Windows Vista DRM = rootkit?
More bad news on the Windows Vista DRM front:
A security researcher has released a program that shows how digital rights management processes in Windows Vista could be used to hide malicious software, rootkit-like behavior.
Alex Ionescu developed the program, called D-Pin Purr, to show that Vista features designed to protect media files can also be used to protect other kinds of files. This could also include malicious software.
Ah the joys of DRM: spending resources to make a computer more complicated, less secure, and less useful, all in a futile attempt to stop piracy. The sooner DRM dies the better.
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