Aggh .... Computer problems are driving me crazy!

I thought you (like me) had Spybot, Deb. I thought this was a different version. Maybe not!

Now I am lost - isn't Spybot and Spybot Search and Destroy the same????

You're asking ME, Deb?

(they probably are! I just wondered why timber suggested it. Assumed they were different. But maybe not! )

I might just uninstall the (faulty) one I've got, Deb, & try reinstalling from the link above. How does that sound?

As far as I know they are the same program.

Well, I ran my old copy of Spybot D&S ...
STILL got the DSO exploit message, despite trying for updates. (There weren't any updates>)

SO, deleted the old program & installed the one from the link above. Then downloaded all available updates.

Ran the new program & there it is AGAIN!: DSO exploit!

I give up!!!!

If you do a search on the words "spybot DSO exploit", you will find many other people who are getting the same message with Spybot. I hope this may give you some incite as to how to troubleshoot the problem.

Later, colorbook, later!
(Thanks & I WILL do that ... later. )

I've been having trouble with Spybot, also. It worked fine 'til I updated it a week or two ago. It runs through the bot check, going through over 17,000 items, but freezes after I click "fix the problem".

I haven't worried too much because I also run Ad-Aware and Spybot doesn't turn up too much, but I think I'll uninstall the program and then reinstall. I've had problems with it before, and that's done the trick, for whatever reason.

[size=7]It didn't work for me, mckenzie![/size]< whimper>

Ahhhhh .... the old "DSO Exploit Bug" ... actually, if your Windows and IE are fully updated, you really have no problem. Essentially, what's happenin' there is that Spybot is not findin' the registry value it expects to find in your Internet Security settings. Actually, I thought that bug in Spybot had been fixed, but apparently not, though I just ran it on a couple of my machines, and it didn't come up. Anyhow, try DSOSTOP, a free, reliable automated registry editing tool that will set the values to those Spybot expects to see. Read and follow the instructions on the download page, particularly the part about closing all browsers and media players, and running the fix while off-line.

If you're feelin' adventurous, I can step ya thru manually editing your registry, but I'd rather not run a neophyte thru that ... too much room for error.


Again, if your Windows and IE are fully updated, you are not vulnerable to the DSO exploit. An MS security update patched that hole a long, long time ago.

Many thanks, timberlandko, I will try that next. This is an education!

I wouldn't want to put you through it either, timber!

Indeed - I am fully patched and plastered with stuff from Windows - but I will try the url you recommend later - thank you!!!!!

Please send a pic of your patched & plastered self, bunny person! I loved this morning's bunny at the computer one!

After downloading latest Windows patches:

Bravo!
That was QUICK!

Night night......

Awwwwwwwwwww!

Ya gotta laugh: just now I turned on my computer & was surprised to discover that I'd performed an "illegal operation"! Then found I couldn't continue without turning the wretched thing off & starting again! Just when I thought everything was hunky dory! <sigh>