The software giant's Windows AntiSpyware application will be updated to add a detection and removal signature for the rootkit features used in the XCP digital rights management technology.More info over at eWeek.
According to Jason Garms, group product manager in Microsoft's Anti-Malware Technology Team, the rootkit removal signature will be pushed out at Windows users through the anti-spyware application's weekly signature update process.
Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware removes Sony's rootkit
Posted on Monday, November 14 2005 @ 3:02 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Last week there was lots of anger about Sony's controversial DRM protection which installs a rootkit and now news has reached us Microsoft started to clean up this crap because it could be abused by malicious users.