Sony, Rootkits And Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far

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Sony, Rootkits And Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far Imhotep 11-01-2005
Posted by Imhotep on November 1, 2005, 10:08 pm
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"Last week when I was testing the latest version of RootkitRevealer (RKR) I
ran a scan on one of my systems and was shocked to see evidence of a
rootkit. Rootkits are cloaking technologies that hide files, Registry keys,
and other system objects from diagnostic and security software, and they
are usually employed by malware attempting to keep their implementation
hidden (see my ?Unearthing Rootkits? article from thre June issue of
Windows IT Pro Magazine for more information on rootkits). The RKR results
window reported a hidden directory, several hidden device drivers, and a
hidden application:"

http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html

Imhotep


Posted by AustinHoliday on November 2, 2005, 4:24 am
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Great article and awesome program. I've stopped buying any music that
has DRM as they don't work on my car CD player.

--Austin

Imhotep wrote:
> "Last week when I was testing the latest version of RootkitRevealer (RKR) I
> ran a scan on one of my systems and was shocked to see evidence of a
> rootkit. Rootkits are cloaking technologies that hide files, Registry keys,
> and other system objects from diagnostic and security software, and they
> are usually employed by malware attempting to keep their implementation
> hidden (see my ?Unearthing Rootkits? article from thre June issue of
> Windows IT Pro Magazine for more information on rootkits). The RKR results
> window reported a hidden directory, several hidden device drivers, and a
> hidden application:"
>
> http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html
>
> Imhotep



Posted by Moe Trin on November 2, 2005, 2:03 pm
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In the Usenet newsgroup comp.security.misc, in article

>"Last week when I was testing the latest version of RootkitRevealer (RKR)

Oh ghod, another one?

>I ran a scan on one of my systems and was shocked to see evidence of a
>rootkit. Rootkits are cloaking technologies that hide files, Registry keys,

Ah, it's just another windoze anti-malware thingy. I was confusing it
with 'chkrootkit' (http://www.chkrootkit.org/) and 'rkhunter'
(http://www.rootkit.nl/) which are relatively useless windoze wannabe kits
for *nix. I wish people would chose more appropriate names. 'root' is a
UNIX user, or has microsoft invented a new username?

Old guy


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