sony malware intrusion.

[MSTRS]

A friend has this problem & after searching, I couldn't find if anyone has a removal tool/fix for it. Does such a thing exist??

[MOTOXXX]

i think nortons was working on removal. check there website

[twinkle]

"We have analyzed this software and have determined that in order to help protect our customers, we will add a detection and removal signature for the rootkit component of the XCP software to the Windows AntiSpyware beta, which is currently used by millions of users," Jason Garms, group program manager of the Anti-Malware Technology Team, said on Microsoft's Technet blog (http://blogs.technet.com/antimalware/archive/2005/11/12/414299.aspx).

from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10050095/

and here's the link for the antispyware http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

or if you can't get it from there i can email it to you, 6.58mb :apint:

[MSTRS]

Thanks for that. I will pass it on.

[twinkle]

no problem

[limbimtimwim]

A friend has this problem & after searching, I couldn't find if anyone has a removal tool/fix for it. Does such a thing exist??HUGE SCREWUP on Sony's part.

Your friend may be entitled to compensation!

Watch this space: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1310AP_Sony_Lawsuits.html

And: http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/

Rumour is the first version of Sony's uninstaller wasn't very good..

[twinkle]

Would the compensation apply outside of america though? :blank:

$7.50 and another free album :woohoo: I love it when big companies make big screwups :yeah:

[Sniper]

Norton wouldn't be able to remove malware/spyware or any other ware even if a first year wrote it. Horrible program you fork out big money for that does a shitty job.

[deathstar]

Norton does stuff when you don't want it too and doesn't when something is wrong best bet i went with is mcafee which blocks EVERYTHING

[kro]

Norton wouldn't be able to remove malware/spyware or any other ware even if a first year wrote it. Horrible program you fork out big money for that does a shitty job.

Never a truer word spoken.

I got some nasty virus a year ir 2 back, and Norton ignored it, and never detected it, but when someone suggested I try AVG, which was free, AVG picked it up within the first 10 seconds of scanning.

[MSTRS]

Never a truer word spoken.

I got some nasty virus a year ir 2 back, and Norton ignored it, and never detected it, but when someone suggested I try AVG, which was free, AVG picked it up within the first 10 seconds of scanning.
Yep, AVG is good. But none of them will pick up everything. NOD is one of the better ones but it is expensive. If you can run 2 different antivirus systems, that would be best. But the first one you install will often block the 2nd

[Flyingpony]

I read somewhere the uninstaller installs something else which can't be uninstalled.
This tool might be safer: http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

[Sniper]

Norton also has this neat habit of fucking with your registry and not un-installing completely.