Sony may take over your PC
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:16 pm
DRM seems to be running wild. This is a couple of days old, but I just read about it at heise (here and here).
Apparently some Sony CD's with DRM protection install a root kit on your computer and monitor file activity!
Mark Russinovich at Sysinternals found this while testing his Rootkit Revealer. See his report: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far
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Apparently some Sony CD's with DRM protection install a root kit on your computer and monitor file activity!
Mark Russinovich at Sysinternals found this while testing his Rootkit Revealer. See his report: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far
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