Sony DRM could crash XP or hide CDROM

In an effort to deter music piracy, Sony has asked users to install programs that cannot be uninstalled without serious technical knowledge. A matter of fact, there are only a few ways to detect the rootkit program. Users are asked to install a media player for one of the thousands of "content-protected" CDs. This media player then installs what I would classify as spyware. Erasing the program's files will disable one's CD-ROM drive (yes, I hear that it will just disapear!).

Read more info on this at the Washington Post or listen to this podcast from GRC.

--Stephen M. James
www.smjdesign.com