Guest Pool-Boy Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 I loaded a sony cd onto my coputer and was prompted to accept an anti pirating program from Media Max. My AVG later flagged it as a virus, and after a little reserch I found that it is a real problem to get rid of. What should I do? Thanks in advance for any help
Guest **::- Alias- ::** Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Re: Help with a Virus? Pool-Boy wrote: > I loaded a sony cd onto my coputer and was prompted to accept an anti > pirating program from Media Max. My AVG later flagged it as a virus, and > after a little reserch I found that it is a real problem to get rid of. > > What should I do? > > Thanks in advance for any help This may help: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/21/sonys-mediamax-spywa.html That said, it would have never happened with a machine running an operating system other than Windows. Alias
Guest Still learning Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Re: Help with a Virus? delete the program and do a system restore? "Pool-Boy" <PoolBoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3771EAAC-A0FF-410E-9DF0-757652E67030@microsoft.com... >I loaded a sony cd onto my coputer and was prompted to accept an anti > pirating program from Media Max. My AVG later flagged it as a virus, and > after a little reserch I found that it is a real problem to get rid of. > > What should I do? > > Thanks in advance for any help
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Re: Help with a Virus? On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:55:00 -0700, Pool-Boy <PoolBoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I loaded a sony cd onto my coputer and was prompted to accept an anti > pirating program from Media Max. My AVG later flagged it as a virus, and > after a little reserch I found that it is a real problem to get rid of. > > What should I do? Tell us the name of the virus. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest p Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Re: Help with a Virus? Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:55:00 -0700, Pool-Boy > <PoolBoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> I loaded a sony cd onto my coputer and was prompted to accept an anti >> pirating program from Media Max. My AVG later flagged it as a virus, and >> after a little reserch I found that it is a real problem to get rid of. >> >> What should I do? > > > Tell us the name of the virus. > It's called "Media Max", a creepy spyware that Sony installs before you have to agree to an EULA. See: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/21/sonys-mediamax-spywa.html P
Guest John Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Re: Help with a Virus? sue sony. "Pool-Boy" <PoolBoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3771EAAC-A0FF-410E-9DF0-757652E67030@microsoft.com... >I loaded a sony cd onto my coputer and was prompted to accept an anti > pirating program from Media Max. My AVG later flagged it as a virus, and > after a little reserch I found that it is a real problem to get rid of. > > What should I do? > > Thanks in advance for any help
Guest HeyBub Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Re: Help with a Virus? Pool-Boy wrote: > I loaded a sony cd onto my coputer and was prompted to accept an anti > pirating program from Media Max. My AVG later flagged it as a virus, > and after a little reserch I found that it is a real problem to get > rid of. > > What should I do? > > Thanks in advance for any help It is common knowledge that one should not put any Sony stuff in the same room with a computer. Check with their web site for their removal tool. Sony is the greater Satan.
Guest Doum Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 Re: Help with a Virus? "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> écrivait news:OtTY8Aw2IHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > Pool-Boy wrote: >> I loaded a sony cd onto my coputer and was prompted to accept an anti >> pirating program from Media Max. My AVG later flagged it as a virus, >> and after a little reserch I found that it is a real problem to get >> rid of. >> >> What should I do? >> >> Thanks in advance for any help > > It is common knowledge that one should not put any Sony stuff in the > same room with a computer. Check with their web site for their removal > tool. > > Sony is the greater Satan. > > I have Sony's SoundForge, Vegas, Acid, CD Architect and DVD Architect installed on my music making desktop and on my laptop; no garbage and no problem there. http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/Default.asp?language=1 (I am not related to the company, just a satisfied customer) Doum
Guest Bob I Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 Re: Help with a Virus? Doum wrote: > "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> écrivait > news:OtTY8Aw2IHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > > >>Pool-Boy wrote: >> >>>I loaded a sony cd onto my coputer and was prompted to accept an anti >>>pirating program from Media Max. My AVG later flagged it as a virus, >>>and after a little reserch I found that it is a real problem to get >>>rid of. >>> >>>What should I do? >>> >>>Thanks in advance for any help >> >>It is common knowledge that one should not put any Sony stuff in the >>same room with a computer. Check with their web site for their removal >>tool. >> >>Sony is the greater Satan. >> >> > > > I have Sony's SoundForge, Vegas, Acid, CD Architect and DVD Architect > installed on my music making desktop and on my laptop; no garbage and no > problem there. > > http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/Default.asp?language=1 > > (I am not related to the company, just a satisfied customer) > > Doum Please read up on the issue first. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Sony+Rootkit
Guest HeyBub Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 Re: Help with a Virus? Doum wrote: >> >> It is common knowledge that one should not put any Sony stuff in the >> same room with a computer. Check with their web site for their >> removal tool. >> >> Sony is the greater Satan. >> >> > > I have Sony's SoundForge, Vegas, Acid, CD Architect and DVD Architect > installed on my music making desktop and on my laptop; no garbage and > no problem there. > > http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/Default.asp?language=1 > > (I am not related to the company, just a satisfied customer) > Then you are a facilitator and enabler of the Greater Satan, one of the lesser demons. Note: This a different type of demon than buys stuff from spammers, signs petitions unread, or pays to see a Michael Moore film.
Guest William R. Walsh Posted July 2, 2008 Posted July 2, 2008 Re: Help with a Virus? Hi! (MediaMax) > My AVG later flagged it as a virus, and after a little reserch I found > that > it is a real problem to get rid of. > What should I do? Remove it if AVG can. You *don't* want it on your system, because it may have known security vulnerabilities, and acts as though it were a rootkit in some ways. This was quite the news a few years ago. After you've gotten rid of it: Sony was replacing CDs in the US with this infestation after a little "encouragement" from some class action lawsuits. They may still be doing so--it would not hurt to check. Around this same time, they also provided owners of CDs that were infested with this "disease" an opportunity to retrieve DRM-free MP3 files by downloading them from a Sony web site at the same time a replacement disc would be delivered. If AVG cannot get rid of it, Sony also provided a removal tool. How well it worked I cannot say...I have autorun turned off, read the entire CD label before playing it (and they did say something about this on the label, which earned their "quality hotline" an immediate call to report a serious defect!) and then ripped the thing to MP3 format on a Mac. (Oh, I wasn't supposed to do that?) <g> William
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