Hi,
I have had that stupid DSO Exploit until 30 minutes ago. I ran Spybot & have managed to get rid of it by getting into regedit & replacing value in the folder 1004 from 0 to 3 (5 times, that is).
However, although they are all gone, I cannot get my Home page to remember my setting. It constantly goes to "about:blank" which is not even blank!!
It displayes some some page with all non-operational links to all types of services.

Anyone, any idea how to fix this?

Thanks

rEEbok1312

i just finished watching the pretty old/good movie named HACKERS with angelina jolie in it..... I used to have a really cool and skilled hacker friend named SHKBOBO now we never talk to eachother ... family problems....... and i hung out with him practically like twice a day and i said he was my 3rd best friend in line when really if i thought about it he was first. and if u read this SHKBOBO im sorry and we should put out FAMILY problems aside.... anyway when it finished i remembered that i had spy bot s&d and ad-aware programs and the funny thing was that evrytime i did a spybot check DSO EXPLOIT would pop up with 5 entries...... and i run spy bot everyday and it doesnt go away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..... when i run ad-aware it doesnt come up...... help me with the DSO exploit problem .............. i deleted spy bot cuz i thought dso was a glitch or something then when i read all the posts on it i was convinced it was real...... and tell me if i should re install spybot or if there r any other good programs....

rEEbok1312

oh ye... and how do people become junior experts and stuff like that?????? i deleted spy bot .... should i install it???? or is ther another program...

GOOD NIGHT 7/11/04 at 2.28 am
in ny

clueless

1st of all thanks alicka for sharing your brain.  

2nd, i read all of the posts on DSO and had a problem getting rid of it. I couldn't find a way to get to the correct file, until i read PH_Man's suggestion (on page 4) to go to the top of the tree and drill down through the directories to the '0' folder and there i found the 1004 key.  All done.  Didn't have 10 files just 5 (i think).  As a matter of fact the .Default folder didn't even have the 1004 key but was listed as a DSO folder on the S&D tool's list of problems.  What gives? and how do i find the other 5 or 6 DSO locations (DSO doesn't come up in S&D search anymore)?

On second thought - could the number of location where the 1004 key is present/or has been changed be different for different people depending on their system configs?  In which case it would make sense why different folks get different number of problems in their D&S search results. What say U?

3rd, i also keep getting the "about:blank" as my home page.  I've done all of the near-fixes you mentioned previously (update IE, update Symantec, latest S&D tool, reboot, etc....) noting helps. Help?!

rEEbok1312

NO ONE ANSWERED HOW TO ADVANCE TO JUNIOR EXPERT AND JUNK!!!!!

... (no hard feeling to anyone)
just love and hapiness lol ;D

no but really how do u become junior and stuff

rEEbok1312.

bhale53

I fixed my DSO Exploit problem. There is a website where you can download a free program that does the regedit thing automatically. No fear of screwing anything else up. I did it and now my Spybot gives me a clean bill of health. The website is

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

Hope this helps some of you.

alicka

G'day all~

If you dont get rid of the problem with Bhales suggestion, which is good!, try get the latest patches as micorsoft have pulled there finger out and fixed this vulnerable n unsecure loose thread. I'd advise ya's to get IE6, if you haven't already and the latest service pack 1a, which would put your version at 6.0.28.......
the patches range are MS04-022 too -024.
There the main 1's

Chowl~

diffenderfer

We recently installed ATT internet provider service to our computer. We were thinking of switching from AOL. Well once I did this, I started getting worms and lots of spyware. I use Mcafee and keep it current but some how I continue to get Korgo and Gadot worms. If you run mcafee in normal startup, it does not find them. I have to boot in safe mode and run mcafee in order to clean them. What I don't understand is why they keep returning. I have installed spybot and adware. Spybot is what aletered me to DSO Exploit. I have tired several things to get rid of it but it keeps returning. I even have DSOStop2.exe and it fixed it on my office computer but does not seem to be able to fix it on my home computer. Now If I have window XP Service pack 1, do I need to do Service pack 1A to fix this problem? Microsoft cautions you not to do 1A if you already have service pack 1? Thanks for any help you can give. I would like to spend less time cleaning my computer and more time using it.
Ellen

alicka

G'day, so if youve got sp1, you shud be fine to get the latest sp, if you've gotten all the patches n stuff you'll be fine. But if you still have the DSO, or are getting browser probs try manually removing it. heres the appropriate instructions. Read carefully if u choose to do this.

Step 1: Run SpyBot S &D and see if it picks up DSO Exploit? Now make sure your S&D is up to date or you wont be current in the programs scan engine.

Step 2: You shud end up with 2 entries, 1 pointing to the file 1004 in folder
1st Dir.HKEY_USERS /.DEFAULT /Software /Microsoft / Windows/ CurrentVersion / Internet settings/ Zones/ 0/ 1004.

2nd Dir. And the other 1 pointing to the file 1004 in folders
HKEY_USERS / S-1-5-21-38542785-780010274-1008150880-2512 / Software / Microsoft/ Windows/ Currentversion/ Internet Settings/ Zones/ 0/1004.

Ok where I’ve indicated the second file is, is where the other hidden files I was talking about b4 are. As in the first Directory in the Zones folder there are 5 other folders named 0 to 4. And it’s the same in the second 1. There’s are 5 folders in that Zones folder, 0 to 4.

Step 3: Ok go into the first Directory, now go into the folder named ‘0’, in the zones folder. Now delete the file 1004.

Step 4: Go into the next folder in the Zones folder which is the 1 named ‘1’. Delete the 1004 file. (Don’t change the values in ne)

Step 5: Repeat process of deleting the 1004 file in the other folders left, ‘2’,’3’ and ‘4’ labelled folders.

Ok your half way there!

Step 6: Go into the 2nd Directory; HKEY_USERS / S-1-5-21-38542785-780010274-1008150880-2512 / Software / Microsoft/ Windows/ Currentversion/ Internet Settings/ Zones/ 0.

Step 7: You’ll see in the folder named ‘0’ theres also a file named 1004. this is the replicator. Don’t worry if you don’t understand just follow the instructions.
Delete the 1004. file.

Step 8: As before you’ll see there are also folders in the zones folder named 0 to 4. Go into each folder and as before delete the 1004 files. Theres only 1 file in each folder.

Step 9: Ok there you go you’ve removed the 10 files, now run SpyBot S&D.
You should get a congradulations from SpyBot, saying your system is clean.

Step 10: If there are multiple profiles on the computer (more then 1 user) then you’ll have to log in as each user and repeat the removal process for each individual user.


Regards, your friendly alick alota~

joejoe831

got to this site spywarehere is the link
http://www.spywareguide.com/txt_intro.php
they will run a on line spy check and they will get ride of all spyware on your pc

alicka

i mite just do that. Is it a cleaner or a spybot them selves? ONce you get the latest patches theres no need for ne spybot removal or cleanin cuz they cant execute neway.