Comments on: Pest Patrol will purge Sony’s rootkit enabled DRM software

By: Make You Go Hmm: » Sony not to allow pre-owned PS3 games?

Make You Go Hmm: » Sony not to allow pre-owned PS3 games? — Thu, 25 May 2006 00:58:46 +0000

[…] They were bagged for hiding a rootkit in some CDs, they’ve been playing a neverending game of cat and mouse with PSP homebrew developers, the PS3 was seen by many as too expensive at E3 and now the news that they might try to ban the sale of preowned PS3 games?: It seems that Sony is planning to adopt a licensing system that will mean gamers won’t own the PS3 titles that they’ve paid money for. Instead, they will only be purchasing the licence to play the game and that the software itself will still be Sony property - meaning that the disc won’t be the customer’s to sell. […]

By: TDavid

TDavid — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:55:24 +0000

Hi Charles - sorry you are having trouble Yes, a complete reinstallation should rid your system of the problem. If you spend a lot of time connected to the web, it’s not a bad idea to do a complete reinstall every once in a great while anyway.

By: Charles Godby

Charles Godby — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 05:54:05 +0000

I have been lucky enough to havefound the almighty xcp.sony.rootkit on my laptop. I have ran Pest Control 5 numerous times (at least and quaranteened it. Still no luck getting rid of it. Any further suggestions? Will a complete reinstall of XP solve the problem? Please help, it is affecting my computer greatly.

By: Make You Go Hmm: » Sony recalls CDs, offers swap to customers

Make You Go Hmm: » Sony recalls CDs, offers swap to customers — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:04:58 +0000

[…] Chronology of Sony DRM saga Tuesday November 1, 2005: Fascinating tale of DRM hell Monday November 7, 2005: Sony DRM rootkit debacle continues Tuesday November 8, 2005: EMI says no rootkits from our CDs Wednesday November 9, 2005: Pest Patrol will purge Sony’s rootkit enabled DRM software New! yactions.buildButton( ’save’, ‘My_Web’ ); […]

By: Make You Go Hmm: » Rootkit infested Sony CD production suspended

Make You Go Hmm: » Rootkit infested Sony CD production suspended — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:22:57 +0000

[…] Finally, after 10 media frenzy days, Sony stops the presses on the CDs with the rootkits included. We are aware that a computer virus is circulating that may affect computers with XCP content protection software,” the record label said in a statement Friday. “We stand by content protection technology as an important tool to protect our intellectual property rights and those of our artists. Nonetheless, as a precautionary measure, Sony BMG is temporarily suspending the manufacture of CDs containing XCP technology.” […]