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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 > > > 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? > > > > *Thomas P. Carter,** **Ph.D.* > Department of Chemistry > Michigan State University > East Lansing, MI 48824-1322 > > > >