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Subject: [OM] Re: Ot..computer probs
From: Paul Braun <cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:44:45 -0500
Wayne S wrote:
> Also try running RootKitRevealer, it may find where the stuff is hiding.
> This is freeware from SysInternals.
> 
> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html
> 

This is especially useful if you have played any of the Sony cd's with 
the XCP copy-prevention virus on them.  However, my experience is that 
once you have that particular gem infecting your machine, the only way 
to truly get rid of it is to wipe and reinstall.  Sony's "removal tool" 
actually leaves another piece behind that still messes with your system, 
and since it cloaks it's files as hidden system files, you usually can't 
find and remove them without some serious geekin'. And even then, there 
are no guarantees.

Trying to remove it the normal way usually leaves your cd-rom drive 
useless, since it replaces the Windows system cd drivers with 
bastardized XCP versions, and if you accidentally remove one of those 
the wrong way, Windows will no longer have the ability to recognize a 
cd-rom drive.  Nice touch.  Sony took a HUGE PR slamming over this, and 
a class-action suit ended up forcing them to recall thousands upon 
thousands of infected cd's and destroy them, re-pressing without the XCP 
crap on them.  As a result, people now trust Sony about as much as they 
trust Microsoft.

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Paul Braun
Valparaiso, IN

"There's a fine line between stupid, and clever." - David St. Hubbins

"Enjoy every sandwich." - Warren Zevon

"The Fountain of Youth is a state of mind." - The Ides of March

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