[LINK] Sony's Rootkit

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Paul Brooks wrote:

>Robert Hart wrote:
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>>rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au wrote:
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>>>Linkers,
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>>>You may have noticed the story regarding Sony's DRM rootkit: play the 
>>>copy-protected CD in your PC, and it installs a hidden process which 
>>>according to F-Secure could easily become a target vector for virus 
>>>writers, and is difficult and dangerous to remove because you have to 
>>>delete registry entries on a one-by-one basis. The original story is 
>>>at www.sysinternals.com.
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>>This is a very good example of something link perhaps might take on in 
>>terms of trying to assist the press. I know there used to be Journos 
>>lurking here (I have previously been contacted by them after posting) 
>>but I don't know if there are any now. If so, I am sure the Link 
>>combined brain would be happy to assist in explaining technical issues 
>>so that you can report this completely overboard action by Sony.
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>Maybe its me, but did anyone else find it amusing for Robert to be 
>talking about whether there were any journos on the list any more, while 
>replying to a note from Richard Chirgwin?
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Ahh, to my shame, I have to say "analyst and former editor". O filthy 
lucre ...

RC

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