I decided to add my Roger Waters - In The Flesh cd to my mp3 collection. This was last Friday night. It is believed that the Sony Rootkit was first used in 2005, but my cd was purchased pretty close to it's release date sometime in the year 2000 or so. Now when I run the Yahoo Anti-Spy from the toolbar, it keeps finding this Sony Rootkit. Is there a safe way to remove it, without having to go thru Sony. I don't trust them now, and there is no way I would download anything from them that is supposed to 'fix' what they did to my computer. Any help would be most appreciated.
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Actually Sony itself released a tool to remove its spyware, this was after several privacy organisations complained.\n\nThe site says after you run the 'update' you have two options:\n- "Completely uninstall the XCP software and associated content protection files."\n- "Completely uninstall the XCP software and associated content protection files."\n\nI recommend the last option :)\nAlso check out the news post about this (2nd link).
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I have never heard of this package and from the lack of replies, nor has anyone else. Maybe post the question again with an internet address so others can find it. It may be one the great undiscovered pieces of software on the web. Equally, it could be yet another piece of spyware that is difficult to remove without paying.
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You ought to set your autorun value to zero on your cd rom... otherwise the computer content of some cd's will... well, autorun and load programs that can crash your computer or affect your computer in very bad ways.\nOne CD manufacturer got into trouble recently with a lawsuit as I understand it as they were installing RootKit Changes on computers... an innocent person pops a cd in their drive just to play it and then POOF they have a corrupted system file that not only affects their drive of their cd burner, but also gives hackers something to work with.\nAlso, don't ever download games, videos or players that come "free" with a cd or dvd... do you really think they are giving you free stuff? \nAt this point you might want to reformat your harddrive and reinstall all your software. And be more careful next time.
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I would suggest downloading Adaware to have it search and delete them properly.  I would also recommend an Antivirus utility too like Norton Antivirus.  I would also like to recommend Spybot Search & Destroy.\n\nOh yeah, Bearshare is not good -- it has too many spyies.  I bet one of the recommended spyware removers will label it as a spy.  I would go with Limewire.
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I just spent a week trying to get that off my parents computer.  I finally had to un-install symantec anti virus then reinstall and do live updates.  Also very helpful was Microsoft's anti-spyware beta, available on their home page.
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I've seen this before on EBay. It's an OEM version (ships with a new computer system), so it just comes in the box. Some companies (IT departments) that get alot of computer systems passing through don't really need all of these "backup" disks laying around, and if they sneak out and appear on the internet, oh well. However, on EBay, to make it legal, they shipped the sofware with a working (or nonworking) junk piece of hardware, like an old memory stick so as not to violate license. However, in this case, who knows if they've already used the cd key to activate something.
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Norton is smarter than you are ,i had lime wire ,liked it a lot  got the pro,and everything went down hill after that ,tried to get rid of all the lime wire s but they were into the Hikey class roots ,reformated the hard disk to no avail ,in the end it actuaklly destroyed my hard disk and i head to get a new one ,\nthis may all be a coincidence ,dont want to point fingers,,but you do what you have to do .\nto allow lime wire in you get in to panal the control .into firewall and deactivate it enter lime wire \nreboot \na permission window will come up give the permission and you are on your way.\nwhich way that is you will find out in due course
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First of all, i do believe that there is a new version out for q-time, try re-dling the file.\n\nSecond, STOP USING MYSPACE!!! It has been linked to four hundred different corrosive viruses as well as massive amounts of spyware.  The only types of people who use it are pedophiles and teens who don't know any better.
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I have been using Limewire for quite sometime and never had any problems but after a download I always check for virus on the file SHARE with my own anti-virus software. If you want something really safe go to (www.mp3searh.ru) you can download full cd´s for $1.18 or less and virus free check it out let me know if you do OK?
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Dude.... LIMEWIRE F-ing SUCKS. Dont mess with them or Kazaa or the entire Gnutella network. Its packed full of spyware and tracking programs. Im not paranoid, I just know this for a fact because I got busted for copyright infringement and piracy a few years ago from using them for P2P connections. Also, make sure you check all the hidden files those programs leave behind. When you download using them it places multiple copies of the files into other folders you dont know about. Thats how it got me. Just thought you shold know.
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I have no idea, but limewire messed up my whole system.  i removed it from my system, then had to have a pro come in and set things straight again.  I know I am not the only one who has had problems with it.  Now, my bf has it downloaded and is having no problems whatsoever.  Go figure.  If you really want it back, go to www.limewire.com and download it again.
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limewire, ares (also imesh and kazaa in old times) brought viruses or spies to my pc.\ni used soulseek for a long time with no problem at all.\nand i am using emule for a couple of months, so far no problems.\n\nAND\nwith limewire i could not find eveything just some new movies.\nemule is a really good source and very common.
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Darn I'm sorry to hear that when i play on there i use Maury say u r not the father.\nWhere did you get this CD? i want to buy one and haven't found where i can. It would be nice if i could borrow one lol but i don't know anyone with one. I hope that you get the answer to your question because i have no idea.\n\nThanks so much.
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what exactly is this cd?\n\nif u can get the cd...then reinstall it\n\nif not, since u legally bought it, see if u can redownload it via bittorrent\n\ngood luck
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This thing was so hard to get rid of, but I finally did.  Here is what I did. I searched all over trying lots of things.  I even bought SpySweeper, which would find SpyFalcon but wouldn't permanetly delete it.  Finally I figured out that SpyFalcon is related to the Trojan SmitFraud and so I tried to remove it with a removal tool.  It worked, the two are either the same or related in some way, so it worked and now my computer is free of SpyFalcon.\n\nBelow is the website that had the instructions that I used to get rid of SpyFalcon.
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Yes my spyware detector did that once to me.\n\nI had to redownload it and install it. Go to start menu, type regedit.\n\nThen on the left click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then go to software. If you see anything in there that says limewire, delete it. Do a search on your computer too and delete anything relevant to limewire.\n\nTry re-downloading it again.\n\nEdit: Tell me if you still have the problem. I will check back on this post or you can contact me through my profile.
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I don't understand why everyone discredits LimeWire - it works perfectly if you know how to use it - I have never caught any malware from it because I understand how to work it and how to avoid malware.