The Sony Rootkits Story Continues in Court.

[Underheaven]

If anyone has run the official XCP uninstaller

If anyone has run the official XCP uninstaller:

UPDATE: If youre technically sophisticated, and you have run the XCP uninstaller on your computer, you may be able to help us in our investigations. It wont take long. Please contact Alex to volunteer. Thanks.

webpage url:
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[RJARRRPCGP]

XCP sucks, because it can intendedly make corrupted CDs so that your PC can't recognise them!!!

There's already a web site that has declared some CDs as corrupted, because of being unreadable in PC CD drives.

[al1uk]

Sony has started to recall the cds with the protection.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4441928.stm

[Hakira]

Sony has started to recall the cds with the protection.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4441928.stm

hehe, sonys loseing big with all of this DRM buil S***... Serves them right..

[Underheaven]

...

Well it seems Sony requires you to install an ActiveX program before starting the uninstall.

1. You fill out an uninstall request on Sony’s web site.

2. Sony sends you an email with a link to a second request form. When you follow this link, Sony’s site automatically installs a piece of software–an ActiveX control created by First4Internet–called CodeSupport.

3. After delay, Sony sends another email with a link to a third web page that removes the copy protection software. However, the CodeSupport component remains on your computer indefinitely.

Due to a serious design flaw, the CodeSupport component allows any web site you visit to download and run software on your computer. A malicious web site author can write an evil program, package up that program appropriately, put the packaged code at some URL, and then write a web page that causes CodeSupport to download and run code from that URL.

webpage url:

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=928

[Sabrehawk]

Stop bashing this company just because some morons
have made a stupid mistake (probably out of mere ignorance as well)

Im not a Sony Fanboy or nothing but this company has
brought many new things to the people that we all love and
use or used in the past and they are not in a good financial
situation too...i hope this wont break their neck what a
stupid way to fuck up a such great name as sony.

[AnalCobra]

The new version of AnyDVD tackles Sony DRM Rootkit.
Look at slysoft.com.
I havn't tested it, yet.

[Underheaven]

Sabrehawk you're right about being mean to sony. If I uploaded a picture of my electronics stack near my TV you'd see a lot of sony. I do like the company.

[Hakira]

Stop bashing this company just because some morons
have made a stupid mistake (probably out of mere ignorance as well)

Im not a Sony Fanboy or nothing but this company has
brought many new things to the people that we all love and
use or used in the past and they are not in a good financial
situation too...i hope this wont break their neck what a
stupid way to fuck up a such great name as sony.

we never ment to bash the sony name, we just are pointing out how some ways to gain control of profit leaks are bad and hurt the corporation in the long run. Also as far as I can see sonys still in the green, they however will be in the red next year because they are going to lose so much on the PS3... a current estimate of $599 probly wont go over too well with most consumers, and they also need to buy games as well...

[AmphetaMarinE]

Maybe you guys will find this link interesting..... (think... easily bypassing sonys rootkit drm method )

[Hakira]

Maybe you guys will find this link interesting..... (think... easily bypassing sonys rootkit drm method )

LOL. sticky tape... dont think Im going to try that in my drive but hey all the power to the people with this one...