You may remember in November 2005 when I wrote about [1] the Sony/BMG rootkit scandal. To summarize: they put software on their music CDs that, when run in a computer, automatically installed files you couldn't detect (this was the rootkit part) that acted a lot like malware, and screwed with your CD-ROM drivers so that if you tried to uninstall it ( Read more... )

It appears that Sony and First 4 Internet have attempted (rather poorly) to defend themselves over the rootkit issue. That doesn't change the fact that this stuff isn't mentioned in the EULA and is still nearly impossible to remove. I'm going to be quite surprised if this doesn't turn into some kind of class-action lawsuit. It's absolutely ( Read more... )

First, the news:

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