Sony: rootkit, round 2

[tiachopvutru]

bdbdbd said:

tiachopvutru said:

Parokki said:

tiachopvutru said:
Since it's round 2 and I have heard something about rootkit before this, what product did Sony put their rootkit in last time?

 

Here is a pretty good list of how Sony has screwed their customers up to January 07. The top two items are about the rootkit fiasco.

I see a whole bunch of blunders there, some of which I have read in vgchartz's forum. So their last rootkit was in an audio CD?

 

Yes. And basically it fucked up your computer. How was it? It installed Sonys media player to your computer, and prevented the use of any other media player. The rootkit also couldn't be removed. I think that rootkit had some other features, which i don't remember, but what i remember, is what Sonys PR person said for an explanation: the rootkit was there, because most people don't even know what rootkit is. @Galaki: Sony makes quality HW? LOL

 Wasn't it "Why should people care, they don't even know what that is" ? And meh, this shows they haven't learn their lesson yet, I guess. I'm quite surprised Sony is still big...