Wrong discovers in patch of SonyBMG
There comes but no end at the misery around SonyBMG. The patch that the record company has spent for a leaky in its DRM-software, appeared self also a leak to contain.
Firstly there was the riot about the Digital Rights Management-tool XCP, that itself installed as a spyware unsollicited on computers. The tool that SonyBMG finally released XCP to remove, pale the computer vulnerable to make for hackers.
This week made SunnComm known that their copysecurity MediaMax 5 a mistake contain that computers vulnerable makes for attack. Also this protection comes for on cd's of SonyBMG. When news about this became leak known, was a patch already on hand. Researchers of the Princeton University have discovers now however a wrong in this patch.
The original copysecurity of SunnCom appeared a file on the system to install that not good protected is. Someone with decreased straighten on a Windows-system can the file use round its rights from to knit and to get so the control about a pc.
The patch that SonyBMG has spent this problem to remedy, causes self a whole other problem: when on the computer malicious software stands (as an inactionf virus), can the patch this software per misfortune activate.
SonyBMG says to put to work with protections experts together so fast possible a new patch available.
John Borland, CNet.