Raised an eyebrow and had to wonder about the Sony thing, but then checked it out over on Symantec. (I verify/debunk stuff like this. Urban legend email forwards, etc., irk me.)
What Symantec had to say (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/securityrisk.aries.html)
Apparently, it's for real, classes as a low priority threat, can't be removed without damaging the OS, but can be patched so as to end the threat part, and comes from their protected music CDs. Nasty.
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Date: 2005-11-10 05:18 pm (UTC)What Symantec had to say (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/securityrisk.aries.html)
Apparently, it's for real, classes as a low priority threat, can't be removed without damaging the OS, but can be patched so as to end the threat part, and comes from their protected music CDs. Nasty.
-Dira-