I know I'm new here and I was not kidding when I said sony placed a rootkit in the software disc that came the dvd/r/rw that I installed in my computer. My virus software picked it up pretty quick and its no longer there. But I understand that there are files left behind. I don't know what they are or how to find them. My solution to the whole thing is to wipe the hd and start over, my computer is in need of clean up anyway but now its become necessary.
Anyway nero was part of the software package, so I don't know for sure that nero doesn't have the rootkit or wasn't the reason for the rootkit to begin with, so I can't use the nero, don't know for sure the sony burner will work without it. But I can can try a different burner software. Thing is I don't know if its possible that whatever rootkit files that are left won't find their way into whatever software I install so that when I set up the computer again I don't just reinstall another rootkit.
One of the local computer shops around here says there is software out there (they didn't know what it is) somewhere that will pay attention to whats being written on a cd so that I would know if there is a rootkit being written on there, and (finally the question lol) I was wondering does anyone know what it is? If it would be able to stop the rootkit from being actually written on it that would be great too. Thanks for any info.
Carla
Anyway nero was part of the software package, so I don't know for sure that nero doesn't have the rootkit or wasn't the reason for the rootkit to begin with, so I can't use the nero, don't know for sure the sony burner will work without it. But I can can try a different burner software. Thing is I don't know if its possible that whatever rootkit files that are left won't find their way into whatever software I install so that when I set up the computer again I don't just reinstall another rootkit.
One of the local computer shops around here says there is software out there (they didn't know what it is) somewhere that will pay attention to whats being written on a cd so that I would know if there is a rootkit being written on there, and (finally the question lol) I was wondering does anyone know what it is? If it would be able to stop the rootkit from being actually written on it that would be great too. Thanks for any info.
Carla