f-secure.com— When will Sony-BMG learn? According to F-Secure, the German version of Mr. & Mrs. Smith has a tasty rootkit in it.
Feb 14, 2006View in Crawl 4
The PS3 isn't dead.. 99% of people who'll buy it haven't heard of this, and probobaly don't know what a rootkit is..Anyway, I agree with whoever said that it's just screwing people who bought the DVD.. A downloaded version is far safer, as you can't (easily) put rootkits in AVI files.. But then again, most people wouldn't know about thisAnd finaly, why only in the german version (Aparantly)..- Ben
I'm sorry, this DVD is distributed by Kinowelt Home in Germany and I'm sure they want to be Sony someday so they figured that they should do as $ony does. Now if they can only duplicate $ony's DRM scheme on blu-ray that only takes up 25 GB of space on a 50 GB disc. Talk about bloat, you'd think even $ony could make a more efficient DRM package. I know I don't have the space on my system to run blu-ray. I can't afford 25 GB of space just to play one of their lousy shows.
stisevFeb 14, 2006
DIGG++++++++++++++f**king sony
Closed AccountFeb 14, 2006
The PS3 isn't dead.. 99% of people who'll buy it haven't heard of this, and probobaly don't know what a rootkit is..Anyway, I agree with whoever said that it's just screwing people who bought the DVD.. A downloaded version is far safer, as you can't (easily) put rootkits in AVI files.. But then again, most people wouldn't know about thisAnd finaly, why only in the german version (Aparantly)..- Ben
jozer99Feb 14, 2006
Wow, mob mentality, Mr. & Mrs. Smith is distributed by 20th Century Fox. Never underestimate the destructive power of stupid people in large groups.
njankFeb 14, 2006
Report Problem: Inaccurate
rebradFeb 14, 2006
I'm sorry, this DVD is distributed by Kinowelt Home in Germany and I'm sure they want to be Sony someday so they figured that they should do as $ony does. Now if they can only duplicate $ony's DRM scheme on blu-ray that only takes up 25 GB of space on a 50 GB disc. Talk about bloat, you'd think even $ony could make a more efficient DRM package. I know I don't have the space on my system to run blu-ray. I can't afford 25 GB of space just to play one of their lousy shows.
lx805Feb 14, 2006
Correcting my previous post... the "teaser" is grossly inaccurate. The title is just inflammatory.
applepenguinFeb 14, 2006
I'm surprised the grammar nazis haven't caught the extra apostrophe in this headline yet...
bigeagleFeb 15, 2006
Spy Sweeper from Webroot Software (<a class="user" href="http://www.webroot.com/)">http://www.webroot.com/)</a> detects and removes rootkits.