Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus

["Greg" <full-disclosure () pchandyman com au>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>
To: <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu>
Cc: <full-disclosure () lists grok org uk>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 6:07 AM
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] the "Sony/BMG" virus




> Are you quoting Sony's legal position from a policy somewhere? ;)

> They went down the wrong road. Adware and spyware vendors will start to

Pardon? "START" to....?

Seeing this has been an issue for a long time - cloaking of software for 
various reasons - someone correct me, please, if I am wrong but I thought 
this cloaking was new to the public but old news on this list. Am I 
mistaking some rootkits here? I distinctly remember a rootkit remover which 
wont be named (simply because I forgot the name! ;-}) which actually 
installed a rootkit, backdoor open, Bob's your uncle and it wasn't until 
said person actually admitted to it that it was found....or do I remember 
THAT wrong as well?

Greg. 

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