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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]> 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
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