Eliminating DSO Exploit

[Geekgirl]

If all your critical updates are installed you are protected against DSO Exploit and the finding in Spybot is just a nuisance, heres a way to get rid of it using

Have "Search & Destroy" look for problems the usual way and then
(1) Highlight one of the "Data source object exploit" items
(2) Right click the highlighted item to bring up the menu list and select "More details"
(3) Now click "Jump to location"
(4) You are now viewing the Registry and can use the path shown in the Search & Destroy window to get to the key shown
(5) Manually deleted each of the keys and no longer have it coming back.



If you feel your not savy enough to play in the registry follow this

(1) Open Spybot and select 'advanced' mode.
(2) Select 'settings' in the left column.
(3) Select 'ignore product' in the left column.
(4) Select 'security' tab.
(5) Place check mark in box beside DSO Exploit.
(6) Close program
(7) Open Spybot and run a scan.

You will find that DSO Exploit has been eliminated and if your computer does not harbour any other spyware you will see a congratulatory message.

And remember.....Always backup your registry before editing