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Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. No, the majority does not. Most of Sony's copy-protected CDs use a different technology from a company called Sunncomm, which does not present the rootkit security issues.

In other countries, many copy-protected CDs use technology from Macrovision, which also uses a different technique. If you're buying a CD, look on the back for a little box labeled "Compatible with. Copy-protection software by itself is perfectly legal. However, at least one class-action lawsuit has already been filed against Sony in California, asserting that it violated state and federal statutes against computer tampering, trespass, fraud and false advertising.

Several other lawsuits are expected. Italian consumer groups have also called for criminal investigation and potential legal action, although the discs were primarily distributed in the United States. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. John Borland. On Thursday, a wave of malicious software appeared in the wild that piggybacked on copy-protection technology installed on hard drives by Sony BMG Music Entertainment CDs.

Here are the basics that everyone should know about this potentially dangerous issue: What is on the Sony CDs? Bruce Schneier, for example, wrote a column for Wired.

When a new piece of malware is found, security companies fall over themselves to clean our computers and inoculate our networks. Not in this case," Schneier wrote. Schneier also at the time chided Microsoft for not reacting more swiftly. However, the following year Microsoft did make one interesting statement: It acquired Winternals Software, the company co-founded in by Sony BMG rootkit sleuth Russinovich, now a Microsoft technical fellow whose biography on the software vendor's website highlights that "his discovery of a rootkit on popular Sony audio CDs led to industry reforms in the area of computer privacy.

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