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N5RDC
11-01-2005, 11:57 AM
Sony has began including Rootkits on their copy protected CDś.

http://news.google.com/news?q=sony+and+rootkits&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=nn&oi=newsr
HARLEY
11-01-2005, 01:02 PM
Read that earlier..........I smell a lawsuit!

The blog has some interesting reading!

I have a sony camera so I ran a scan and nada...:)
N5RDC
11-01-2005, 02:20 PM
Read that earlier..........I smell a lawsuit!

The blog has some interesting reading!

I have a sony camera so I ran a scan and nada...:)

I think they are only doing this on their music cdś (and probably movie dvdś) so far, but once the wordś out, watch their sales plummet!
razzel
11-01-2005, 09:04 PM
I stop buying Sony products quite a while ago and I probly will never buy any of there products any more. razzel
dragonfly
11-02-2005, 01:32 AM
Talk about slimy! Another example of a company getting too big and thinking they can do whatever they want... :mad:
N5RDC
11-02-2005, 07:29 PM
It didn't take them long to issue a fix, but unless they remove it altogether, their sales will still plummet.

http://msn-cnet.com.com/Sony+to+patch+copy-protected+CD/2100-7355_3-5928608.html?part=msn-cnet&subj=ns_2510&tag=mymsn
N5RDC
11-03-2005, 09:28 AM
It's not over yet ....

The Coverup (“http://www.wired.com/news/rants/0,2350,69467,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2”)

The Exploit (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/79474/sony-rootkit-drm-to-spark-copycat-viruses.html”)
Carl D
11-03-2005, 11:18 PM
I notice SlySoft's AnyDVD takes care of this problem if anyone's interested.

http://www.slysoft.com/en/
Sue90
11-04-2005, 08:04 AM
I read this earlier too...but aren't we too hasty to blame only Sony...I heard this is going on with other companies too quite awhile ago. I think they just got caught.
Sue
N5RDC
11-10-2005, 12:20 PM
I knew it wouldn't be long. Now it has started.

http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2005/11/stinxe.html
amb141
11-10-2005, 01:50 PM
One of the interesting twists to this tale is the clause in the "Digital Millenium Copyright Act" which makes it a crime to circumvent any anti-piracy measures included in commercial software! Which, presumably, would include Sony/BMG's rootkit!

alan
N5RDC
11-11-2005, 09:51 AM
One of the interesting twists to this tale is the clause in the "Digital Millenium Copyright Act" which makes it a crime to circumvent any anti-piracy measures included in commercial software! Which, presumably, would include Sony/BMG's rootkit!

alan

No, it wouldn't include the rootkit. The rootkit isn't a part of the antipiracy protection - It's installed in addition to the protection. Removing the rootkit isn't circumventing the pretection at all.
Meanwhile, the saga continues ....

http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/11/11/67484.html