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Maybe, maybe not. By Michael Santo Contributing Writer, RealTechNews Let’s face it, Mac users consider themselves pretty safe from spyware or malware … not completely safe, but very safe. Evidently, Sony BMG’s DRM, which some antivirus vendors are calling spyware, is a little too much for even the Mac OS. A poster at Macintouch comments on the discovery of apparent Sony BMG copy protection software running continuously in his Macintosh as a kernel extension. The software was apparently installed via a new Imogen Heap CD called “Speak for Yourself”. This is an RCA Victor release, but with distribution credited to Sony BMG, so the reader did some checking, and found the software. Unlike the issue with Windows Sony DRM, the EULA for this software states it will be installing copy protection software, and the files are not hidden. Darren Dittrich followed up on the discovery that Sony was playing a dirty trick on its customers, secretly installing a malware-style “root kit” on their computers via audio CDs: I recently purchased Imogen Heap’s new CD (Speak for Yourself), an RCA Victor release, but with distribution credited to Sony/BMG. Reading recent reports of a Sony rootkit, I decided to poke around. In addition to the standard volume for AIFF files, there’s a smaller extra partition for “enhanced” content. I was surprised to find a “Start.app” Mac application in addition to the expected Windows-related files. Running this app brings up a long legal agreement, clicking Continue prompts you for your username/password (uh-oh!), and then promptly exits. Digging around a bit, I find that Start.app actually installs 2 files: PhoenixNub1.kext and PhoenixNub12.kext. Personally, I’m not a big fan of anyone installing kernel extensions on my Mac. In Sony’s defense, upon closer reading of the EULA, they essentially tell you that they will be installing software. Also, this is apparently not the same technology used in the recent Windows rootkits (made by XCP), but rather a DRM codebase developed by SunnComm, who promotes their Mac-aware DRM technology on their site. Source: Macintouch, but you have to search for it because of the way the site works. Search for “malware-style”. We Say: It appears, despite the fact that Sony BMG believes that no one knows what a rootkit is, enough smart people around the Internet do know and continue to add more fuel to the fire. # Permalink Posted at 10:11 am On Nov 12, 2005, at 9:28 AM, Hoefsmit wrote: ← Silver's Blue contains the following autorun (files for installation)(cnf, exe, ico and inf) however one must go into the disc and click on these files to do the installation. By no means do I endorse what sony is doing or am I saying that it is completely safe all I was commenting on was that I ripped the cd and can play it on my Ipod without intalling software (I guess I should say that I know of)

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From this article "The Sony copy-protection software does not install itself on Macintosh computers or ordinary CD and DVD players." I am listening to Silver's Blue as I type this, no malfunction, no software installation on my Mac

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