blogs.zdnet.com— It seems like at least one major spyware/antivirus company has the nads to take on Sony. Will Sony sue to have their name removed from every blacklist?
Nov 9, 2005View in Crawl 4
Great news to hear! I hate how Sony is playing it off like "Most don't even know what a rootkit is so why do they care?"Its like telling people... hackers use *insert l33t tacking term*, but you don't know what it is so you shouldn't care about it.
I wonder if other sony products do this. I have a sony program called Acid that I now fear may have this or another kind of rootkit. It does try to access the internet (presumably to try and get more samples or look for updates) but I have all access to the internet disable for it. But I just wonder.
Excellent - now even the people who don't know or care but still use PestPatrol (a large number) will be protected. Hopefully Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy will follow suit, so those cheap bastards like myself will get protection. But I guess I don't need protection if I don't buy CDs anyway...
"BAH!! I own a Mac.... I think i will just sit here and be smug.."It's funny because everyone is fighting over real estate on windows machines ... but nobody cares about macs. =P
The problem is much bigger then just Sony/BMG the problem is with the corporate music industry itself. While Computer Associates software identifying and removing Sony's Root-Kit DRM software is certainly needed, it's not the end. Customers can boycott all Sony products in mass worldwide, and it would have little impact on Sony. What needs to happen, needs to happen from within the industry. Artists, Producers and Writers need to stop rewarding the big labels by renewing their contracts and/or giving them product to sell (recording and distribution) with all recording industry companies like Sony/BMG. It is very hard for a company to grow it's profits if they can not attract new talent and if their big name talent as moved on and left them behind. As long as the Artists do nothing and give the industry product to sell, Sony/BMG and the rest of the industry will not change.Artist such as U2, Sting, Sheryl Crow and Rod Stewart no longer need a record company to sell millions of albums, the other few hundred or so, big to moderate named artists typical are at a point where they are on or developing their own label anyway. The big name Recoding Company then just becomes their distributor, such as Madonna's Maverick label. These Artist owned small labels, operate inside the big labels, these small artist owned labels are the key to breaking up the recording industry. These small labels need to become truly independent from the major label. These days the only artists that make any money, at all, from the sells of their own CDs and MP3 are independent artists.I have not purchased a CD from an artist signed to a major label in over 5 years. There is so many great independent artists such as Gypsy Soul, Croc_Shop.sea and so many, many more that I could never name them all. I have not missed anything in talent, entertainment or quality of the performance for my money, in most respects all of the independent artist's CDs I have purchased over the years is much better then the artist signed to major label contracts, as a bonus must independent artist charge less for their CDs too.My take on the whole thing is simple. Stop buying products by any artist who is released or distributed by a major Recording Company (no CDs, DVDs, Concerts, T-shirts, TV/Radio broadcasts, Movies, Magazines or anything else). By all means feel free to write/post/blog your feeling about it too.
This is great news, I just have a question...Does this mean that we have to go buy a new program of PestPatrol? Because I have PestPatrol and run it, it is finding the Sony Rootkits but won't delete them any more than another program.
heartless_Nov 9, 2005
Great news to hear! I hate how Sony is playing it off like "Most don't even know what a rootkit is so why do they care?"Its like telling people... hackers use *insert l33t tacking term*, but you don't know what it is so you shouldn't care about it.
copperkiddNov 9, 2005
I've been using PestPatrol for a couple of years now and love it. This is awesome! Go CA!Just updated my defs and confirmed that it's in there.
dayyveNov 10, 2005
Someone needs to find the nads to drop 18 million gallons of nads on the Sony corporate offices.
kuth678Nov 10, 2005
I hope webroot spysweeper follows suit. I use their enteprise product on the computers at work.
aphextwinNov 10, 2005
I wonder if other sony products do this. I have a sony program called Acid that I now fear may have this or another kind of rootkit. It does try to access the internet (presumably to try and get more samples or look for updates) but I have all access to the internet disable for it. But I just wonder.
lycolocoNov 10, 2005
Excellent - now even the people who don't know or care but still use PestPatrol (a large number) will be protected. Hopefully Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy will follow suit, so those cheap bastards like myself will get protection. But I guess I don't need protection if I don't buy CDs anyway...
sandinshoeNov 10, 2005
"the word 'nads'is not in the dictionary"Googled nads...one entry: <a class="user" href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nads">http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nads</a>PestPatrol is looking good.
mckennageNov 10, 2005
Fight back! See <a class="user" href="http://henage.net/dan/security/sony-rootkit.html">http://henage.net/dan/security/sony-rootkit.html</a> for ideas.
laughterkillsmeNov 10, 2005
"BAH!! I own a Mac.... I think i will just sit here and be smug.."It's funny because everyone is fighting over real estate on windows machines ... but nobody cares about macs. =P
dewaynesmithNov 10, 2005
"BAH!! I own a Mac.... I think i will just sit here and be smug.."<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/apple/Sony_DRM_affecting_Macs">http://digg.com/apple/Sony_DRM_affecting_Macs</a>
petraxNov 11, 2005
The problem is much bigger then just Sony/BMG the problem is with the corporate music industry itself. While Computer Associates software identifying and removing Sony's Root-Kit DRM software is certainly needed, it's not the end. Customers can boycott all Sony products in mass worldwide, and it would have little impact on Sony. What needs to happen, needs to happen from within the industry. Artists, Producers and Writers need to stop rewarding the big labels by renewing their contracts and/or giving them product to sell (recording and distribution) with all recording industry companies like Sony/BMG. It is very hard for a company to grow it's profits if they can not attract new talent and if their big name talent as moved on and left them behind. As long as the Artists do nothing and give the industry product to sell, Sony/BMG and the rest of the industry will not change.Artist such as U2, Sting, Sheryl Crow and Rod Stewart no longer need a record company to sell millions of albums, the other few hundred or so, big to moderate named artists typical are at a point where they are on or developing their own label anyway. The big name Recoding Company then just becomes their distributor, such as Madonna's Maverick label. These Artist owned small labels, operate inside the big labels, these small artist owned labels are the key to breaking up the recording industry. These small labels need to become truly independent from the major label. These days the only artists that make any money, at all, from the sells of their own CDs and MP3 are independent artists.I have not purchased a CD from an artist signed to a major label in over 5 years. There is so many great independent artists such as Gypsy Soul, Croc_Shop.sea and so many, many more that I could never name them all. I have not missed anything in talent, entertainment or quality of the performance for my money, in most respects all of the independent artist's CDs I have purchased over the years is much better then the artist signed to major label contracts, as a bonus must independent artist charge less for their CDs too.My take on the whole thing is simple. Stop buying products by any artist who is released or distributed by a major Recording Company (no CDs, DVDs, Concerts, T-shirts, TV/Radio broadcasts, Movies, Magazines or anything else). By all means feel free to write/post/blog your feeling about it too.
swimsportyDec 6, 2005
This is great news, I just have a question...Does this mean that we have to go buy a new program of PestPatrol? Because I have PestPatrol and run it, it is finding the Sony Rootkits but won't delete them any more than another program.