BioShock Installs a Rootkit !!!

Kumar · #1 (**permalink**) 25 Aug 07, 09:34 AM

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"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?"

This is sad

Slashdot | BioShock Installs a Rootkit

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EDIT: Ok, the author of TFA put in a rootkit in the heading to generate more traffic. It seems Bioshock installs a very hard to remoove registry entry. MS rootkit detector marks it as a rootkit as it behaves like one. Thats all.

Straight from the author's mouth

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Using "rootkit" brings the traffic. It's all about the SEO, and is why this article is on top in Google.

This too is a sad thing

6pack · #2 (**permalink**) 25 Aug 07, 10:25 AM

even ur post will make it to googles list now! i can count that word a couple of times in this post here

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