And another Sony DRM Rootkit question

["Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>]

It occurred to me that the Sony rootkit could not install on a system where
the user was logged in as a standard, non-administrative user, such as a
Limited User in Windows XP Home. I haven't seen it reported anywhere what
the behavior of the software is under such a login. Does the player work
without the rootkit install? Does it display an error message?

I don't actually have any of the evil CDs, so I can't test this. Does anyone
know?

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larryseltzer () ziffdavis com 


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