Re: Troublesome pests keeps reviving themselves

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:13:57 -0600

Greetings --

    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, or Service Pack 1, 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.greymagic.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.

Bruce Chambers 

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"anneAnna" <ana@microdot.faked.com> wrote in message 
news:iyCUc.130442$M95.122679@pd7tw1no...
> Every day I run Spybot S&D and everyday I find one and the same DSO 
> exploit.
> Even though DSOs have been "immunized" against, it keeps reviving 
> and coming back. Is there some way to stop it for good?
>
> It's in the registry as 
> HOTKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.\.\.\...\zones\0\1004!=W=3
>
> Pest Patrol also comes up with a single item every time, called 
> "twain-tech". Deleting registry entry doesn't kill it, keeps coming 
> back.  It's key is HOTKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\..\..\activex 
> compatibily\{000020dd-c-4113-af77-dd56626c6c42}|compatibility flags
>
> Anyway to stop this too?
>
> I'm not really knowledgeable, but I get called to fix browser 
> problems frequently, and I hope this is IT.
>
>
> ana

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