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November 2, 2005 Facing fears that its piracy-proofed CDs could help virus writers, record label is working closely with antivirus companies to offer patch. TAGS: First 4 Internet Ltd., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, antivirus company, copy protection, rootkit, patch, F-Secure Corp., antipiracy, antivirus, malicious software, CD, virus, Sony Corp., security

November 11, 2005 Decision to suspend manufacture of music CDs with the copy-protection tool comes after viruses exploited the technology. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, copy protection, production, rootkit, malicious code, Sony Corp., CD, virus, PC

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

November 14, 2005 Do employees who play music CDs with Sony's antipiracy rootkit pose a security risk? TAGS: rootkit, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, copy protection, security risk, Sony Corp., antipiracy, CD, security, virus, PC

November 4, 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment got some static over a potential security problem in some copy-protected CDs. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, security problem, Black Hat, patch management, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco IOS, copy protection, patch, security, researcher, router, CD, Microsoft Corp., virus, Microsoft Internet Explorer

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 BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Corp., malicious software, rootkit, MP3, CD, virus, security, PC, hard drive

December 7, 2005 Record label fixes hole in copy-protection software exposed by digital rights group, security researchers. TAGS: SunnComm Technologies, record label, First 4 Internet Ltd., copy protection, label, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, computer security, Sony Corp., security company, security, patch, rootkit, researcher, CD, U.S., virus

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