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General Category => Article Submissions => Topic started by: drilldown on January 17, 2006, 02:29:59 AM

Title: Sony Copyright protection went too far.
Post by: drilldown on January 17, 2006, 02:29:59 AM

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx (http://\"http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx\")

Sony embedded computer anti-piracy software in millions of music disks/downloads which were subsequently recalled due to its opening a backdoor virus opportunity in user's PCs.  The removal tool provided by Sony after recalling some 63M disks the software was put on, left a gaping security hole in Operating Systems.

Microsoft has apparently decided to fix the problem and presumably closed the security hole with this tool.  I assume it will only work on Win XP systems, as that is the only platform supported by their antispyware program.  I may be wrong, try it anyway.

Very big, little known/advertised problem in the music industry.

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