Will Sony’s DRM nightmare affect future policies? | CNET News.com
Sony’s attempt at protecting its music CDs from piracy has turned into a tale of security woes that has quickly gone from bad to worse. New software on several of the company’s CDs installs a copy protection rootkit on a user’s PC once the license agreement on the disc is accepted. Virus writers jumped on the fact that Sony’s rootkit hides itself on users’ computers, and a few Trojan horses have been released that piggyback on the software, effectively hiding from antivirus software.
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