Sony Continues Stumbling Over Failed Copy Protection

In another series of gaffes, Sony Music admitted today that its second round of uninstall software to remove spyware from unsuspecting consumers' computers exposed thos computers to hacker attacks.

The company claims that less than 300 people have downloaded the second program after many more had downloaded the first which exposed their computers. The latest round of errors was found by Princeton University computer science professor Edward Felten and researcher Alex Halderman. According to ZDNet.com, Professor Felten has agreed to review any subsequent releases by Sony.

Consumer Help Web reported the initial round of problems to consumers on November 3, the day after blogger Mark Russinovich disclosed the problems in Sony's music CD copy protection to the world.

Less than three weeks ago we wrote, "SonyBMG has placed an onerous burden on consumers that should be immediately lifted". Sony has not only failed to lift that burden but has endangered the computer safety of the most proactive consumers who followed the company's directions.

posted by Consumer Help Web Editorial Team at 9:28 PM |