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Sony taking DRM way too far

By Per Hansson, TechSpot.com
Published: November 1, 2005, 4:16 AM EST
It all began after buying a music CD at Amazon, to the writer's surprise after a while he realized his computer was infected with what Rootkit Hunters classified as hidden programs. Read the full article if you are interested in seeing how far Sony went with their DRM software.

Rootkits are cloaking technologies that hide files, Registry keys, and other system objects from diagnostic and security software, and they are usually employed by malware attempting to keep their implementation hidden.

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spike
on November 2, 2005
4:52 AM
re-routing kernel level APIs?

Do the good people at Sony get requested by their in-house IT support people not to play sony CD's in the works computers?

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