Comments on: Sony BMG DRM bug turns up http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939/comment-page-1#comment-24280 Reader's Write Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:02:39 +0000 #comment-24280 Taken off www.pandasoftware.com Simply use their free online Panda ActiveScan, which will detect and remove XCP altogether if you so desire, for free! As far as the US DMCA BS, Panda is located in Spain =) So much for it being illegal to tamper with DMCA. Only in the USA? Pity! Anyway, any and all elected US officials that voted for the DMCA bill should burn in Hell! Americans should fight for their rights and freedoms, and not let low-life elected officials which are obviously on the payroll of the music industry, get away with murder! Hold THEM accountable at the next election! Since their primary goal is to get elected, and get rich, they will listen to the popular vote. Democracy in its full glory. (Do you notice a similarity between politicians and whores?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is my computer infected by XCP? In order to make absolutely sure that XCP is present on your computer, you have the following options: Carry out a full scan of your computer using Panda Antivirus, after checking that it is updated. If it isn't and you are a registered Panda Software client, update it by clicking here. Check the computer with Panda ActiveScan, Panda Software's free, online scanner, which will quickly detect any possible viruses. How to remove XCP? In order to avoid the threat posed by XCP, you have the following options: If Panda Antivirus or Panda ActiveScan detects XCP during the scan, it will automatically offer you the option of deleting it. Do this by following the program's instructions. Taken off http://www.pandasoftware.com

Simply use their free online Panda ActiveScan, which will detect and remove XCP altogether if you so desire, for free! As far as the US DMCA BS, Panda is located in Spain =) So much for it being illegal to tamper with DMCA. Only in the USA? Pity!

Anyway, any and all elected US officials that voted for the DMCA bill should burn in Hell! Americans should fight for their rights and freedoms, and not let low-life elected officials which are obviously on the payroll of the music industry, get away with murder! Hold THEM accountable at the next election! Since their primary goal is to get elected, and get rich, they will listen to the popular vote. Democracy in its full glory. (Do you notice a similarity between politicians and whores?)
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Is my computer infected by XCP?

In order to make absolutely sure that XCP is present on your computer, you have the following options:

Carry out a full scan of your computer using Panda Antivirus, after checking that it is updated. If it isn’t and you are a registered Panda Software client, update it by clicking here.
Check the computer with Panda ActiveScan, Panda Software’s free, online scanner, which will quickly detect any possible viruses.

How to remove XCP?

In order to avoid the threat posed by XCP, you have the following options:

If Panda Antivirus or Panda ActiveScan detects XCP during the scan, it will automatically offer you the option of deleting it. Do this by following the program’s instructions.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939/comment-page-1#comment-24264 Reader's Write Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:08:11 +0000 #comment-24264 It's hard NOT to buy from Sony. With blank CDs, DVDs, DDS, mini-discs, personal music players, video cameras, digital cameras, mobile phones, TVs, DVD players/recorders, computers, laptops and stupid dogs. Most of these have legal as well as non legal uses (mostly non legal). <pirate type of voice> AAaargh!! Sony lad, who put sand in the vaseline? </pirate type of voice> It’s hard NOT to buy from Sony.

With blank CDs, DVDs, DDS, mini-discs, personal music players, video cameras, digital cameras, mobile phones, TVs, DVD players/recorders, computers, laptops and stupid dogs.

Most of these have legal as well as non legal uses (mostly non legal).

<pirate type of voice> AAaargh!! Sony lad, who put sand in the vaseline? </pirate type of voice>

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939/comment-page-1#comment-24263 Reader's Write Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:56:53 +0000 #comment-24263 I will never buy anything at all from SONY ever again. Period. I will never buy anything at all from SONY ever again.

Period.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939/comment-page-1#comment-24245 Reader's Write Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:47:57 +0000 #comment-24245 Also, to see if you have the rootkit you can just create a file that starts with $sys$. If you have the rootkit, the file you just created should disapear from view.. Also, to see if you have the rootkit you can just create a file that starts with $sys$. If you have the rootkit, the file you just created should disapear from view..

