Copy-protection technology harbours virus
[quote]San Jose: A controversial copy-protection program that automatically installs when some Sony BMG audio CDs are played on PCs is now being exploited by malicious software that takes advantage of the anti-piracy technology’s ability to hide files.
The Trojan horse programs – three have so far been identified by antivirus companies – are named so as to trigger the cloaking
feature of Sony’s XCP2 antipiracy technology. By piggybacking on that function, the malicious programs can enter undetected.
Sony BMG and the company that developed the software, First4Internet, have claimed that the technology poses security threat. Still, Sony posted a patch last week that uncloaks files hidden by the software.
On Thursday, Sony released a statement “deeply regretting any disruption that this may have caused.â€
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Even before this, I would never allow an audio cd to install software on my computer. I'm pretty sure that disabling autorun for your cd drive would take care of all of this.
BBC News wrote:Sony BMG is recalling music CDs that use controversial anti-piracy software.
The software was widely criticised because it used virus-like techniques to stop illegal copies being made.
Widespread pressure has made the music giant remove CDs bearing the software from stores. It will also swap bought CDs for copies free of the XCP anti-piracy software.
Sony is also providing software to make it easy to remove the controversial program from Windows computers.