I HEART Rootkit tees, list of Mediamax CDs, Mediamax installer to be fixed

By at 7:10 pm Friday, Nov 18

Here's the night's dispatches on the Sony rootkit fiasco:

Pre-order your I HEART ROOTKIT shirts today Link
Get a (partial?) list of Suncomm Mediamax-infected CDs from the "CD in Question" drop-down menu on this page. Link (Thanks, Claire!)

Ed Felten and Alex Halderman report that they're working with Suncomm to fix the Mediamax uninstaller, which currently leaves your computer is worse state than it started. Link

Sony Rootkit Roundup Part I, Sony Rootkit Roundup Part II

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