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webdialer removal and other help please???

Mar 27, 2005 12:50PM PST

i've run both spybot and adaware, and they keep finding the same problems, but fail to fix them. the 3 problems are webdialer, dso exploit, and allcyber search. i'm afraid to open any pages where passwords need to be entered, so can't pay any bills at the moment. =T can somebody please help me out here? thanks in advance

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webdialer removal and other help
Mar 27, 2005 2:35PM PST

WEBDIALER REMOVAL - I found this on Google...
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-webdialer.html

DSO Exploit....
The following is Copied from http://www.pchell.com/support/dsoexploit.shtml

What is DSO Exploit?

If you use Spybot Search and Destroy or another spyware removal tool, it may find an item called DSO Exploit. This exploit is a bug in Internet Explorer that under certain circumstances would allow untrusted software to run on the computer. In other words, its a hole in Internet Explorer that hackers could use to gain access to your system.

However, if you are running the latest version of Internet Explorer and have all your Windows Updates installed, the bug has been patched and is not a threat to your computer system. Even though Spybot may still show it as a threat.

How do I Remove DSO Exploit?

If you have the latest Internet Explorer version and all your Windows Updates, you can safely ignore the DSO Exploit as a potential problem when Spybot Search and Destroy or other spyware removal tools discover it. However if you would rather fix the exploit so it does not show up again, follow these steps to edit your Windows Registry. Please be careful however, incorrect changes to the Windows Registry can cause Windows to not boot.....continued on website listed above.

Removal of allcyber search....
see
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=227

I can't really vouch for these since I don't have the problems you do, but I found them all on Google.

GOOD LUCK.
These kind of things are really frustrating.

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DSO Exploit detection bug in Spybot
Mar 27, 2005 9:40PM PST

Someone already posted possibilities for the other 2 problems.

Make sure you do these in the correct order. That is a bug in Spybot which does not actually fix the problem when it says it does. There has been a beta fix released for it. Just download it on top of your current version. It will change your version to 1.3.1TX After you download it, run Spybot S&D, let it fix the exploit, then reboot and run it again. It should be gone, if not, just put it into ignore until Spybot comes out with a permanent fix for it which should be soon. I'm not sure if the rebooting is totally necessary but it seems to work better that way.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4392.html

Also, please be careful at Major Geeks and do NOT click on the ads, make sure you click on the correct thing it's confusing there unless you are used to it. Click on one of the "download locations" near the top of the page and when it takes you to the next page, do NOT click on the ad there, just wait for the download dialog box to start. Also make sure that Spybot is closed when you do this download and installation. Once that is done, open Spybot up and follow my previous instructions.