Rootkit Inside _ Sony’s Special Music
In case you haven’t heard Sony got caught putting rootkits on consumer’s computers in a attempt to stop people from copying their music.
The Problem is a rootkit allows for all kinds of nasty stuff to happen to your computer and there has already been one virus written to exploit the Sony Rootkit.
More info on the Rootkit here EFF
In an effort to inform consumers and replace the FBI warning on new CDs Sony has opted to start using a new identifying logo on their “infected” CDs
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