This actually is old news, but this could be 2005's hottest story.
Sony has been found to install illegal Trojan-horse-based digital restrictions management (DRM) technology that installs itself as a
rootkit on Windows PCs.
People who purchase certain Sony Music CDs are most likely subject to this rootkit - camouflaged as a CD player software - being installed on their machines. According to
Sysinternals' Mark Russinovich the kit installs itself in hidden directories and attempts to mask its existence as "Essential System Tools". For 2006, Sony is planning to use this software for Windows and MacOS in Europe for "copy protection" purposes too. In the meantime, the first variations of
malicious software have been found to utilize the rootkit technology.
Here's more info and details:
Microsoft 'Concerned' by Sony DRM.
Thanks, Sony.
Oh ... just to quote Chris' blog again:
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Originally Posted by Chris
"I wouldn't touch any Sony BMG CD with a six foot barge pole."
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