Immunize Against Sony’s DRM Rootkit with New Security Tool
There’s finally an easy way to protect yourself against Sony Music’s security-crippling copy protection rootkit. Anyone with recent Sony CDs in their collection should check this out pronto.
If the security scare about Sony’s over-zealous DRM efforts is news to you, Les Jenkins offers a good run-down in a recent entry. The very latest news can be found at Mark’s Sysinternals, where they’re waging an all-out crusade against Sony’s actions.
Other noteworthy links about the Sony rootkit fiasco:
- The latest release of Microsoft’s anti-spyware tool will also remove the rootkit.
- The state of Texas is suing Sony for breaking the state’s anti-spyware law.
- The Electronic Freedom Foundation has a list of CDs that are affected by the rootkit.
- Sony is pulling CDs with the controversial copy protection from store shelves, and offering customer’s who’ve already purchased “infected” discs a swap for clean ones.
(Props: Stupid Evil Bastard, Talking Spyware, Mr. Tweak, and SEB again)
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