Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far
washington post article
apparently sony cds contain hidden malware...
sony, rootkits and digital rights management gone too far
sony, rootkits and digital rights management gone too far
Drop the idea of becoming someone else, because you are already a masterpiece.
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Seems they´ve backed up on this one:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4430608.stm
This can only be a good thing, even though I don´t buy Sony cds. If one company does it then they´ll all do it. All a bit 1984!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4430608.stm
This can only be a good thing, even though I don´t buy Sony cds. If one company does it then they´ll all do it. All a bit 1984!
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but this is totally f***ed up
no respect for the costumer/client whatsoever.
how can they even think of such things I don't get it.
edit: I'm reading the article and it gets more fucked up with every line omg
HAHAHa i'm reading the whole thing and it gets very amusing
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/1 ... ernet.html
I think people livin in usa and uk, owning sony cd-s may get pretty good money out of this one LOL
no respect for the costumer/client whatsoever.
how can they even think of such things I don't get it.
edit: I'm reading the article and it gets more fucked up with every line omg
F************ED UP!!!! :evil:At that point I knew conclusively that the rootkit and its associated files were related to the First 4 Internet DRM software Sony ships on its CDs. Not happy having underhanded and sloppily written software on my system I looked for a way to uninstall it. However, I didn’t find any reference to it in the Control Panel’s Add or Remove Programs list, nor did I find any uninstall utility or directions on the CD or on First 4 Internet’s site. I checked the EULA and saw no mention of the fact that I was agreeing to have software put on my system that I couldn't uninstall. Now I was mad.
I deleted the driver files and their Registry keys, stopped the $sys$DRMServer service and deleted its image, and rebooted. As I was deleting the driver Registry keys under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services I noted that they were either configured as boot-start drivers or members of groups listed by name in the HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot subkeys, which means that they load even in Safe Mode, making system recovery extremely difficult if any of them have a bug that prevents the system from booting.
When I logged in again I discovered that the CD drive was missing from Explorer. Deleting the drivers had disabled the CD. Now I was really mad.
HAHAHa i'm reading the whole thing and it gets very amusing
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/1 ... ernet.html
I think people livin in usa and uk, owning sony cd-s may get pretty good money out of this one LOL
we are all atomic and subatomic particles and we are all wireless...
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