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[chiawaikian]

German DVDs of the movie 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' carry a digital rights management (DRM) software with rootkit features, according to F-Secure. Settec Alpha-DISC copy protection hides its processes from the user, but unlike the Sony XCP rootkit it cannot hide other files and programs, making it less of a threat. Settec offers an uninstaller for its DRM, but F-Secure vice-president Antti Vihavainen argues that program should never hide themselves from users or the administrators responsible for the maintenance of a machine.

Source: http://www.eweek.com...,1926917,00.asp

[hazelnut]

chiawaikian, on Feb 17 2006, 10:58 AM, said:

German DVDs of the movie 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' carry a digital rights management (DRM) software with rootkit features, according to F-Secure. Settec Alpha-DISC copy protection hides its processes from the user, but unlike the Sony XCP rootkit it cannot hide other files and programs, making it less of a threat. Settec offers an uninstaller for its DRM, but F-Secure vice-president Antti Vihavainen argues that program should never hide themselves from users or the administrators responsible for the maintenance of a machine.

Source: http://www.eweek.com...,1926917,00.asp

Hi chiawaikian, most of this subject is already here

http://forum.ccleane...?showtopic=4170

[Eldmannen]

DHS: Sony rootkit may lead to regulation
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopic...,108793,00.html

DHS (Department of Homeland Security) is gettin upset about Sony and companies distributing things with rootkits and spyware.

[chiawaikian]

Sorry hazelnut.