Bioshock installs rootkit

[w1z4rd]

"Sony (the owner of SecureROM copy protection) is still up to its old tricks. One would think that they would have learned their lesson after the music CD DRM fiasco, which cost them millions. However, they have now started infesting PC gaming with their invasive DRM. Facts have surfaced that show that the recently released PC game BioShock installs a rootkit, which embeds itself into Explorer, as part of its SecureROM copy-protection scheme. Not only that, but just installing the demo infects your system with the rootkit. This begs the question: Since when did demos need copy protection?"

http://www.gamingbob.com/2007/08/23/bioshock-installs-rootkit-including-demo/

Sis.

 

[Moederloos]

Sony - what do you expect?
But then again, people STILL support them and their PS3 etc.

Reminds me of the societies that continue to vote in incompetent officials.

 

[Andre]

Okay, looks like I'll be getting the Xbox version then if I decide to buy Bioshock.

 

[Gargmel]

Heh, maybe that is what sony wants you to do........lol

 

[Glordit]

money down the drain with the PC version IMO... too bad its been cracked already!

 

[Cadavre777]

Maybe they can remove the rootkit while they're cracking the PC version too.

 

[icyrus]

I don't like securom or sony but it isn't a rootkit. Even the author of the article admits that he only called it that to get a good google rank.

See the slashdot article:
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/24/213256

Plus you can't really blame sony here. It may be their tech but they are not the publishers so it wasn't there idea to use it.

 

[Highflyer_GP]

Plus you can't really blame sony here. It may be their tech but they are not the publishers so it wasn't there idea to use it.

They still allowed it to be used, be it free of charge or at a price.