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RE: (TV) bummer



At 2:41 PM -0500 12/9/05, Scott Simpson wrote:
Completely new to this.  So you're saying that if I play a Sony cd on my
computer it infects my computer?

Kind of. It installs software without your consent (or, on Macs, prompts you to install such software) in such a way that it leaves your system vulnerable to certain known attacks. But that's not the really fun part. The really fun part is that the "fix" offered by Sony leaves your machine in even worse shape.

More here:
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/14/sony_anticustomer_te.html
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/17/sony_rootkit_roundup.html
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/21/sony_rootkit_drm_rou.html
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/03/sony_rootkit_roundup.html
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