Re: Advice Regarding Spybot
From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 11/25/04
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:50:00 -0700
JD wrote:
> I've run Spybot for the first time. (Ad-Aware was run first and found
> nothing.) Spybot finds five (red) entries under one heading: DSO. Each is
> connected to Microsoft, but is identified as a "security hole." I'm
> uncertain as to whether to leave them alone or what to do. I must wonder why
> such "security holes" remain after installing sp2 and all of the latest
> security updates. Are these items that should be marked "Ignore"?
>
>
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, IE Service Pack 1, or WinXP
SP2, 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.grey.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.
Some people have reported that the Spybot Detection rules dated 30
Aug 04, or newer, when used with SpyBot S&D 1.3, will fix this
problem. However, I've had inconsistent results with that particular
detection update; sometimes it reads clean, then later it will once
again find the DSO problem, and then it will read clean again, all on
the same machine, with no other changes made.
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