AnyDVD tackles Sony DRM Rootkit Virus
Nov.02, 2005 in
Archives 05-07
SlySoft has updated the AnyDVD and sends their greetings to Sony about the DRM Rootkit Virus. Release yourself from DRM and download AnyDVD now!
AnyDVD tackles Sony DRM Rootkit Virus ------------------------------------- Since March 2005, Sony BMG is using a rootkit-based DRM system on some newer audio CDs. This DRM system is a serious hazard to each Windows based PC. Well known websites like F-Secure.com and SysInternals.com (URLs below) are confirming this exposure. If AnyDVD is installed and active on a PC, this new so-called "Sony DRM Rootkit Virus" has no access to the operating system and the affected audio CD appears unprotected regardless! "What the heck Sony thought to themselves," SlySoft's CEO Giancarlo Bettini was kidding, "maybe they wanna build their own bot net?". This "anti rootkit protection" is not a new function of AnyDVD, rather it is the nature of AnyDVD to filter all undesired stuff between a CD/DVD drive and the operating system. It is just one example, how well AnyDVD's option to "Remove CD Digital Audio Protection" is working.
And here is the AnyDVD update
AnyDVD v5.5.1.1
- New: Added functionality to remove invalid VOBUs from a title set to the option to remove “Protection based on unreadable Sectors”. This fixes the error message “Out of memory” from DVDShrink with some DVDs, which suffer from a certain mastering error.
- Fix: The option to remove “Protection based on unreadable Sectors” could cause DVDShrink to abort with an “invalid Navigation structure” error with some DVDs, which suffer from a certain mastering error.
- Fix: Setup program did not delete obsolete RegCheck.exe file from previous installations
- Fix: Undesired high CPU use for several minutes when checking for program update via internet connection















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