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

Tugela

i am about to cry ???
i am in the registry folder Zones 0 (is this correct)
I have a whole list of numbers and names
1004 has a little AB next to it in red and under heading "data" is """ - now i have no idea what i am doing!!! There is only one 1004 - must i delete this -- oh please help !!!
Thanks

rbtaylor

I have run the excelent instructions alicka has put forth numerous times, and Spybot no longer recognizes dso exploit. However, the about::blank homepage still pops up. I have no 1004 files anywhere in the registry. How do I get my homepage back for good. I have done the internet settings things so many times it is insane. Can anyone help? (sorry alicka if you are the only resident expert on this thing)

sharan

i read all the info on DSO probs and unfortunately my 'search and destroy' freezes up just as it finds the DSO. i did a search and located 10 DSO files, without the spybot search and destroy, how do i handle this?

b-kniz

I'm having the same problem as Maybach and rbtaylor with the "about:blank" thing......I've tried your suggestions Alicka (everything's current, tried the restarting thing) and it hasn't worked.  I've succesfully removed DSO Exploit but cant get rid of this resetting itself as my homepage.  Any other suggestions? Please

Catylou

;D alicka 8)

You have just restored peace to my mind (and my house )I've spent 3 days trying to figure out how to get rid of DSO.

5 mins following your instructions and it's all gone cheers!

aeteman

I have the same problem ran the spybot program on my computer (windows 98 se) One of the things it found was something called DSO Exploit. Says its a registry change. The path is HKEY-users\default\software\microsoft\windows\current version\internet settings. Theres a message about being a security hole in IE allowing websites to execute code.

I read your instructions but I am apparently too dense to get them :-[. Scared of screwing up the Registry - just reinstalled windows yesterday and started doing the critical updates but must not have installed all of them yet. Running 98SE and IE 6 with service pack .

I go into spybot and jump to location and it brings me to the 1004 folder in the Reg Editor but from there I am lost .

How do I open the folder or change values ?

Sorry but I need some toddler advice - the Registry is an area that I try not to tread in but I want this GONE !
THe PC was fresh for only a few hrs. and do nto want to reformat again cuz that was a royal hassle .

I did see in the orignal post I searched for that there is a link to http://www.nsclean.com/dsostop.html.

Will this clean it up for me without me going into the Registry ? ( doubt it will be that easy :P)

Going back to see if there are any windows updates or patches I missed . THis is just dumb luck because I know people that never do any patches or updates or even run an AV program and they remain unscathed !
I try so hard to be diligent about this stuff and then this mess .

Thanks for your patience .

Forrer

I am still struggling with the DSO EXPLOIT one that keeps coming back after each reboot even after all key entry numbers 0,1,2,3,4,5 have been cleared of 1004 in the Regedit areas.

I also wanted to know about TeaTimer in Spybot as it was not selected by default when installing the new version of Spybot 1.3.

Should this be enebaled and if so, how do we get back to it to enable it?

jpinaz

Poor Alicka! Hey I do have a question though. In the other thread about the DSO Exploit, two different people (newbies) suggested that if you had downloaded the most recent MS patches, you would be safe from the DSO exploit security hole. They then said that Spybot S&D had not updated their software to recognize the MS patch and that you could simply have Spybot ignore the DSO Exploit without risk.

No one seemed to counter this idea, is there any truth to it or is this just someone trying to screw with us?

tris

jpinaz: You asked about whether you re safe if you just update Windows and leave DSO Exploit in yr comp. This topic has been hotly debated on other sites. People don't seem to have come to a consensus on this: e.g.

http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=58851

http://forums.net-integration.net/in...ic=15308&st=15