Sony's software is only installed on Windows computers. The security
model of Linux and Mac OS X should prevent this type of software from
automatically being installed. It seems safe to qualify "your computer"
to "your Windows computer".
As for work Windows computers, is there a way to lock out users from
installing (either willfully or inadvertently) new or modified drivers?
Is there no way for an administrator to prevent this such
auto-installs (something more robust than disabling autorun for CDs)?
-Tom
Richard Wiggins wrote:
> This is a brand new development and it is widely covered in the media.
> Go to news.google.com <http://news.google.com> and search for "sony" and
> you will find lots of coverage. So far, I do not know of a list that is
> comprehensive. I would suspect that any recent Sony music CD might be
> so infected. (Sony owns multiple music labels.)
>
> If I were crafting a message about this for end users, it would be along
> the lines of "Sadly, recent news involving Sony's music division
> demonstrates that a commercial audio CD can install unwanted and
> dangerous software on your computer without warning even if you merely
> insert the CD into the drive to play it."
>
> I would hate to have to advise end users to never play audio CDs on work
> computers, but that's probably the safest advice right now.
>
> /rich
>
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> On 11/10/05, *Thomas P. Carter* <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if there's a list of affected (Infected?
> Infecting?) Sony titles anywhere?
>
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> *Thomas P. Carter,** **Ph.D.*
> Department of Chemistry
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing, MI 48824-1322
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