German DVDs of the movie 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' carry a digital rights management (DRM) software with rootkit features, according to F-Secure. Settec Alpha-DISC copy protection hides its processes from the user, but unlike the Sony XCP rootkit it cannot hide other files and programs, making it less of a threat. Settec offers an uninstaller for its DRM, but F-Secure vice-president Antti Vihavainen argues that program should never hide themselves from users or the administrators responsible for the maintenance of a machine.
Source: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1926917,00.asp
German DVDs of the movie 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' carry a digital rights management (DRM) software with rootkit features, according to F-Secure. Settec Alpha-DISC copy protection hides its processes from the user, but unlike the Sony XCP rootkit it cannot hide other files and programs, making it less of a threat. Settec offers an uninstaller for its DRM, but F-Secure vice-president Antti Vihavainen argues that program should never hide themselves from users or the administrators responsible for the maintenance of a machine.
Source: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1926917,00.asp
Hi chiawaikian, most of this subject is already here
http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?showtopic=4170
DHS: Sony rootkit may lead to regulation
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopic...,108793,00.html
DHS (Department of Homeland Security) is gettin upset about Sony and companies distributing things with rootkits and spyware.