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icehokplyr

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I ran Spybot on my computer and it found spyware called "DSO Exploit". I had it deleted and installed Spyware Blaster to prevent getting future adware and spyware. I ran the Spybot program again and it found te DSO Exploit file again. Anyone know how to delete this file permanantely and will it damage my system?

Thanks for the help.
 
I found this on the net. Hope it helps:

What is DSO Exploit?

If you use Spybot Search and Destroy or another spyware removal tool, it may find an item called DSO Exploit. This exploit is a bug in Internet Explorer that under certain circumstances would allow untrusted software to run on the computer. In other words, its a hole in Internet Explorer that hackers could use to gain access to your system.

However, if you are running the latest version of Internet Explorer and have all your Windows Updates installed, the bug has been patched and is not a threat to your computer system. Even though Spybot may still show it as a threat.

How do I Remove DSO Exploit?

If you have the latest Internet Explorer version and all your Windows Updates, you can safely ignore the DSO Exploit as a potential problem when Spybot Search and Destroy or other spyware removal tools discover it. However if you would rather fix the exploit so it does not show up again, follow these steps to edit your Windows Registry. Please be careful however, incorrect changes to the Windows Registry can cause Windows to not boot.

1) Make a note of the location of the exploit shown in Spybot, something similar to:

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1614895754-73586283-725345543-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3

2) Click on Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and Press Enter to open the Windows Registry Editor

3) Find the location of the exploit above in the registry by clicking on the pluses(+) next to each title

4) After opening the Zones section and clicking on '0' look to the right window, under 'name' is the key '1004' and the type is REG_SZ simply right click and delete this REG_SZ value.Then right click and create new>DWORD Value, name it 1004, then right click on that and goto modify, give it the Hex Value of 3, Click ok.

If there is only a DWORD Value for the key (in this case 1004), then double click on the key and change the HEX value to 3 and click Ok.

5) Close the Registry Editor and Reboot your computer

6) The DSO Exploit should now be removed and it should no longer appear in the Spybot Search and Destroy log as a problem.
 
Just out of curiosity, why did you install spyware blaster after you installed spybot S & D? When you install spybot you can install a little utility called tea timmer that will automatically block incomming spyware.
 
Well, I don't really know why. I'm an idiot, maybe? ;)
I'll look into your advice. I thought I had to pay for an upgrade to use Tea Timer.
Thanks for your help and reply.
 
Z3Px,

I found Tea Timer in the Advanced mode under Tools / Residence. I set it to work. Will the Spyware Blaster and Spybot programs have a conflict if I don't uninstall one of them?

Thanks again for your help.
 
No problem, and i have seen spyware programs conflict if they are both running at the same time.
 
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