Sony BMG Music issues (PART 1)

Sony BMG Music Entertainment released over 50 music titles containing a "Content Protection Technology" that consists of software that automatically installs on your computer if you insert it into a Windows machine.  Unfortunately, the software hides itself from detection after installation using low level "rootkit" cloaking techniques very similar to those used by the newest virus and malware species.  To compound matters (and expose users to a very real risk of harm) there are bugs in the software that allow other internet borne programs (viruses, trojans, etc.) to exploit the cloaking software already installed by the Sony BMG music CD.  (Some such exploits have already been discovered.)

To see a list of "XCP Titles" (CD's that were released with this technology), as well as information on getting replacements from Sony BMG that do not contain the software, click here.

To get a software update that fixes the Sony BMG software (by removing the cloaking feature that could be exploited), click here.

Sony BMG Music issues (PART 2)

Another vulnerability has been discovered in the (different) protection technology used by Sony BMG in an additional 27 music titles.

To see a list of these additional "MediaMax" titles (CD's that were released with this different technology), as well as information on a software update that fixes the software, click here.