Viruses Attack Sony's Anti-Piracy Efforts
By: Mark Runyon | Category: Music News | 11/11/05 | 11:21 AM
If it wasn't bad enough that Sony is keeping you from cutting the disk you bought over to your iPod, now their copy-protection program, that automatically installs when certain BMG or Sony disks are played on personal computers, have become a harbor for viruses. Anti-virus companies have identified 3 Trojan horse programs that are burrowing away in Sony's XCP2 technology. These programs, that hold little difference from spyware, are opening the company up to a lot of legal headaches from installing unauthorized programs on user's machines.
Source: MSNBC
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