Re: dso exploit

From: Trafton (traftonofjj2SPAM_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:09:39 -0700

Hi Eric,

HijackThis is a very good program, although it isn't the same kind of
program as Spybot and Ad-Aware. It does not detect errors; rather, it is a
diagnostic tool that shows all entries, including good ones. I would
recommend the Cexx.org page (http://boards.cexx.org/) for people who can
help you read through your logs and figure out what is wrong.

DSO Exploit is actually just a false positive in Spybot if it ends with
"w=3". You can simply ignore it, or even disable its detection if you want.

Hope this helps!

Sincerely,
Benjamin "Trafton" Johnstone-Anderson
Microsoft MVP, Windows Security
Security Manifest: www.msmvps.com/trafton/

"eric0668" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1ce901c4a688$70609f40$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I have a couple questions. I am new to this. first, is
> hijack this as good and reputable as spybot and ad-
> aware. Second, if so, and if I run it, per their
> recommendation, where and who could I get to look at the
> scan log before I delete anything and mess anything up.
> Lastly, It was recommended that hijack this would notice
> this problem, but it didn't--why does spybot find and
> remove dso exploit, but it keeps coming back. what is
> dso exploit. thanks

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Removal of Hijack Program
    ... Run Ad-Aware SE, Spybot and HijackThis: ... To avoid the False-Flag for the DSO Exploit, ... 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award ... > My Win XP Pro system has a hijack program that is many faceted. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • dso exploit
    ... hijack this as good and reputable as spybot and ad- ... recommendation, where and who could I get to look at the ... It was recommended that hijack this would notice ... remove dso exploit, ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • Re: Pop ups
    ... For the general hijack case, the best way to start is to get Ad-Aware 6.0, ... UPDATE (even on your first install/run) and run this regularly to get rid of ... program of this type that I can recommend is StartMan, free, here: ... there's a new class of hijacker using Window's Messenger Service (not ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • Re: browser hijack
    ... For the general hijack case, the best way to start is to get Ad-Aware 6.0, ... UPDATE (even on your first install/run) and run this regularly to get rid of ... program of this type that I can recommend is StartMan, free, here: ... there's a new class of hijacker using Window's Messenger Service (not ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: HIJACKED WEBPAGE
    ... HIJACKED WEBPAGE wrote: ... Hijack This from the list below (plus everything else, ... Immunize with Spybot and SpywareBlaster.) ... Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to about ...
    (microsoft.public.security)