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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?"
I though to play BioShock you already had to have Windows Vista?
This sucks. Sony BMG was a different branch of Sony so I was able to look upon other branches and hope maybe they knew better, however, that appears to not be the case. Don't they realize Sony BMG got sued because of this? I'm guessing some guys told them they fixed the holes with the other rootkit and that this one was ok and Sony went for it. I'm of the opinion that the people making these decisions don't understand the technology because I can't see someone who understands what's going on allowing this to happen.
In Soviet Russia, Capitalism destroys YOU!
Erm. Wait...
Making laws based on opinions that stem up from false informations leads to witch hunts.
In Soviet Russia ... Sony boycotts you!
Hey, consumer.
You'll buy what we fucking TELL you to buy. If it crashes your system, then your system requires more RAM.
It's situation fucking normal for a game.
If you don't like it, then millions of idiots will just buy it and install it on their parents' computer anyway. After all, kids are the only ones who play games.
(Not previewing after 5 on a Friday.)
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That settles it, I will never buy this game again.
Do you remember those AOL CD's that came in the mail? I use them as beer coasters. Over the years, I have added companions to those first denizens of table top protection. Most have been advert cd's or the cd's that contain the bloatware from a new computer. Some, such as X3, were wonderful games that were destroyed by their DRM schemes. In that case, starforce, which forced its scheme on you without notification.
Did we not learn the first time? Why can these multi billion dollar corporations not come up with anything better than the broken and bloated software the average consumer must choke down?
I bought Bioshock today. I've played it for a full 3 hours. And that is all the more that it will be played.
Welcome to the beer coaster pile, Bioshock, I forsee many coffee rings and soda drops in your future
dont worry, you can easily remove it by [secureRom has detected an attempt to remove copy-protection, removing text], and then its all better
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games aren't just for kids. The fact games are a multi billion dollar industry shows this clearly.
no one can make me part with my money if i don't want to. get a clue. Whoosh!
"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better." - Unknown
There's a song....
Fdisk, Format, Re-Install, Do-Dah
I am the unwilling control for my Origin.
THIS is a root kit!
Sweet. I've played Blue Team on the Mid-Atlantic Regional CyberDefense Competition run by CyberWATCH on the east coast with the team from CCBC for the first 2 years; but I'm out now, because I'm a security professional. Third year I'll be running red team; I've gotten permission, and I'm a student of Offensive Security (Offsec 101, going to go into Wifu and B2M when they're out too) NOW so the competition in March will let me put my studies to the test and get some experience (good arrangement!).
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so I've been downloading games wrong?!
Have you watched the documentary(BBC4 I think) or read about Tetris? ...
The problem with communism is if you end up with political types not unlike G.W. Bush running it. Would you want the Ministry of Video Games to be managed by Bush cronies? Wouldn't that be just terrible
If so, Tetris would be outlawed as a Weapon of Mass Distraction.
Yeah, and we've always been at war with Eastasia. The security restrictions we have put in place are temporary measures only. They are necessary for your own safety and protection. They will be relaxed once we have won the war.
Looks like you're only doing this because you want to join in the groupthink and look cool!
Sorry, couldn't resist
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