CD installs virus/spyware

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Todd Pinkerton <toddp () geneticmail com>
Date: June 25, 2004 10:25:34 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: RE: [IP] CD installs virus/spyware

Found it !

http://boingboing.net/2004/06/11/new_beasties_disc_ha.html


Update: Ian sez, "Hi, I'm not sure who posted re: Beastie Boys copy
protection, but I just spoke with Mike D and their management and they
wanted me to pass along that a) This is all territories except the US 
and UK
-- US and UK discs do not have this protection on them; b) All EMI CDs 
are
treated this way, theirs isn't receiving special treatment; c) They 
would
have preferred not to have the copy protection, but weren't allowed to
differ from EMI policy."

Now that I read the article more carefully, this seems to be a separate
issue from the autoplay Installer , which I assume is on the US/UK 
discs?

Cheers,

-Todd

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