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Created: Tuesday, July 24 2007 04:58.02 CDT

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Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far

Author: djnemo

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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:

Original News By :Mark Russinovich Author of Microsoft Windows Internals, Fourth Edition: Microsoft Windows Server(TM) 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 (Pro-Developer) and ...
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far.aspx

Blog Comments

MohammadHosein	Posted: Tuesday, July 24 2007 07:30.01 CDT
did you have a chance to look at its "date" before the copy/paste ?

camus	Posted: Tuesday, July 24 2007 09:55.24 CDT
Hehe, seriously, that is too old... Now Sony is "sueing" the company that developed the rootkit _they_ requested... What a world! Hehe!

eamous	Posted: Tuesday, July 24 2007 14:02.17 CDT
I guess u're right camus, this rootkit is pretty old. Though, I�m glad MS. Rootkit Revealer is able to detect this one :P

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