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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Sony, DRM & Rootkits

Sony BMG is currently using a rootkit-based DRM system on some CD records sold in USA.


The system is implemented in a way that makes it possible for viruses (or any other malicious program) to use the rootkit to hide themselves too. This may lead to a situation where the virus remains undetected even if the user has got updated antivirus software installed.


The quotes above were taken from F-Secure - The whole article is here.

Posted by Matthew Carrick at 8:41.34 AM EST | Permanent Link
| Categories: Adware/Spyware Alerts, Privacy Issues, Security Alerts