[Dixielandjazz] Beware of Sony CDs

[Mike]

Yes it is crummy.

But it is a fairly common thing. Some purchased software, as well as 
free stuff, does contain spyware. Sometimes they tell you about it and 
somwtimes they don't. All you can do is get a good spyware scanner(or 
two) and hope for the best. I use Ad-Aware and Spyware Blaster.

Sony has talked about doing something like you mentioned for quite 
sometime. I don't think it is right or fair and I strongly question the 
legality of such actions but no one seems to be challenging it.

Mike







Andy.Ling at Quantel.Com wrote:
> Maybe this doesn't affect any OKOM CDs, but you might like
> to know anyway.
> 
> Some Sony CDs have a bit of software on them that
> gets installed on you PC (not Macs) if you play the CD on
> your computer.
> 
> The software provides Sony with some sort of copy protection.
> It does this using some evil stuff in the bowls of Windows.
> And guess what, some evil person has developed a virus
> that makes use of this.
> 
> For a bit more info see :-
> 
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051110/tc_nm/sony_hack_dc
> 
> The whole idea of installing stuff on your computer behind
> your back stinks, but when this happens as well......
> 
> Time to boycott Sony CDs. Certainly don't let them anywhere
> near you PC
> 
> Andy Ling
> 
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