Slashdot Games :. BioShock Installs a Rootkit

Gizmo · 25-August-07, 12:12 AM

An anonymous reader writes "Sony (the owner of SecureROM copy protection) is still up to its old tricks. One would think that they would have learned their lesson after the music CD DRM fiasco, which cost them millions. However, they have now started infesting PC gaming with their invasive DRM. Facts have surfaced that show that the recently released PC game BioShock installs a rootkit, which embeds itself into Explorer, as part of its SecureROM copy-protection scheme. Not only that, but just installing the demo infects your system with the rootkit. This begs the question: Since when did demos need copy protection?"

25-August-07, 12:12 AM		#1 (permalink)
Gizmo News Hound	Slashdot Games :. BioShock Installs a Rootkit An anonymous reader writes "Sony (the owner of SecureROM copy protection) is still up to its old tricks. One would think that they would have learned their lesson after the music CD DRM fiasco, which cost them millions. However, they have now started infesting PC gaming with their invasive DRM. Facts have surfaced that show that the recently released PC game BioShock installs a rootkit, which embeds itself into Explorer, as part of its SecureROM copy-protection scheme. Not only that, but just installing the demo infects your system with the rootkit. This begs the question: Since when did demos need copy protection?" Read more of this story at Slashdot. More...

25-August-07, 07:45 AM		#2 (permalink)
Vertical_Zer0 Apex Advanced Techie	Why am I not surprised?

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