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Sony offers new CDs, MP3s for recalled discs

 November 18, 2005 Customers can exchange a copy-protected CD for authorized MP3 downloads and a new, unprotected CD. TAGS: copy protection, First 4 Internet Ltd., Sony Corp., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, CD, rootkit, malicious software, MP3, virus, PC, hard drive, security

Sony recalls risky 'rootkit' CDs

 November 15, 2005 Sony BMG recalls millions of copy-protected CDs, but more security risks are spotted in what the uninstaller has left behind. TAGS: copy protection, rootkit, Sony Corp., security risk, researcher, instruction, trojan horse, CD, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, blog, security, hard drive

Sony CD protection sparks security concerns

 November 1, 2005 Anticopying tools used by SonyBMG could be adapted by virus writers, researchers say. TAGS: rootkit, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, copy protection, Symantec Corp., album, instruction, virus, CD, protection, researcher, Sony Corp., technique, security, operating system, hard drive, Microsoft Windows

'Bots' for Sony CD software spotted online

 November 10, 2005 Trojan horses use controversial tool from copy-protected albums to hide on hard drives and take over computers. TAGS: rootkit, First 4 Internet Ltd., record label, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, copy protection, Sony Corp., label, security company, trojan horse, CD, malicious software, bot, attorney, technique, hard drive, security
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