theregister.co.uk — Sony-BMG's rootkit DRM technology which masks files whose filenames start with "$sys$", has been taken advantage of. A newly-discovered variant of of the Breplibot Trojan is using the mask to hide the file "$sys$drv.exe" in the Windows system directory.
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bugmenot2Nov 10, 2005
SONY GONNA GET PWNT.<a class="user" href="http://www.gamerzplanet.net/forums/t158170-digg-preview.html">http://www.gamerzplanet.net/forums/t158170-digg-preview.html</a>
dahipNov 10, 2005
Don't steal songs...do the right thing and buy our CD's so you can get hacked...TOOLS!!!!People should not only stop buying Sony products but recording artists should consider going elsewhere. It's not their fault Sony's turned in to the Mafia.
caldrounNov 10, 2005
Good thing I haven't purchased any music other than digital.Idiots.
adml_shakeNov 10, 2005
>>Sophos plans to issue a tool later today which will detect the existence of Sony's DRM copy-protection on Windows computers, disable it, and prevent it from re-installing.>>Thats like getting your car washed and a I'm sorry from the guy who got caught stealing it. They should have to pay for this.
dbassNov 10, 2005
Sweet!Way to go $ony - dumb asses.Yet another reason to run Mac OS X. Their protection doesn't work on OS X.
maxxdamageNov 10, 2005
I went to www.sony.com and did I search for rootkit. Of course there weren't any results, so I hit my back button in Firefox and I got a page that says "If you're seeing this page via a web browser, it means you've setup Tomcat successfully. Congratulations!" You'd think they would fix that.
bfbdiggstechNov 12, 2005
Sony & BMG is compromising us all. Sony and BMG are now on my list of companies to boycott. The only way to get your point across is to not support their products and services. How arrogant! This is one time I hope the lawyers have their day in courts across the country.