[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No Richard, it's not just for PCs...
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/11/11/064215.shtml?tid=233tid=3
The difference at play is critical:
On a Mac the user has to at least do something explcit, while on Windows
unless you've specifically reconfigured your system
it's true about the auto-launch not helping when the cd contains malware
(of which MS is not
responsible - not that i commend MS on anything) but in my long long mac
os experience,
the number of users that read manuals, eulas etc is rather dismal!!! It's
usually install first
fix later...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It would be nice if religious animosities were replaced with real
professional comments instead of Mac this, pc that
This isn't a religious issue. Humans are humans, and they don't read
manuals on either platform.
The critical element at play here is that -- before
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It would be nice if religious animosities were replaced with real
professional comments instead
of Mac this, pc that (not the first time i tell you it's not very
professional looking for enterprise users
to read)... Instead we could work on pushing up standards in
Just a clarification: from everything I read, you have to accept the Sony
EULA on Windows before it will install the rootkit, so it isn't automatic
on Windows. The installer automatically runs, but nothing is automatically
installed unless you click ok. So the problem isn't the autorun, per
On Nov 11, 2005, at 8:22 PM, Peter T. Evensen wrote:
Just a clarification: from everything I read, you have to accept
the Sony EULA on Windows before it will install the rootkit, so it
isn't automatic on Windows. The installer automatically runs, but
nothing is automatically installed
I know it installs a RootKit, but you have to accept the EULA before it
will.That is my understanding.
In any case, I will be boycotting Sony in all forms in the future.
At 04:29 PM 11/11/2005, you wrote:
On Nov 11, 2005, at 8:22 PM, Peter T. Evensen wrote:
Just a clarification: from
On Nov 11, 2005, at 8:38 PM, Peter T. Evensen wrote:
I know it installs a RootKit, but you have to accept the EULA
before it will.That is my understanding.
yes, that is right. :-)
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This EULA is not like most others. It does not say that it installs a
rootkit. One can only assume that it is installing legal software to
protect it's digital rights. This is semi-reasonable. One would NEVER
expect that it would do what it is doing! There are laws against this
kind of action!
Andre-
Friday, November 11, 2005, 2:29:42 PM, you wrote:
It installs a friggin RootKit on the system!! And thats not all,
the RootKit makes all files prefixed with $sys$ invisible to the
average user, and that is already being exploited by Virus writers on
the wild
This just in...
Well, PC comments coming out of the blue like that...
I wasn't too sure. Richard has said he depends on PC
users and was trying to answer issues about autorun
on PCs opened by a user previously (which I missed!)
While we laugh at these companies doing these big
time errors, those working with
We were recently discussing the pros and cons of Windows auto-run files
for CDs. It turns out that the biggest threat isn't some 14-year-old
with a grudge -- it's one of the world's largest corporations:
Posted on Thu, Nov. 10, 2005
Viruses exploit Sony CD copy-protection scheme
SAN JOSE,
No Richard, it's not just for PCs...
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/11/11/064215.shtml?tid=233tid=3
now, who read EULAs anyway?
cheers
Xavier
http://monsieurx.com/taoo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/11/2005 08:23:36:
We were recently discussing the pros and cons of Windows auto-run files
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