What's a 'DSO exploit' and how do I get rid of it?

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I found that my computer has "DSO exploit" and i thoought "no biggy" till it never went away and i was forced into a mess of spayware popups i get 20-30 a day of these little things that clam i have "spyware on your computer" and such at first i didnt belive it because it told me to go to some gay site named something like "www.Fixyman.com" or "www.Fixyurboxnow.com" and such till one day it asked me to increase my ..body part and my mother found it and freaked out now i must get rid of this thing because my mom now thinks i look up mas amounts of porn. i have tried as much as i can have reformated at least 20 times this year because of this thuing and im now grabbing the power of the internet to lend me a hand to kill it...any pointers?

-thanks flash

Leo, I'm not sure if this new spybot down load is real or not. I upgraged the spybot and did a new search and it did not find the DSO EXPLOIT instead it showed all clear congratulations but it never asked me to fix the problem.

"The short answer: it's a bug in Internet Explorer . . ."

I use Mozilla Firefox for my browser, and Thunderbird for news-email. Does this mean that I don't have to worry about the DSO Exploit?

No, and yes. You still have Internet Explorer on your machine, and it's used by certain applications, and is required for things like Windows Update. So you should still make sure that it's fully up to date, after which you need no longer worry about DSO exploit.

Their is this ugly searh bar at the bottom of my computer screen and its so annoying i cant get rid of it please help me.

I'd start with a spyware scan: http://ask-leo.com/spyware_how_do_i_remove_and_avoid_spyware.html

thanks soo much for the help! I've finally removed DSO!!

Hola!
I might be wrong, but you can't get rid of a DSO Exploit. As I understand it, it is a Data Source Object vulnerability in Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express (something like a security hole that spyware uses). These types of spyware can be difficult to remove, and if removal is successful, it often returns soon after. Even when ActiveX controls have been disabled, a DSO Exploit is capable of operating and invading a PC. Even if you are up to date on your Microsoft Patches, like I am, programs like Spybot Search and Destroy will keep reporting it.
To fix the problem (which is the vulnerability, not getting rid of the exploit) I used a small program, which is a freebie, by the name DSO Stop 2. It will patch the hole and you will never see the red lettering "DSO" after you run Spybot.

That program is unnessary. As the article clearly states, ALL you have to do is keep Internet Explorer up to date. That's all.

i have spybot updated and there is nothong that removes the blue tool bar at the bottom of my screen, it appears every time i open internet explorer and the bar doesn't respond anymore.
--> i'll describe it to u so u can see if u've seen it before : there is 6 links : 1.Make Money,2.Music,3.Casino,4.Investing,5.Travel,6.Mortgage, then 6 scroll bar -->DAting,Travel , Careeres, Credit, Computer and insurance. After, there is a search space were u can write somthing. It has the skin of Windows XP and the little 'x' to close the window is inactive... Can someone help?

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