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12-27-2006, 08:54 AM
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ahh, thanks VT.
and bytheway, welcome rootkit!
i'll be in your neck of the woods when i head out to vegas or at least i'll be a 1/2 hr from barstow.
and bytheway, welcome rootkit!
i'll be in your neck of the woods when i head out to vegas or at least i'll be a 1/2 hr from barstow.
01-03-2007, 03:22 AM
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Haha, surprised vegastrashed knows what it is related to. Rootkit is a program that embed itself deep into the operating system such as MS Windows etc. It can be good or bad on its use.
A year or two ago, Sony & their music partner decided to be very sneaky and shipped their music CDs with guess what?? :thumbsdown: Rootkit! The rootkit would self-install when the consumers played their CD with the provided Sony player. The rootkit is used to mask detection so that Sony can keep connections with the PCs that were infected. Since Sony infected the PCs with the badly written rootkit program already, a hacker with bad intention can also exploit the same rootkit to do other things. Rootkit is extremely difficult to remove, the only sure way is to reformat the harddisk! That is the whole short story about Sony & rootkit...and last time I heard lawsuits too.
Hope everybody had a good Happy New Year!
A year or two ago, Sony & their music partner decided to be very sneaky and shipped their music CDs with guess what?? :thumbsdown: Rootkit! The rootkit would self-install when the consumers played their CD with the provided Sony player. The rootkit is used to mask detection so that Sony can keep connections with the PCs that were infected. Since Sony infected the PCs with the badly written rootkit program already, a hacker with bad intention can also exploit the same rootkit to do other things. Rootkit is extremely difficult to remove, the only sure way is to reformat the harddisk! That is the whole short story about Sony & rootkit...and last time I heard lawsuits too.
Hope everybody had a good Happy New Year!
01-04-2007, 09:24 AM
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My Ride: 2007 E63 AMG | Obsidian Black | Schwarzes Nappa | Black BirdEye Maple | Premium II Package | Electronic Trunk Closer | Parktronic
Engine: RPi/Powerchips custom ECU tune, RPi Ram Air Kit (BMC filter, scoops), RennTech Sport exhaust, secondary cats, charcoal and resonator delete, custom AAA x-pipe
Exterior: 50% side windows / 35% rear window Formula One Pinnacle Series | Flat AMG hood emblem
Suspension: Renntech Lowering Module
Wheels/Tires: Radenergie R10, Falken FK452 245/30/20, Yokohama ADVAN Sport 285/25/20
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