This weeks update on Sony DRM Rootkit

It seems as if this whole thing has really blown up in Sony's face!! Lawsuits are rolling in, & even the government has gotten involved (see:http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/the_bush_admini.html). The Electronic Frontier Foundation has written a very strong letter to Sony, outlining what they expect to be done. You can read it here: http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG/?f=open-letter-2005-11-14.html. Another good article by USA Todat is at: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2005-11-17-sony-rootkit_x.htm. The good news is that Sony has recalled all of the cd's that contain the rootkit installer & will give cd's & mp3's in return. There is no indication as to how long this process will take, but I assume for 4 million cd's, it could take quite a while! The ones who are hurt the most in this (other than the consumer) is the artists. Reviews in the Amazon.com site of the VanZant cd, which this DRM rootkit installer was first discovered on, are horrible! These guys make some great music, they just got stuck with a bad label that made a horrible decision. There are very good manual uninstall instructions here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic34904.html. As always you can keep up on the latest info at Mark's blog at: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/sony-no-more-rootkit-for-now.html