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Posted: 2004-08-23 @ 16:37:52
A new Beastie Boys' CD called "To the Five Boroughs" (Capitol Records), is raising hackles around the Web for reputedly infecting computers with a virus.
According to a recent thread at BugTraq, an executable file is automatically and silently installed on the user's machine when the CD is loaded. The file is said to be a driver that prevents users from ripping the CD (and perhaps others), and attacks both Windows boxen and Macs.
The infected CD is being distributed worldwide except in the USA and UK, which prevents us from giving a firsthand report. However, according to hearsay, we gather that the Windows version exploits the 'autorun' option, and that the Mac version affects the auto play option
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The article says "Outside the USA and the UK" meaning that those two countries don't have to worry about this little driver. But, for those who live in the rest of the world, hold the "shift" key down when inserting the CD in your computer; this will prevent the DRM software from being installed.
For those who think the USA and the Uk have nothing to worry about, Whose to say that the record companies wont try this stuff here in the USA (or UK)? I think the real warning here is to be vigilant. Right now the record companies are feeling threatened by online music sources and piracy and they arent accountable to anyone but themselves.
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Read through that.
I would post more but I'm lost at words to what to say towards record companies idiocy. Comments?(1)Comment
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