Sony builds and distributes a RootKit

[Spike]

Sysinternals' Mark Russinovich has performed an analysis of the copy restriction measures deployed by Sony Music on its latest CDs: which he bluntly calls a 'root kit'. Using conventional tools to remove Sony's digital media malware will leave ordinary users with Windows systems unable to play CDs.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/01/sony_rootkit_drm/

 

[IronDuke]

Reda that. Very underhand. I went off Sony a while ago as they're one of the firms that try to make verything proprietory.