Everything Went Wrong With Directory Opus Today. Is There A Fix?

[puppychow]

I've seen a number of Directory Opus threads here, spanned over a good chunk of time. Because of that I'm unsure of what the current status is on this type of problem -- I was hoping maybe someone knows a fix.

I was using Cyberghost vpn today. I recently upgraded that software to V. 5 -- which has been a bit of a nightmare compared to V. 4 .... :) Anyway, it would appear that though I've had Directory Opus blocked just fine with my firewall, and have not previously had a problem for years, somehow the Dopus call-home feature was able to get through something with Cyberghost or openvpn when using this new Cyberghost version. I'm not exactly sure how that would have happened, but it did. Oddly, this new version of Cyberghost appears to be bypassing my hosts file altogether, as well. I didn't even realize that until just today. I had entries in the HOSTS file that were related to blocking Dopus, so that failed, as well.

I spent the day trying to re-install one version of Directory Opus after another, but now no matter what version # I try now, or what license certificate attempt to install, all I get is "certificate is invalid" "2001D". That was with a complete uninstall and a healthy cleanup job, and was attempted while disconnected from web access.

So there's a few questions here..... Does anyone know where the black list entries for Directory Opus are in the windows registry? Is there a fix, or am I going to have to do a complete OS reinstall to correct this? Secondly, does anyone know what would be going on with a VPN service like Cyberghost where it's bypassing firewall and HOST file entries? Is there a fix for something like that, or is it some type of fault with their latest version? Anyone else experiencing oddball stuff like that with the new version of Cyberghost?

[SnakeMasteR]

Try the method posted here. I wonder why no one has answered the topic until yet. :s

[puppychow]

nice of you to respond n0_risk! I'm struggling with this, and definitely appreciate you pointing out that webpage. Some of what they're saying on that page appears similar to the .bat file I've seen floating around. Part of the problem is I'm on Win 8, and so some of the reg entries they refer to don't exist at the same locations.

Anyway, I'm busy being given warnings about not liking Bryan -- which for some reason I find very, very easy to do.

Thanks again!

[Scorpius]

What version of Directory Opus do you have? By the way you don't need to block it using a firewall (because you lose the FTP functionality), you just need to configure an invalid proxy.

You need to uninstall Directory Opus completely, reboot and then you have to do two things. First run a .bat that's everywhere. That will clean the static files and registry entries. Then you have to open the registry editor and delete all the CLSID entries that have HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}\InprocServer32 key containing dopuslib.dll (search for dopuslib.dll and delete the whole CLSID entry). This is VERY TEDIOUS since they are like 50 entries totally dynamic with different random CLSIDs. You'll be doing this for like 10 minutes manually.

Then disable your Ethernet/Wireless adapter and reinstall Directory Opus. Go to Settings -> Preferences -> Internet -> Proxy and type localhost port whatever username and password whatever, and that's it.

EDIT: Here's the .bat you should run:

del /q /a %WINDIR%\xpcc37.logdel /q /a %WINDIR%\system32\argtmp39.dlldel /q /a "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\sdpsenv.dat"del /q /a "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\sdpsenv.dat"del /q /a C:\ProgramData\sdpsenv.datdel /q /a %WINDIR%\system32\inf32\*.*del /q /a "%PROGRAMFILES%\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopus.dat"del /q /a "%APPDATA%\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopus.dat"attrib -s -h -r "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopus.cert"del /q /a "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopus.cert"rmdir /s /q "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\GPSoftware"rmdir /s /q "%APPDATA%\GPSoftware"rmdir /s /q "%PROGRAMFILES%\GPSoftware"rmdir /s /q "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\GPSoftware"

And here's the .reg file you should run/merge:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GPSoftware][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Time][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Clock][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\File Manager\Settings][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\TrashInfo][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\DlgInfo][-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Management\AppDataBucket][-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DesktopInterfaceMethod][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Metro][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Handlers][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Disallowed] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Cache][-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]

Edited February 23, 2014 by Scorpius

[SnakeMasteR]

And worst thing that's gonna happen = re-format. :lol:

[puppychow]

thanks for the info guys, I really appreciate it. I did run that bat file (found it on another thread here) yesterday, but guess I need to go further. What's really baffling me at this point is how the heck the vpn (cyberghost) bypassed my Hosts file, which had entries blocking a number of gpsoftware addresses and should have prevented this from happening. I'll have to try the "invalid proxy' method mentioned by Scorpius and see if that's a solid workaround. BTW Scorpius, I'm using Dopus 10.5.2.1.4934.

It's funny, last week I had a lengthy email convo with the guy who wrote the AxCrypt software -- we were both discussing how all this stuff happens while using windows 8, and even people with plenty of experience sit there scratching their heads trying to figure out what's going on.... For the life of me I can't figure out how I could have everything set up to avoid Directory Opus calling home, but then things just work so unexpectedly when using Win 8.

Anyway, thanks again for your input. I very much appreciate it. There's still some people I like here..... :)

Edited February 24, 2014 by puppychow

[Scorpius]

puppychow, the hosts file trick worked in Directory Opus 9.x. From Directory Opus 10.x onward, it didn't work.

What worked was your firewall settings. You must have configured it to work in LAN but not on the Internet. In Windows you must have selected Private Networks only and not Public Networks. But when you establish a VPN, you're actually adding another private LAN to your LAN (that's what virtual private networks are for). Therefore you firewall settings didn't apply. Also you must have had the default gateway enabled in your VPN so all your traffic goes to the VPN including normal Internet traffic.

But forget about the hosts file it doesn't work and hasn't been working in ages :)

The invalid proxy trick works though, but who knows for how long.

Edited February 24, 2014 by Scorpius