I put in to replace the numbers that are
> really there. Should these be deleted or left alone? I certainly would
> appreciate your help and advice.
> and the error that keeps logging on my system when ran.

If you have SP2 installed you already have the patch you are refering too.
The next time you run Spybot S&D just add the DSO exploit to the ignore list.



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