New Beastie Boys album has spyware embedded?

[royaldank]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/366191/2004-06-13/2004-06-19/0

Has anyone else heard this yet?

 

[new2AMD]

Well why is it being put into a pc? to rip it? it wont install anything in your car cd player

 

[DeeKnow]

sounds like an urban legend in the making

 

[KarenMarie]

I would bet that it is done to stop people from making backup copies. What does it do?... report back to the record company on how many times it was burned or it is was used to put on a P2P?

That is too wrong!

 

[SaturnX]

Hrmm.. what about stopping Autorun when you insert the disc when it's put in initially, the only way it could install straight up is through autorun, disable it and you should be good to go.

--Mark

 

[royaldank]

Originally posted by: new2AMD
Well why is it being put into a pc? to rip it? it wont install anything in your car cd player

Sorry, but I rarely work during the day in my car. I guess popping it in my PC while I'm at the office is something I shouldn't do?

I bought the disc but haven't tried it in my PC. A buddy sent me that and I figured I would investigate it first before doing it. I could be completely false, it could be real. I'm just trying to get more information.

 

[Chadder007]

LEFT Shift Key.....thats all im going to say.

 

[royaldank]

After further research, it appears the UK and US version are free from the copy protection. All other regions have the protection, which is easily defeated by turning off auto-play.

 

[nakedfrog]

Return it to the store.

 

[gsaldivar]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Return it to the store.