[plug] [OT] Sony malware on Windows

[Chris Caston]

On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 11:55, Mr Shayne wrote:
> Mine gott. That things horrifying. Did you see the bit about the
> uninstaller activeX? Madness writ large.
> 
> Can't remember where I read it, but aparently microsoft is now listing the
> rootkit as malware in its antispyware offering (incidently , if you are
> maintaining winblows systems, the microsoft spyware thing is actually
> really good Ive found, and doesnt have all the
> uh-oh-cookies-sky-is-falling! scare crap that the others have).
> 
> 

Shame it appears you will need to buy longhorn if you want to keep using
it when it becomes "Windows defender"

Also for cleaning up all the crap that MS Anti-spyware, S&D and Adaware
miss I recommend a-sqaured hijack free:

http://www.hijackfree.com/en/




> 
> --
> Freedom's just another word for something new to regulate
> 
> On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Kai Jones wrote:
> 
> > Chris Caston wrote:
> >> On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 10:40, Kai Jones wrote:
> >>> Chris Caston wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 10:24, Kai Jones wrote:
> >>>>> Sorta the same info written in a different way at this URL:
> >>>>> http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=997
> >>>> There's also something about LGPL violations and the inclusion of VLCs
> >>>> libdvdcss or something similar.
> >>>>
> >>>> regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Chris
> >>>>
> >>> This ?
> >>> http://hack.fi/~muzzy/sony-drm/
> >>
> >> Yes:
> >>
> >> "ECDPlayerControl.ocx
> >>
> >> Infringes copyrights on LGPL and GPL code, does things illegal under
> >> DMCA and EUCD
> >>
> >>
> >> The party just keeps on going. In addition to above mentioned LAME code
> >> found here, it appears there's GPL code as well. I'm not a lawyer, but
> >> this could be a DMCA/EUCD violation too? The code in question is VLC's
> >> demux/mp4/drms.c -- the de-DRMS code which circumvents Apple's DRM. The
> >> control flow is the same, the constants are equal, the two magic arrays
> >> are equivalent as well. This includes the p_secret2 string which is
> >> rot13'd Apply copyright string (used as data).
> >> "
> >
> > Yep, I'm no programmer but that page is a good read.
> > Now all this is public Sony could be in for a lot more than what they
> > bargained for...
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