[BC] CD's Recalled for Posing Risk to PC's

[Mike McCarthy]

There are times where I am glad I've not updated and stayed bleeding edge 
on all thing technological.  This is one reason why I REFUSE to 
buy  commercial music at seemingly ripoff prices.

We are at the atom of the tip of the iceberg in this matter. I suspect Sony 
is going to be facing a class action lawsuit of the kind that might end up 
putting them into Chapter 11. If I were a stock holder, I would be seeking 
the heads and assets of every executive in the decision making loop on 
including the rootkit in their CD's. If a number of companies have their 
machines infected by viri and/or are attacked later because of this 
opening, Sony will be paying for a LOT of system rebuilds.

It pains me to think my next Trinitron LCD set may go towards bailing their 
corporate asses out of this damned fiasco.

MM

At 10:04 AM 11/17/2005 -0700, Sid Schweiger wrote
> >>Sony downplayed the issue as
>about a few titles, then about 50 titles.  If you look at the press
>pages for First 4 Internet, that made the XCP software, it implies A
>LOT
>more.  And the impact is on MILLIONS of computers worldwide.  Given
>the
>TOTAL lack of honesty on the part of Sony until it gets caught in a
>lie,
>I would anticipate that the number of titles will continue to climb.<<
>
>What makes it even worse is that Sony's fix makes the security
>vulnerability from the rootkit WORSE.  It literally lets any script from
>any site run on an infected computer.
>
>The outrage on message boards and blogs is growing by the minute, as is
>the number of people who will have nothing further to do with Sony,
>ever.
>
>
>
>Sid Schweiger
>IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC
>WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WMKK - WRKO - WVEI
>20 Guest St / 3d Floor
>Boston MA  02135-2040
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>
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