Virus writers are exploiting Sony's controversial anti-piracy software to hide their malicious creations. In late October Sony was found to be using stealth techniques to hide software that stopped some of its CDs being illegally copied. Now three virus variants have been found that use the Sony software to evade detection by anti-virus programs. The rootkit is also installed on Mac OS X systems.
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Member since:2005-09-15
>>So does Windows if you run non-admin. So what?
Yea but the problem with running non-admin in Windows is it prevents you from actually doing anything except use your word processor. Between a/v programs constantly telling you to switch to admin so it can install latest update, the many many "XP" programs that STILL won't work in non-admin mode its a pain the arse to run non-admin if not impossible.
This is of course because MSFT crippled XP Home so badly. There never should have been a "Pro" vs. "Home" but as usual there they were telling us the way things should be.
On another note the one to blame about this whole crap Sony pulled is our Congressmen (or in this case WOMEN!) Back during the Napster trial I wrote my Congresswomen in Washington State that this kind of crap is what would happen because the Napster trial was really about the industry trying to keep any other business model for music being created that they didn't come up with. Her answer? - I actually got a letter back from her basically saying "tough titty said the kitty" and that she sides with the industry. Even though I didn't say to side with Napster I said this is really about shutting out any new system. The party affiliation of the congresswomen?
----drum roll please------
Not a male, white, rich Republican! But a white rich woman DEMOCRAT! So stick that in your pipe and smoke it people that are so deluded into thinking democrats are for the comman man and all that BS.
Edited 2005-11-13 08:09
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2005-07-07
So does Windows if you run non-admin. So what?
Problem was that typical user just wants to listen music, and he (just) installs software.
It is well known, that most of the people
- don't read license
- click agree without thinking. The (Next, next...) step just annoys them, nothing else.
- click next on anything that pops up
Once rootkit is installed, no user auth will help you. And Mac has even bigger problem here than Windows. peeople on Windows don't feel secure and at least think a bit (but that would be a tiny, tiny bit) more.