Beastie Boys CD installs virus

[Spinner]

A new Beastie Boys' CD called "To the Five Boroughs" (Capitol Records), is raising hackles around the Web for reputedly infecting computers with a virus.

On Windows, when a CD is loaded, a text file called autorun.inf is read, and any instructions within it are executed. In this case, the machine is instructed to install some manner of DRM driver that prevents copying. We haven't seen either the .inf file or any of the executables, so we can't say how or at what level it accomplishes this - or if indeed it actually does accomplish this.
Submitted by: profdlp - Thanks mate!

Source: TheRegister.co.uk (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/23/beastie_boy_cd_virus/?index)

[Thrax]

You've got to fight, for your right, to coooooooopy!

[KingFish]

They should be sued for installing stuff on peoples' computers without their knowledge or consent.

KingFish

[gtghm]

F'em then, I'll never buy another CD again.
Screw this guys.. I'm going home... LOL

"g"

[EyesOnly]

:rant: Now you can't even trust bought cds. :rant: And that's supposed to stop people from copying. :scratch: Ha i doubt it. Sue them bastards before more follow. :mean:

[keto]

Meh, it was the same deal on the Beatles 'Let It Be....Naked' and that was a year ago (or so), there was a very VERY small outcry then. It installs a player, don't remember which one, and anti-theft.

[profdlp]

Craps! I'm glad you told me that, keto - I was going to (once again... :rolleyes: ) complete my Beatles CD collection by adding that album soon. Looks like I'll be ripping it on my often-formatted comp...

I'd have more respect for someone who robbed me face-to-face. I hate sneakiness. :rarr:

[Buddy J]

I got a copy of The Cooper Temple Clause's newest and it tries to do the same thing. Thank God for press advances that come to you without all that crap.

[Animal]

people who actually buy Beastie Boys' CD's deserve all they get!