[OT] Sony music installs secret malware gateway

[Andre Garzia]

On Nov 11, 2005, at 8:22 PM, Peter T. Evensen wrote:

> Just a clarification: from everything I read, you have to accept  
> the Sony EULA on Windows before it will install the rootkit, so it  
> isn't automatic on Windows.  The installer automatically runs, but  
> nothing is automatically installed unless you click ok.  So the  
> problem isn't the autorun, per se.
>
> But the EULA doesn't disclose that modifications to your OS will be  
> made...

It installs a friggin RootKit on the system!!!!!! And thats not all,  
the RootKit makes all files prefixed with $sys$ invisible to the  
average user, and that is already being exploited by Virus writers on  
the wild!!!!

Also sony has some CDs installing MACINTOSH DRM MODULES, yes, people  
don't know yet if it is a rootkit like above, but it installs two  
kernel extensions on OS X... Why the hell, CD-ROMs need to install  
Kernel level extensions... beware of sony. I'll neve accept a Sony  
EULA until further notice...

andre