More dirt on Sony's outrageous rootkit

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:17 am

It's pretty disgusting.
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/1 ... aking.html

Reponse from the creators of the rootkit:
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/1 ... ernet.html

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:33 am

Sony BMG's Thomas Hesse:

most people i think don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it

link

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:45 am

What an idiot

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:56 am

I like that guy's style - surgical, cool, and deadly.

(talking about Russinovich of course)

Post by **mjrpes** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:30 am

This made NPR? Haha.... soniownt.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:31 am

Blogownt.

edit: fuck, i may've just created a virus, and it's such a llama type.

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:37 pm

This was a bit disturbing:
"I think that the scariest part of this whole fiasco is that now Mr. Russinovich is liable under the DMCA (under the Circumvention provisions - a prohibition on the removal of copyright management information (CMI) [1202(b)]). I would suggest that he consult with his attorneys forthwith before those A-Holes at Sony file charges."

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:37 pm

let the marketing begin!!

AnyDVD tackles Sony DRM Rootkit Virus!
If AnyDVD is installed and active on your PC, the new so-called "Sony DRM Rootkit Virus" has no access to your system and the affected audio CD appears unprotected regardless! Another good reason to get AnyDVD!

http://www.slysoft.com/en/

Post by **^misantropia^** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:01 pm

Fun stuff, apparently people are using this rootkit to hide hacks from PB and similar anti-cheat programs. But nothing confirmed yet (as far as I'm aware of anyway).

Post by **Underpants?** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:21 pm

arrogance, ambiguities and Asians... some kind of possible connection?

Post by **Psyche911** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:23 am

^misantropia^ wrote:Fun stuff, apparently people are using this rootkit to hide hacks from PB and similar anti-cheat programs. But nothing confirmed yet (as far as I'm aware of anyway).

They used it to cheat on World of Warcraft. I don't see why they couldn't use the same meathod to beat PB.

Fucking Sony.

Post by **eepberries** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:07 am

This is probably the first time I've come onto this side of things, but

fuck sony

Post by **Fender** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:10 am

riddla wrote:Dont forget, Sony is also the company shoving blue-ray down people's throats when HD-DVD is a better choice.

I thought it was the other way around. HD-DVD has a smaller long term capacity.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:52 pm

a partial list of CD's containing rootkit techniques

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:13 pm

i REALLY wanted to get the new Switchfoot too, but not now.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:21 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i REALLY wanted to get the new Switchfoot too, but not now.

If you want, I'll use my razor blade to switch your feet around. Talk about pigeon footed!

your burning desire to be switchfooted is mirrored by the burning desire these two males have for each other:

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:08 pm

Post by **Grudge** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:18 pm

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest ... ?cid=76351

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:24 am

heh...
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/av ... aries.html

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:26 am

Dr_Watson wrote:heh...
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/av ... aries.html

This risk can be detected only by Symantec products that support security risks. For more information on security risks, please go here.

that'll last for a week.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:28 am

Grudge wrote:http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/collateral.aspx?cid=76351

as far as some of these CD's go (Switchfoot's for sure), you cannot play the music on any other media player other than the one that's on the CD.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:36 am

moff to felate my rabbit

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:37 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Dr_Watson wrote:heh...
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/av ... aries.html

This risk can be detected only by Symantec products that support security risks. For more information on security risks, please go here.
that'll last for a week.

not sure what you mean... unless Symantec's legal team lets them classify it as a virus, it will only be picked up by the apps with "threat protection"
Norton*.* is not one of them.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:10 am

Dr_Watson wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Dr_Watson wrote:heh...
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/av ... aries.html

This risk can be detected only by Symantec products that support security risks. For more information on security risks, please go here.
that'll last for a week.
not sure what you mean... unless Symantec's legal team lets them classify it as a virus, it will only be picked up by the apps with "threat protection"
Norton*.* is not one of them.

so you're saying that no other antivirus company can legally classify it as a virus? that's what i meant by "one week" is that the rest of the companies will be doing the same and Symantec can't say that it can only be detected by them.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:22 am

ah... must be the wording...
they're only saying that it will only be detected by their products that support threat detection. (ie, not just AV)
i know trend micro will also clean it, but also its classified as a "threat" not a "virus"
heh, interestingly its been boosting sales of client security... shit like this has been making companies paranoid, since any employee that stuffs a music cd into a computer on the network is now capable of causing issues.