Sony Music CD Installs Rootkit???
Some of Sony's copy protected CDs install a rootkit on Windows machines that mount them. Rootkits, for those of you not familiar with the term, are collections of applications that hide the presence of foreign components (usually worms and viruses, but DRM in this case) so that people don't know that they're running "extra" stuff. Worse, this particular kit sucks down CPU time even when you're not using the CD and can hose up your system if you try and remove them (and you don't know what you're doing). I cannot believe Sony has the balls to put this on their CDs. It's a time bomb waiting to happen. The article written by the dude who found this problem is here.
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and according to some in slashdot, removing it might violate the DMCA?
hey man, didja get solaris in the mail? with zardoz bonus disk?
Yeah, I saw that. There is some debate as to whether or not that is true. Go not to slashdot for answers for they will say both no and yes.
No DVDs have arrived at my place of late. Perhaps homeland security is examining them? :-)
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