I ran spybot tonight. It found: DSO Exploit: Dat source object exploit. I told it to fix it - it was a registry change. so what was this really? a microsoft hole? It didn't get on my system by not having windows up to date - it is up to date- just checked again to be sure. so is it something that is sneaking in thru a hole that microsoft hasn't patched yet? If I click on the link in spybot's web site, it says this: Internet ExplorerSecurity back to index Company:Microsoft Product:Internet Explorer Category:Security Last information edit:20021020 Threat:Security hole Company URL:http://www.microsoft.com/ Company Product URL:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ Company Privacy URL:http://www.microsoft.com/info/privacy.htm Description There's a security hole in IE allowing websites to execute code without asking you first. You can find more information at http://security.greymagic.com/adv/gm001-ie/ I read this page (above) http://security.greymagic.com/adv/gm001-ie/ but I'm not sure I really understand what it is saying. does anyone have any thoughts or simple translations for me? Last night I opened a web page I found in a search - and it cycled thru and wouldn't close. I had to log out to get rid of it So I immediately ran spybot - and it found nothing at that point in time. CrisS To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk