Comments on: ‘Whacked by a creepy Rootkit’

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:50:16 +0000

Loss of HD space would not be an issue if the space was rotated - you get pumped a movie, be a seeder for a week or two and then that movie would be replaced with the next group release…
On a 300 or 400 Gb disk (and this is slowly becomig standard size) would you really notice 5Gb missing?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:11:45 +0000

Well time to go dig up my spare hard drive and get a sony BMG CD and get my self infected with this thing. Thanks for the excuse who ever made this LOL

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:06:58 +0000

I am in agreement with the poster above. At every point the **AA’s have tried to say that each case of infringement was willful or at least they have done their best to paint it that way.

Now a rootkit is just plain stealthy. One never knows without the tools that it is there. I dislike the use of rootkits in the extreme but anyone can now install the rootkit and have a reason for files to be on their computer, as a defense. No computer user is demanded to have a degree in computer science to operate one. Short of some sort of malware remover, most won’t be able to get it out of their computers or even know it is there.

What it does do will be to force the MPAA to show proof of download as now there is reason to have infringement without willful intent. Since the rootkit is beyond the scope of the average user to find or remove, should this infection spread far, it will both give defense to the victim and push the MPAA into the proof that it isn’t the rootkit that caused the infringement.

Malware is always nasty stuff but for now this one has one small bright spot. l would imagine there is another problem child with this for the one that gets it. Movies are fairly large; if something is downloading to your computer, it is going to eat some hard drive space.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:32:58 +0000

Now my question on this is what will the RIAA and the MPAA do when this is the situation? Will they still try to sue the customer into submission?

Personally, I don’t think that any judge will hold someone responsible if it turns out that the computer was hacked into.