Skip to primary content

The Musings of Chris Samuel

Computers, science, archaeology and other random burblings

Main menu

  • Home
  • Photo Galleries
  • Software
    • Vacation Email Responder

Post navigation

← Previous Next →

Sony “DRM” Rootkit Horror Story

Posted on November 2, 2005 by Chris Samuel

This is evil folks – read it and weep..

Sony music CD player software installs software that is uses rootkit & spyware like functionality and can kill your computer – if you are using Windows..

If you want another scare – look at this that claims over 80% of corporate (read MS Windows) PC’s are infected with spyware.

Related Posts

  • Rumours of 0day OpenSSH exploit in the wild (Updated – hoax!)Rumours of 0day OpenSSH exploit in the wild (Updated – hoax!)
  • Total solar eclipse in far north Queensland, 14th Nov 2012Total solar eclipse in far north Queensland, 14th Nov 2012
  • BBC Reports 9 Dead in BaliBBC Reports 9 Dead in Bali
  • Another Problem for SCOAnother Problem for SCO
  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-30Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-30
  • More Scarey Australian Copyright Braindeadness..More Scarey Australian Copyright Braindeadness..
This entry was posted in Computers by Chris Samuel. Bookmark the permalink.
Proudly powered by WordPress