Re: DSO Exploit
From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 08/29/04
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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:48:55 -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
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH "Barry" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1ec401c48d27$27984cb0$a601280a@phx.gbl... >I use windows xp and have downloaded the service pack 2, > and also use zone alarm pro. Yet everyday when I run a > spybot search it finds a DSO expolit with 5 entries, which > it says gains entry through a security leak in Microsoft. > How can I prevent this exploit from gaining access to my > computer. Any help would be much appreciated
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