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Music CD installs copy-protection software
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:02:40 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: PRIVACY Forum <privacy () vortex com> Date: June 24, 2004 12:38:53 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Music CD installs copy-protection software ------- Forwarded Message From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/366191 From: Dragos Ruiu Organization: All Terrain Ninjas Subject: Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 01:10:23 -0700 Well I truly regret actually purchasing a copy of the new Beastie Boys album to support them. It seems that Capitol Records has some sort of new copy protection system, that automatically, silently, installs "helpful" copy protection software on MacOS and Windows as soon as you insert the CD into default systems. I'm not sure exactly what it does yet, but I am sure regreting actually purchasing said media now... they don't deserve my money if they choose to pull stupid stunts like this. Installing software without your permission sounds like viral malware behaviour to me. I certainly hope the AV companies put signatures into their products for this crap. They include some sort of uninstaller buried on there for Windows, but I see no such thing for MacOS. If anyone has disassembled the aforementioned malware already and can save us some time with instructions on how to remove it... thanks in advance. caveat emptor, - --dr http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/366191 ------- End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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