Comment Re:Sony auto-installing malware from SunnComm... (Score 1) 812
Here's where the story gets worse: the SunnComm software works on Macs, too--although it doesn't autorun--and installs a kernel extension onto Mac OS 10.2 and 10.3 (no 10.4 version has been made--but SunnComm does plan to release one). I spoke with a SunnComm representative for about 30 minutes last Friday. Sony has not stopped production of their CDs.
I haven't been able to find any Mark Russinovich type who's tested the SunnComm software on Windows or Mac OS and find out whether it's as dangerous as the XCP software. Apparently it's not--but it's equally deceptive. Has anyone looked into whether it's actually dangerous? A kernel extension on the Mac OS seems like the equivalent of a rootkit on Windows. Tell me I'm wrong...
I haven't been able to find any Mark Russinovich type who's tested the SunnComm software on Windows or Mac OS and find out whether it's as dangerous as the XCP software. Apparently it's not--but it's equally deceptive. Has anyone looked into whether it's actually dangerous? A kernel extension on the Mac OS seems like the equivalent of a rootkit on Windows. Tell me I'm wrong...
