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ARIES (Sony) Rootkit Remover

Posted by Steven Parker on 30 December 2005 - 11:21 · 7 comments & 2382 views

During autumn 2005, Sony included rootkit-style content-protection software on approximately 4.7 million CDs of over 50 artists worldwide exposing consumer PCs to security holes. The XCP rootkit, developed by First4Internet, was inadvertently placed on unsuspecting systems and networks to hide Sony BMG’s DRM protection software. According to Sony, about six million CDs currently have this software on December 2005.

The ARIES Rootkit Remover developed by Lavasoft provides the means to locate and permanently remove the Sony rootkit from the system and disable the rootkit's ability to run once more after reboot. This standalone tool is a reliable, trustworthy, and safe way of removing the rootkit--unlike Sony's own rootkit remover that has been known to cause blue screens.

Download: ARIES Rootkit Remover | 369 KB (Freeware)

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#1 Posted by MrCobra on 30 Dec 2005 - 11:44: Interresting. Makes me glad I download or buy my music second hand.

#2 Posted by RangerLG on 30 Dec 2005 - 16:25: Gotta love Lavasoft.

#3 Posted by DarkSim905 on 30 Dec 2005 - 20:00: If this tool finds and removes ARIES; is it still possible for the computer in question to be damaged / crippled without a CD-ROM/DVD-DRIVE?

(1 reply) #4 Posted by hayc59 on 31 Dec 2005 - 03:05: [img]http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3523/ouch0 ou.jpg[/img]

Last edited by #4.1 Posted by matt74441 on 31 Dec 2005 - 14:29; They're just covering themselves.

#5 Posted by MNS on 31 Dec 2005 - 16:04

doesn't concern me since i don't buy RIAA CDs.

make sure you check the album here and boycott RIAA artists.

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