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From: kf_lists at secnetops.com (KF (lists))
Subject: [Fwd: Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil]

The Xbox attempts to rip your audio to the hard disk before playing it 
right? This CD really sounds like crap on my Xbox... I am wondering if 
the audio cuts in and out because of the copy protection they try to use.
-KF


list@...og.org wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil
> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 01:10:23 -0700
> From: Dragos Ruiu <dr@....net>
> Organization: All Terrain Ninjas
> To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
>
> Well I truly regret actually purchasing a copy of the new Beastie Boys 
> album to support them.
>
> It seems that Capitol Records has some sort of new copy protection 
> system, that automatically, silently, installs "helpful" copy protection
> software on MacOS and Windows as soon as you insert the CD into 
> default systems.
> I'm not sure exactly what it does yet, but I am sure regreting actually
> purchasing said media now... they don't deserve my money if they choose
> to pull stupid stunts like this. Installing software without your 
> permission sounds like viral malware behaviour to me. I certainly hope 
> the AV companies put signatures into their products for this crap.
>
> They include some sort of uninstaller buried on there for Windows, but
> I see no such thing for MacOS. If anyone has disassembled the
> aforementioned malware already and can save us some time with
> instructions on how to remove it... thanks in advance.
>
> caveat emptor,
> --dr
>