-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 01:10:23 -0700 From: Dragos Ruiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: All Terrain Ninjas To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well I truly regret actually purchasing a copy of the new Beastie Boys album to support them.
It seems that Capitol Records has some sort of new copy protection system, that automatically, silently, installs "helpful" copy protection
software on MacOS and Windows as soon as you insert the CD into default systems.
I'm not sure exactly what it does yet, but I am sure regreting actually
purchasing said media now... they don't deserve my money if they choose
to pull stupid stunts like this. Installing software without your permission sounds like viral malware behaviour to me. I certainly hope the AV companies put signatures into their products for this crap.
They include some sort of uninstaller buried on there for Windows, but I see no such thing for MacOS. If anyone has disassembled the aforementioned malware already and can save us some time with instructions on how to remove it... thanks in advance.
caveat emptor, --dr
-- World Security Pros. Cutting Edge Training, Tools, and Techniques Tokyo, Japan Nov 11-12 2004 http://pacsec.jp pgpkey http://dragos.com/ kyxpgp
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