how to find and kill "dso exploit" trojan?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - how to find and kill "dso exploit" trojan?

Posted: 1/9/2005 3:32:56 PM EDT

damn fucking trojans!

they ought to shoot the bastards the invented them!

grisoft antivirus can't seem to kill it and neither can spybot, bot running the latest updates.

does anyone have any idea where this trojan resides? i've searched the drive from top to bottom and can't seem to find it.

thanks!

Posted: 1/9/2005 3:35:08 PM EDT

[#1]

IIRC, the DSO Exploit shown in Spy Bot is a bug in the application.

Posted: 1/9/2005 3:35:37 PM EDT

[#2]

I Googled this linky. Seems it's not a big deal if you have all the updates, etc.

DSO LINK

Posted: 1/9/2005 3:38:06 PM EDT

[#3]

yeah...i found that link a minute ago...thank you sir!

what is actuaklly running is "offeroptimizer"

and it's popping me up into pop-up hell!

i want to shoot this damn pc!

Posted: 1/9/2005 3:43:52 PM EDT

[#4]

Usually, you don't.
Once it's on the machine, it's on there. You can format and reinstall the OS to completely remove it.

But most decent antispyware programs will make it harmless.

Try giant anti spyware AKA Microsoft's beta spyware killer

Posted: 1/9/2005 3:45:26 PM EDT

[#5]

Have you tried going to Start, Run and typing in MSCONFIG. Go to the Startup Tab. That will let you know if something is restarting every time you reboot. I use a program called RegSeeker that lets you see what exactly the programs are and delete them if they don't belong. Some if not all virii and trojans add a line to the startup that keeps the damn thing loading up.

RegSeeker

Also, I use this online website for scanning and also their anti-virus program. I have been burned by Mcafee and Norton too many times. Trend Micro

Also, Symantec has specific Trojan removal tools
Here

Posted: 1/9/2005 3:51:36 PM EDT

[#6]

How do I Remove DSO Exploit?

Posted: 1/9/2005 3:53:07 PM EDT

[#7]

SpyBot will get rid of it.

Posted: 1/9/2005 4:32:55 PM EDT

[#8]

boom, spybot will NOT get rid of it...it 'kills' it, but it keeps coming back to life! i've tried immunizing, etc. with no luck.

i just d-loaded and am running a version of webroot's spy sweeper. it has detected the "vx2 transponder' trojan (i think this is the one that is re-installing the 'offeroptimizer' pop-up) and a few others that spybot and agv have missed.

damnit! i HATE hackers, virus and trojan designers and worms!

how the hell they get past norton and the microshit firewall i will never know!

Posted: 1/9/2005 4:37:58 PM EDT

[#9]

I got rid of Norton and Mcafee a long time ago because it was not catching them all.

I use TrendMicro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2005. I did my research. It's one of the top rated programs out there. Before that I used Kapersky Labs, but TrendMicro is much better. It has a firewall and WiFi security which I need for my wifes PC which is on a Netgear wireless router.

IMHO of course.

Posted: 1/9/2005 4:40:27 PM EDT

[#10]

microsoft has a new beta spyware killer out. might help??

www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

chris

Posted: 1/9/2005 4:42:33 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
boom, spybot will NOT get rid of it...it 'kills' it, but it keeps coming back to life! i've tried immunizing, etc. with no luck.

i just d-loaded and am running a version of webroot's spy sweeper. it has detected the "vx2 transponder' trojan (i think this is the one that is re-installing the 'offeroptimizer' pop-up) and a few others that spybot and agv have missed.

damnit! i HATE hackers, virus and trojan designers and worms!

how the hell they get past norton and the microshit firewall i will never know!

Campy,

Yea your right.
It comes up every time I run SpyBot but I never ran it within a few minutes of each other.
If have all the windows updates and do not run IE or Outlook. Trend Micro does not detect it.

I have a 2x hardware firewall and run PC-Cillon for a SW firewall and anti-virus.
The PC-Cillon has been working much better than Norton. I had the full Norton Suite.

Posted: 1/9/2005 4:59:54 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
microsoft has a new beta spyware killer out. might help??

www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

chris

I just installed and ran it. It caught some Adware bug. Nothing on the DSO Exploit.

Posted: 1/9/2005 5:03:44 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Quoted:
microsoft has a new beta spyware killer out. might help??

www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

chris

I just installed and ran it. It caught some Adware bug. Nothing on the DSO Exploit.

it was worth a shot.

sorry y'all

Chris

Posted: 1/9/2005 5:09:01 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
i want to shoot this damn pc!

kwel a new target for bulletfest. mmk

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