Article:
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html
The guy who first posted this on a Porsche forum said this:
DRM - RIAA kicks it up a notch
Okay, this is all over my head. Is this important?
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html
The guy who first posted this on a Porsche forum said this:
DRM - RIAA kicks it up a notch
Hard-core computer guys will find this interesting, the rest of you risk your eyes glazing over.
Synopsis: record companies are bundling DRM software on CD's, but not telling you about it, and you couldn't remove it even if you knew it was there. This s/w embeds itself in the Windows OS & registry and hides itself in the same fasion that the virus/malware/spyware guys do, and it needlessly sucks up CPU from then on. When the author disabled the malware (spade == spade), it disabled the CD device.
So if you buy a legit CD, and try to play it on your PC, you risk hosing your OS. This exploit even set itself up to run in Safe Mode.
Okay, this is all over my head. Is this important?