Sony copy protection & PC infection?

moray james · 29th December 2005, 09:08 PM

Curious to know if the new Sony copy protection for CD's can corrupt or somehow affect my PC should I attempt to rip a copy using Nero? Any info would be useful. Thanks Moray James.

sangram · 30th December 2005, 04:36 AM

First disable autorun on your PC so the software does not install. Nero may not be able to read the tracks. EAC or CDex should be able to do it.

Better to not go near such CDs anyway...

seoman · 30th December 2005, 06:58 AM

I think you better try sony.
They have removed some cd's from the market because of a safety leak due to that stupid copy protection.
So maybe they have a solution!

So yes that protection can corrupt your machine

Good luck

Simon

sangram · 30th December 2005, 07:06 AM

No they don't have a solution, or they would continue to sell the CDs and offer the solution on their website *which they do, but the tool they provide is actually useless).

The rootkit removal is a very tedious manual process. Read about the saga here, but it's very technical www.sysinternals.com

The rootkits don't actually harm your machine by themselves. They hide certain files from the OS, and some virus writers have piggybacked onto this property and name their files so that the Sony rootkit also hides their viruses. That's the issue in a nutshell.

Tweeker · 30th December 2005, 07:14 AM

They do harm computer systems themselves, though not catastrophically. They degrade performance and waste system resources.

29th December 2005, 09:08 PM	#1
moray james diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Calgary on the Bow	Sony copy protection & PC infection? Curious to know if the new Sony copy protection for CD's can corrupt or somehow affect my PC should I attempt to rip a copy using Nero? Any info would be useful. Thanks Moray James. __________________ moray james

30th December 2005, 07:14 AM	#5
Tweeker diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio	They do harm computer systems themselves, though not catastrophically. They degrade performance and waste system resources. __________________ Be sure your foil hat has a good low impedance ground.

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30th December 2005, 04:36 AM	#2
sangram diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: India	First disable autorun on your PC so the software does not install. Nero may not be able to read the tracks. EAC or CDex should be able to do it. Better to not go near such CDs anyway...

30th December 2005, 06:58 AM	#3
seoman diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nijmegen	I think you better try sony. They have removed some cd's from the market because of a safety leak due to that stupid copy protection. So maybe they have a solution! So yes that protection can corrupt your machine Good luck Simon

30th December 2005, 07:06 AM	#4
sangram diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: India	No they don't have a solution, or they would continue to sell the CDs and offer the solution on their website *which they do, but the tool they provide is actually useless). The rootkit removal is a very tedious manual process. Read about the saga here, but it's very technical www.sysinternals.com The rootkits don't actually harm your machine by themselves. They hide certain files from the OS, and some virus writers have piggybacked onto this property and name their files so that the Sony rootkit also hides their viruses. That's the issue in a nutshell.