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939/comment-page-1#comment-24241 Reader's Write Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:34:05 +0000 #comment-24241 most up-to-date list according to /. http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121697 most up-to-date list according to /.

http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121697

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939/comment-page-1#comment-24240 Reader's Write Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:32:14 +0000 #comment-24240 http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121088 http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sony+site:amazon.com+intitle:%22%5BCONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED+CD%5D%22&num=100 http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121088

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sony+site:amazon.com+intitle:%22%5BCONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED+CD%5D%22&num=100

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939/comment-page-1#comment-24233 Reader's Write Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:57:27 +0000 #comment-24233 Haha, this is great. I hope dies a slow and painfull death, preferbly due to lawsuits :) This is why everyone should boycott all sony's products, that and the fact that sony is the most prominant force behind the MPAA/RIAA. They will stop at nothing to squeeze every last dollar/pound out of everyone that can, be it through lawsuits or overpriced, overhyped junk like blu-ray/PSP. Haha, this is great. I hope dies a slow and painfull death, preferbly due to lawsuits :)

This is why everyone should boycott all sony’s products, that and the fact that sony is the most prominant force behind the MPAA/RIAA. They will stop at nothing to squeeze every last dollar/pound out of everyone that can, be it through lawsuits or overpriced, overhyped junk like blu-ray/PSP.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939/comment-page-1#comment-24231 Reader's Write Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:46:29 +0000 #comment-24231 Go to the Sysinternals site and get their rootkitrevealer app. It will tell you if your computer is infected (with any rootkit). If it's in there I have no idea how to remove it, but you are right, Sony's "patches" only make their malware visible, and from what I have read it is very likely to really hose up your system bad if you try to just delete the files once you can see them. Prolly won't let you delete anyway as the malware runs at startup and can't be shut down. Would it kill Sony to just release a REAL uninstaller, or better yet include one on their infected CDs? Once the app is gone (if you can even make that happen...) you can't play or rip* the crippled CDs anymore so their precious DRM would still be intact. Why weather such a hailstorm of bad PR when a legitimate fix would be so easy. I don't get it. http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html *Can you say, disable autorun? Hint, a rectangular object with the letters s, h, i, f, & t on it. Go to the Sysinternals site and get their rootkitrevealer app. It will tell you if your computer is infected (with any rootkit). If it’s in there I have no idea how to remove it, but you are right, Sony’s “patches” only make their malware visible, and from what I have read it is very likely to really hose up your system bad if you try to just delete the files once you can see them. Prolly won’t let you delete anyway as the malware runs at startup and can’t be shut down. Would it kill Sony to just release a REAL uninstaller, or better yet include one on their infected CDs? Once the app is gone (if you can even make that happen…) you can’t play or rip* the crippled CDs anymore so their precious DRM would still be intact. Why weather such a hailstorm of bad PR when a legitimate fix would be so easy. I don’t get it.

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html

*Can you say, disable autorun? Hint, a rectangular object with the letters s, h, i, f, & t on it.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939/comment-page-1#comment-24227 Reader's Write Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:01:44 +0000 #comment-24227 I've put some Sony cd's on my computer so wondering if anyone knows where to find a list of the CD's that this Rootkit DRM was installed on or if a list is even availible or at least how many titles are affected. It sounds like, from other posts it's not a good idea installing the fix and some say it's useless. But either way it would be nice to know if I have it on my machine. Thanks Rescue I’ve put some Sony cd’s on my computer so wondering if anyone knows where to find a list of the CD’s that this Rootkit DRM was installed on or if a list is even availible or at least how many titles are affected. It sounds like, from other posts it’s not a good idea installing the fix and some say it’s useless. But either way it would be nice to know if I have it on my machine. Thanks Rescue

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6939/comment-page-1#comment-24223 Reader's Write Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:01:56 +0000 #comment-24223 Buy Sony CD, install DRM, get computer infected with Breplibot.b, sue Sony, get very rich very quickly. Perfect for lazy sods. :) Buy Sony CD, install DRM, get computer infected with Breplibot.b, sue Sony, get very rich very quickly. Perfect for lazy sods. :)

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