Aggr3 Posted January 22, 2005 CID Share Posted January 22, 2005 Can someone PLEASE tell me what's up with this.......I ran Spybot and Ad ware on my computer. Both detected problem files, requested permission to repair them, which I granted, then they stated that the problems were fixed. Sounds like a perfect world, right? NOT! When I run the programs again, the same files are detected. I've tried rebooting with no luck. Haven't been back online since "fixing" these files, so not as if I've gone and picked them up online again somewhere. Can anyone tell me why these programs don't fix the problem and what my next step should be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted January 22, 2005 CID Share Posted January 22, 2005 First off welcome to site, Ok what is the name of the files it keep finding? There is a bug in spybot that always causes it to find a file called DSO EXPLOIT. This is a bug and is nothing wrong with your pc. Now adaware im not sure, you can try rebooting in safe mode and then running the two. List the files it keeps finding ill see what i can do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggr3 Posted January 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 22, 2005 Thanks for the reply. The DSO file is one that I was worried about. Here are the things coming back from SpyBot: Avenue A, Inc.: Tracking cookie (Internet Explorer: Owner) (Cookie, nothing done) DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done) HKEY_USERSS-1-5-18SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZones01004!=W=3 DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done) HKEY_USERSS-1-5-21-4053030060-4200199543-1314450253-1005SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZones01004!=W=3 DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done) HKEY_USERSS-1-5-20SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZones01004!=W=3 DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done) HKEY_USERSS-1-5-19SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZones01004!=W=3 DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done) HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZones01004!=W=3 I just ran SpyBot, told it to clean the files, it stated that it had done so, then ran SpyBot again and came back with the above items. Next, ran Registry Mechanic and it came back clean this time. This is the first time it has come back clean after running it multiple times. I guess if the DSO messages are a known problem and are no real threat I'll just have to live with them. Another interesting thing that has happened Norton identifies an adware in my registry on two XP machines that I am running at home. On the machine running XP Professional it states that I will have to manually alter my register (I don't think I should be in there), yet the XP running the home version deleted this file with no problem. The ad-aware fails to find this problem on either system. Is this normal for one program to find things that the others overlook and how do I determine which ones are a threat and which are just an annoyance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted January 22, 2005 CID Share Posted January 22, 2005 The easiest fix for all your problems is to use firefox for your web browsing. IE Explorer is garbage. The DSO exploit is nothing to worry about. Give ,me a little while to look up the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggr3 Posted January 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 22, 2005 ummmmmm.....I'm a stinking Dway 6000 user (darn it.....wish I had my 4000 back) so fire fox doesn't look to be an option.....judging by lots of other posts I've read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted January 22, 2005 CID Share Posted January 22, 2005 Have you ran spybot adaware in safe mode yet and tried cleaning from there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggr3 Posted January 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 22, 2005 No Shug ...but I will in a few minutes...Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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