SONY throws in the towel ... for now.

Thread at DSLR/BBR (started by Kevin (BOClean)):

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14783731

With links to:
SecurityFocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/45

techdirt.com
http://techdirt.com/articles/20051102/103241_F.shtml

And a quote from Kevin:

 

Did any BOClean user actually have a look at the Covered Trojans list?
Can also be looked at here:
http://www.nsclean.com/trolist.html

You would have seen this:
7379. SONYROOTDRM
7380. SONYROOTKIT
7381. SONYROOTKIT2

 

PS:

In some way I have to make apologies:
I suppose there are more than one threads here at the Wilders board concerning the Sony-DRM-rootkit issue.
I haven't read all those threads, nor did I collect all the links to those threads.....

 

Kevin also mentioned Universal Music Group. Does this cover them also? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14783731

 

Hi The Hammer,

Yes, I saw it too that Kevin mentioned that.
At the moment I am not sure about the answer...
(sorry, I'm not home for awhile now).

Cheers, Jan.

 

And a quote from Kevin:
Quote:
We will make a FREE removal tool available as time permits as SONY appears to be making IST, CoolWebSearch and Aurora look like the good guys.


Yes, and now that Sony has led the way they'll all be using these rootkit tricks more than likely.

I won't be buying any Sony products for some time after this BS!

 

Sony halts hacking technology, at least temporarily

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10005667/

Acadia