AnyDVD tackles Sony DRM Rootkit Virus

02 Nov 05 22:13 by DoMiN8ToR in category Uncategorized To news archive

Since March 2005, Sony BMG is using a rootkit-based DRM system on some newer audio CDs. This DRM system is a serious hazard to each Windows based PC. Well known websites like F-Secure.com and SysInternals.com are confirming this exposure.

If href="http://www.cdfreaks.com/software/84" target=_new>AnyDVD  is installed and active on a PC, this new so-called “Sony DRM Rootkit Virus” has no access to the operating system and the affected audio CD appears unprotected regardless!

“What the
heck Sony thought to themselves,” target=_new>SlySoft’s CEO Giancarlo Bettini was kidding, “maybe they wanna build their own bot net?”.


This “anti rootkit protection”
is not a new function of target=_new>AnyDVD , rather it is the nature of AnyDVD to filter all undesired stuff between a CD/DVD drive and the operating system. It is just one example, how well AnyDVD’s option to “Remove CD Digital Audio
Protection” is working.


Remember, by entering the coupon code
‘cdfreaks’ you get a $10 discount on
AnyDVD 
 (normal price $39.00). Discount valid for all
Slysoft products and till November the 15th.


About AnyDVD:
AnyDVD is a driver, which descrambles DVD-Movies automatically in the background. This DVD appears unprotected and region code free for all applications and the Windows operating system as well. With AnyDVD’s help copy tools like CloneDVD, Pinnacle Instant Copy, InterVideo DVD-Copy, etc. are able to copy CSS protected Movies.

With the help of AnyDVD you can watch movies with non matching region codes with every DVD Player Software you like! AnyDVD decrypts not just DVDs: AnyDVD allows you also to play, copy and rip protected Audio CDs! Originally developed by Elaborate Bytes, AnyDVD was acquired by SlySoft in 2003 and has been downloaded more than 10 Million
times …


About SlySoft, Inc.:
SlySoft was founded in 2002 by Giancarlo Bettini and is based on the beautiful carribean island Antigua. Our mission at SlySoft Inc. is to produce a line of high quality,
user-friendly software tools and drivers for multimedia applications and hardware. We strive to ensure our products are state-of-the art, updating our product line to support the newest innovations in the multimedia industry, as well as those in the computer industry. 

Source: CDFreaks.com

6 Comments

themushroom
Posts: 188
Posted on: 03 Nov 05 05:00
That rules. Pre-emptive strike!!:g:S:*:X:c
WiseJoeyD
Posts: 38
Posted on: 03 Nov 05 10:56
Course they'll probably do a "DVDDecryptor" on them....Hurrahs!
CORRSA
Posts: 299
Posted on: 03 Nov 05 12:17
I THINK ITS TIME TO KICK SONYS ASS EVERYONE JUST BOYCOTT THEM NO SALES EQUALS NO COMPAY THATS THE WAY TO BEAT THESE GREEDY CORPERATES EVERYTIME
ron spencer
Posts: 132
Posted on: 03 Nov 05 15:41
it was macrovision that shut down DVDDecryptor and not sony....in any case being in Antigua I doubt slysoft can be "reached"
Roj
Posts: 434
Posted on: 03 Nov 05 16:30
I haven't bought ANY Sony products for well over a decade. Overpriced and underpowered does not appeal to me.
yronnen
Posts: 69
Posted on: 04 Nov 05 22:40
Forget it...as long as Playstation exists, Sony will have great sales. Kids don't care about consumers rights, and most adults don't as well.

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