For those of you not aware of what's going on with the whole Sony Root-kit situation, Boing Boing provides a pretty good summary of it. Originally I laughed at Sony for being dumb enough to think that they would get away with installed malicious software on their customers' computers. Then I realized that I purchased one of the cds listed on the infected cd list: Natasha' Bedingfield's Unwritten.
Not a pleasant realization, considering I guard my computer like my life. Now, the CD itself says nothing about the software and my product number doesn't match the one listed which makes me wonder if the software was only included on newer releases of the cd. The fact that this is happening alone is enough to make me never want to purchase a Sony CD again. I'm just glad that I've had to reformat three times since this happened, and copied my songs off of my iPod instead of from the cds. Sony can bite me. I'm going to see if I can get any money from all the lawsuits being filed.
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with your wallet wide open
Today is where the rootkit infects
The rest is still unwritten~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What ? ... Why is the CD bad? How did they do something like that?! o_O
Mel,
There are so many thing wrong with these CDs I'm not even sure where to start. They install software that you can't uninstall, which they use to send all your information back to Sony. On top of that, it leaves huge security holes in your system and EVEN MORE security holes if you remove it. I would just not buy any cd with the Sony BMG label on it.
Yeah I saw the list of the CDs that are bad and I was scared! But luckily I didn't see anything on there that I had. .. Only downloaded or something.
DAMN SONY!!!!! ... Why would they do that to us :(