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Microsoft takes out the root kit

Microsoft takes out the root kit

Molly Wood Former Executive Editor
Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, Always On. When she's not enraging fanboys of all stripes, she can be found offering tech opinions on CBS and elsewhere, and offering opinions on everything else to anyone who will listen.
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Looks like Sony went just far enough over the line for to step in. The company says that the root kit that disguises Sony BMG's DRM software is a threat to Windows' security, and Microsoft security tools will now detect and remove it. Saved by Microsoft. How...weird.