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HEADS UP: Sony adds Rootkit Spyware
Name: ranchhand Date: November 3, 2005 at 17:51:32 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: AMD 2.16 GHz/1G DDR/333FS
Comment:
Sony has chosen to add a rootkit malware to it's music CDs. This was discovered by the respected website Sysinternals. LINK: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html
Further Info/Sony's admission: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/03/sony_rootkit_drm/
My opinion: Sony offered a "patch" because they don't freakin' know how to remove the rootkits they inflicted on hundreds of thousands of computers.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; Then industry pollutes the water and kills all the fish.
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