[BC] Re: [RT] [Fwd: newest Sony DRM has a hidden rootkit]

[Mike McCarthy]

Holy Sh*T

This really is BIG BROTHER.

MM

> FYI Folks.  Looks like the big boys are trying to play rough when 
> protecting their content.  This was picked up from our University 
list 
> serve.
> Later
> Mike
> 
> Quick summary, the newest Sony attempt at DRM on audio cd's, at 
least on Van
> Zant's "Get right with the Man" and probably most others from Sony, 
installs
> a "rootkit" that attempts to hide itself from detection and 
intercepts all
> calls to the cd drive of your PC.  The rootkit appears to have 
several
> vulnerabilities in and of itself and these are introduced even on a 
fully
> patched and secured windows system.
> 
> Mark Russinovich at Sysinternals.com has all the details about this 
rootkit
> and the problems he had in removing it, after discovering it, there 
is also
> a short article at f-secure.
> 
> http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-
rights.html
> 
> http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00000691
> 
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