Apparent, Sony received some heat recently when they released some CDs which can only be played by its own player on a PC.
The real problem occured when some users discovered that in addition to the player, the CD also forces you to install some software which monitors your computer and insures that the CD can only be extracted three times. A major problem for Ipod users. The worse part is, the software itself appears to be a roofkit, a term used for a type of spyware that can worms itself into the registry and has the potential to totally wreck your system.
By the way, the software also sucks up resources, causing system performance to suffer, because it is constantly present, scanning what files you have and what music you play, and sending it home to Papa Sony.
In response to complaints over problems caused by the software, Sony released a uninstaller to remove the Roofkit. The uninstaller simply requires you to fill in response form and downloading some unverified codes into your PC.
Of course, the uninstaller doesn't really completely remove the software, it just removes enough to make it near undetectable, and less likely to cause system crashes. |
