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New M$ now providing tools to clean this up
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Microsoft will update its security tools to detect and remove part of the copy protection tools installed on PCs when some music CDs are played.

The Redmond, Wash., software maker has determined that the "rootkit" piece of the XCP software on some Sony BMG Music Entertainment CDs can pose a security risk to Windows PCs, according to a posting Saturday to a Microsoft corporate Web log.

The Sony BMG software installs itself deeply inside a hard drive when a CD is played on a PC. The technology uses rootkit techniques to hide itself. Experts blasted the cloaking mechanism, saying it could be abused by virus writers. The first remote-control Trojan horses that take advantage of the veil provided by Sony BMG have surfaced.

To protect Windows users, Microsoft plans to update Windows AntiSpyware and the Malicious Software Removal Tool as well as the online scanner on Windows Live Safety Center to detect and remove the Sony BMG software, the software maker said in its blog.
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Expand Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:57:02 AM EDT
New To answer your question: No
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     Play a Sony BMG music CD, get a rootkit. - (Another Scott) - (29)
         ya beat me - (Steve Lowe)
         As my boss said when I showed him this - (Silverlock)
         Patch to be posted - (admin) - (10)
             I'm sure the whole issue is windows only -NT - (tuberculosis) - (6)
                 Re: I'm sure the whole issue is windows only - (andread) - (5)
                     from Sony's FAQ - (SpiceWare) - (4)
                         Reason to buy a MacMini? -NT - (Another Scott) - (3)
                             Reason to disable AutoPlay under Windows right away. :) -NT - (inthane-chan) - (2)
                                 Did you need one before? - (hnick) - (1)
                                     Nope. - (inthane-chan)
             Patch site is IE only; - (Steve Lowe) - (2)
                 the patch that isn't - (cforde) - (1)
                     No, it isn't 'write once' . . . - (Andrew Grygus)
         Charlie has a followup at TheInquirer. - (Another Scott) - (1)
             And a lengthy rant on Intel + Beast + sheeple - (Ashton)
         And in some good news... - (a6l6e6x)
         that didn't take long - (SpiceWare)
         Artists Need to Sue Sony - (andread) - (3)
             I heard SwitchFoot are considering something like that. - (static) - (2)
                 They're at least telling fans how to get around it. - (Steve Lowe) - (1)
                     Aye. - (static)
         Triumph - for now anyway. - (Steve Lowe)
         M$ now providing tools to clean this up - (tuberculosis) - (1)
             To answer your question: No -NT - (drewk)
         It Gets Worse - (andread) - (3)
             Taking lessons from usoft, I see :) -NT - (Steve Lowe) - (2)
                 And more widespread. - (folkert) - (1)
                     Ugh! Capital punishment would be too kind! -NT - (a6l6e6x)
         EFF's letter to Sony (they can use a few $$) - (Ashton)

Duuuude...?
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