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Researcher: Sony BMG "rootkit" still widespread
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-01-16

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Hundreds of thousands of networks across the globe, including many military and government networks, appear to still contain PCs with the controversial copy-protection software installed by music discs sold by media giant Sony BMG, a security researcher told attendees at the ShmooCon hacking conference this weekend.

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Another reason for inflated figures ... 2006-01-18
Roger
may be that Sony is not the only company doing this. First4Internet has publically said that Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and EMI are also using its system.

It seems unlikely in this case because the DNS name checked seems specific to Sony BMG, but it's possible....

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