More on DRM Crapware

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The Boston Globe is reporting today that Symantec has put out an alert over
a new trojan that exploits the Sony DRM crapware. What a surprise, huh?

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Mark Roddy DDK MVP
Windows 2003/XP/2000 Consulting
Hollis Technology Solutions 603-321-1032
www.hollistech.com

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The Boston Globe is reporting today that Symantec has put out an alert over
a new trojan that exploits the Sony DRM crapware. What a surprise, huh?

We have a proverb which says something like “anything bad can be good for something”: http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GM1U2EYWJ4PYACRBAEOCFFA?type=technologyNews&storyID=10253253

If the class action against Sony succeeds, I’d admit even lawyers can be good for something :wink:

Best regards,

Michal Vodicka
UPEK, Inc.
[xxxxx@upek.com, http://www.upek.com]

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> The Boston Globe is reporting today that Symantec has put out an alert

over
a new trojan that exploits the Sony DRM crapware. What a surprise, huh?
Yesterday’s news.
The culprits just name their files %sys%bla-bla (or whatever geniuses from
Sony
are using) and voila.

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> The Boston Globe is reporting today that Symantec has put out an alert
> over
> a new trojan that exploits the Sony DRM crapware. What a surprise, huh?
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We have a proverb which says something like “anything bad can be good for
something”:
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GM1U2EYWJ4PYACRBAEOCFFA?type=technologyNews&storyID=10253253

If the class action against Sony succeeds, I’d admit even lawyers can be
good for something :wink:

Best regards,

Michal Vodicka
UPEK, Inc.
[xxxxx@upek.com, http://www.upek.com]

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