Hawk’s Babble-Log

Yes, it’s hard to believe, but Sony’s rootkit is even more serious than originally thought! Read the article:

[http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/sony_uninstall_.html](http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/sony_uninstall_.html)

Here’s an interesting excerpt:

The Sony Web page where users can download the removal patch installs a program that remains on the user's PC even after removal tool has done its job, Felten said. And because of the way the tool is configured, he said, it allows any Web page that the user subsequently visits to download, install and run any code that it likes.

[Read on!](http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/sony_uninstall_.html)