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Sony BMG quickly released software to remove the rootkit component of XCP from affected Microsoft Windows computers, [15] but after Russinovich analyzed the utility, he reported in his blog that it only exacerbated the security problems and raised further concerns about privacy. [16]
XCP.Sony.Rootkit loads a system filter driver which intercepts all calls for process, directory or registry listings, even those unrelated to the Sony BMG application. This rootkit driver modifies what information is visible to the operating system in order to cloak the Sony BMG software. This is commonly referred to as rootkit technology ...
As a result, any Microsoft Windows computer that has been used to play these CDs is likely to have had XCP installed. This can cause a number of serious security problems. Several security software vendors, including Microsoft, regard XCP as a trojan horse, spyware, or rootkit. [2]
Faso Latido was listed among the 52 CDs that were known to contain the software, [11] which Sony discontinued the usage of on November 11, 2005. [12] The company recalled this and other titles affected by XCP, and asked customers to return copies affected by the software to Sony BMG in exchange for copies in which the software was absent.
It runs on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit-versions only). Its output lists Windows Registry and file system API discrepancies that may indicate the presence of a rootkit. It is the same tool that triggered the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal. [2] RootkitRevealer is no longer being developed. [1]: 08:16
SecuROM 7.x was the first version to include the SecuROM Removal Tool, which is intended to help users remove SecuROM after the software with which it was installed has been removed. [5] Most titles now also include a revoke tool to deactivate the license; revoking all licenses would restore the original activation limit. [ 6 ]
GMER is a software tool written by a Polish researcher Przemysław Gmerek, for detecting and removing rootkits. [1] [2] It runs on Microsoft Windows and has support for Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10.
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