For those of you who bought Sony CDs and are worried about the rootkit,

[camwyn]

Sophos Antivirus has a tool you may be interested in.

This version of the tool detects and disables the Sony DRM cloaking copy protection technology (which Sophos refers to as Troj/RKProc-Fam) It also detects and disables other Trojans, including the Troj/Stinx variants Troj/Stinx-E and Troj/Stinx-F, which are stealthed by Troj/RKProc-Fam.

Comments

[nesmith.livejournal.com]

I figure you might know this--any word on whether these things mess up Macs? I don't buy that many CDs these days, but I will be majorly pissed if I buy a Sony CD and it screws up my laptop.

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

Programs for windows seldom run on Macs, so I'd be really surprised if it did anything at all on a Mac.

[nesmith.livejournal.com]

Good, so I don't have to worry yet.

[brashley46.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, you could just finally pull the pin and switch to Linux.

And boycott Sony out of general principles ... anybody dumb enough to expect to make money by damaging computer systems just doesn't realise Bill Gates already has the market cornered.

[issen4.livejournal.com]

May I rec googlebrat's current original anthropomor fic Cybersex which uses this as a plot point?

[condotierre.livejournal.com]

Unrelated note, Og, but can y'toss me your current addy? :) I have an Asia Heritage magazine with Zheng He in it for you. Woot for people who can't appreciate good magazines, resulting in a surplus of them sitting there not moving!

[camwyn]

Sure, no problem. What email addr do you want me to use?

Oh, and His Nibs apparently made an appearance in National Geographic about a month ago, judging by the 'OMGTHANKYOU!!!' letters to the editor from people of Asian ancestry.