Sony Settles Rootkit Class Action LawsuitDecember 30th, 2005 Sony finally settles the class action lawsuit filed in California caused by their highly controversial decision to install a rootkit for DRM protection of their music CD’s. If you are a Sony CD customer read the full details below to claim your rights.
Sony Rootkit Class Action Lawsuit SettledMay 23rd, 2006 Customers who bought Sony CDs with XCP copy control software (rootkit) are set to get refunds as a result of the consolidated class action settlement. Sony was sued in three separate class action lawsuits, which were consolidated into Monday's settlement.
Class Action Lawsuit Against Sony BMG For DRM RootKit; Pest Patrol Lists Sony's RootKit as SpywareNovember 11th, 2005 A class action lawsuit against Sony BMG Music Entertainment has been filed in California, and more lawsuits are expected as lawyers enter the Sony Rootkit copy protection software fiasco. Attorney Alan Himmelfarb filed a suit in Los Angeles County Court last week on behalf of Alexander Guevara.
Sony DRM Rootkit Violates Open Source LicenseNovember 19th, 2005 Sony's infamous rootkit based DRM software has been at the center of much attention for the last few week. That are facing a class action lawsuit.
How To Search Non-Copy Protected Music CD's Only Or Even Tabulate Copy Protected OnesNovember 16th, 2005 Copy-Protection recently came to limelight as Sony used DRM technology to copy-protect its CD's which makes them vulnerable to viruses and malware. This website allows you to search for music CD in Amazon database which do not have any kind of copy-protection enabled.
Virus Effect Remover - Repairs the Damage Caused by a VirusJanuary 8th, 2009 We have seen and discussed many anti-virus software earlier in our blog. Even today, when we use an anti-virus software it is either for prevention or for cure.
Can RSS Feeds carry a Virus Payload?June 12th, 2005 With the rapid proliferation of RSS Feeds and offline aggregators it is presumable that virus writers will try to exploit this avenue to spread the virus. But the question is whether it is feasible?
In short technically a resounding YES.
Email Worm ( Sixem-A ) Targets Soccer / Football World Cup ViewersJune 21st, 2006 A new e-mail worm, Sixem-A, is on the loose that preys on the intense worldwide interest in the football World Cup. It began circulating earlier this week, and has just recently been blocked by few antivirus vendors.
How To Automatically Close AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition Virus Alert PopupsAugust 6th, 2006 AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition has the annoying habit of popping up a virus alert everytime it detects an email virus. There is no way to stop the alert in the free edition (on Windows).
Two Pricewaterhouse officials arrested in Satyam fraudJanuary 23rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Two officials of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the firm that audited fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services' books, were arrested Saturday for their alleged role in the irregularities. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Andhra Pradesh police, probing the Rs.70 billion (Rs.7,000 crore/$1.43 billion) fraud in the IT bellwether, arrested chief relationship partner S.
Google Talk & GMail Now on Sony Mylo Handheld CommunicatorAugust 9th, 2006 The Sony mylo (short for "my life online") is a nifty handheld device that will allow you to access a fun set of features from a WiFi network. With 1GB of memory you can store music and photos, browse the web, or use email and IM (with QWERTY keyboard).
When Windows Genuine Advantage Becomes Genuine DisadvantageJuly 27th, 2006 Andy Patrizio learned the hard way that Windows Genuine Advantage can be a disadvantage in disguise and all without any fault of his own. Such cases apparently flies in the face of Microsoft assertion that only a handful of genuine false positives have been identified.
Hoax Bird Flu Email Used to Spread Virus and Hijack Computers; How to ProtectNovember 7th, 2005 Computer hackers are exploiting increasing fears over bird flu by releasing a computer virus attached to an email passing itself off as containing avian flu information, warned Spanish virus protection software firm Panda Software. The virus Naiva.A masquerades as a word document with email subject lines such as Outbreak In North America and What Is Avian Influenza (bird flu)?, said the firm on its website.
Satyam's former CFO Srinivas arrestedJanuary 9th, 2009 HYDERABAD - In the third arrest in the Satyam Computer Services scam, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of the IT bellwether Vadlamani Srinivas was held by Andhra Pradesh police Saturday night in connection with the Rs.70 billion fraud. Srinivas was very close to the company's founder chairman B.
US computers again leader in worldwide spamming, followed by S. KoreaApril 7th, 2005 US has again achieved the dubious distinction of being responsible for maximum amount of spam (35%) with South Korea (25%) at second place. What is more interesting is:
According to Sophos more than 50% of all spam is sent from "zombie" PCs, computers that have been take over by hackers or virus writers.
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