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Posted by Goro on 02/16/06 15:34
unclejr wrote:
> Goro wrote:
> > I'm
> > already holding my breath in fear every time I put a new CD in my PC,
> > now I have to do the same thing with my DVDs? Not cool.
>
> IAWTP. The CD part is easy to avoid as I don't buy SONY CDs, anyway.
> However, it's virtually unpossible to not buy a SONY DVD, since they
> now they own the rights to seemingly every film these days.
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> SONY ARccOS doesn't bother me as it doesn't infiltrate and cripple my
> PC like a rootkit would.
>
> -Junior
There's a surprising lack of info on this right now. Exactly how does
it install? Is it a stealth install or does it do the SUnComm thing
where it shows a EULA (and installs regardless of you selecting AGREE
or DISAGREE)? What processes are installed and how do they run? Is it
possible for a virus to leverage this stealthing process? (prolly just
a matter of time). What exactly does the process do? Is there a
"phone home" like Sony's? Does it collect data? Does it scan the
harddrive?
Anything that does an unwanted install is bad, very bad. And the full
ramifications should come out soon. And now, the Blame game gets to
start, too. Who distributes MR AND MRS SMITH in Germany? It was FOX
in the US; is it FOX in Germany? So are there indications that other
FOX titles are rootkitted?
yaghghghhgghh!!!
All the more reason to not buy DVDs. Good job, guys!
-goro-
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