On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 01:48:36PM -0500, Steven Buehler wrote:
> Was only a matter of time...there is now a virus in the wild that
> accesses a system via Sony's DRM rootkit.
>
> http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/10/technology/sony_spyware.reut/index.htm
>
Note that, as we suggested, a class action suit has been filed against
Sony in light of this. Yesss! (Oh, did I say that out loud?)
It also says that Sophos will come out with a tool to remove "the
software". It's not clear from the article whether they mean the virus
itself, or the whole rootkit. If they develop software that removes the
Sony rootkit, does that make them guilty of "anti-circumvention"
violations of the DMCC?
Paul
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