Hi George and Cy http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=26250&view=findpost&p=123036 Don't worry about it. ... To keep Spybot from reporting "DSO Exploit" you can go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Ignore products > click the Security tab > check DSO Exploit. full explanation: http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=24817&st=0&#entry114941 The bottom line is: If you applied Microsoft's March 28, 2002 Internet Explorer Security Update or any subsequent cumulative security updates, you can safely ignore Spybot's report of a "DSO Exploit". Ek > Cy, This is a known bug in the Spybot program. It gives false > positives for the DSO exploit. They haven't fixed it yet. > Sorry I don't remember my source. Being paranoid, I always opt > to "fix" it anyway. :) > > GTCox > > cyrilh@xxxxxxxx wrote: > >> There are 5 DSO Exploit entries in the Registry that Spybot >> > indicates as >> Spyware. However although it goes through the motions of >> deleting > them they >> are never deleted. I can tell Spybot to fix the problems and >> it indicates tht it did. > However >> when I run spybot again immediately it still finds the same >> 5 entries > in the >> registry. Having updated Spybot today and testing it again >> made no > difference. It >> just does not remove the DSO Exploit Registry Entries. >> Anyone else experiencing this diffculty? -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.