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In Reply to: One advantage of buying a DualDisc: avoid Sony's spyware! posted by Christine Tham on December 3, 2005 at 17:55:15:
...I am really wondering why they don't use the same master/disc image for the DualDisc CD layer. Seems like more work. Any theories anyone?
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there is probably not enough space on the CD side for audio & their virus?
A dual disc's CD side has less storage capacity compared to a regular CD.
> > A dual disc's CD side has less storage capacity compared to a regular CD. < <They can fit 70mins on CD side of a DualDisc.
the CD mentioned by Christine is more than 62 min long which gives you less than 8 mins worth of space left. This is around 60MB for data using normal CD specification calculation. Due to a dual disc's physical compromises this space may be less. For a multi-session disc atleast 23MB is needed to create the new session. So not more than 37 MB will be left and possibly much less.I don't know the size of Sony's virus. It probably would not fit.
but most albums are much shorter in length than 70mins. Most are less than 50mins.
Most spyware programs are well under 1 mb in size. For what their program does it could easily be less than 100 kb.
I did more reading on the Sony Trojan. There are actually two programs involved. The trojan itself and a media player called Music Player. Music Player is required to play the Sony discs on a computer. Everytime you play one of these it "phones home" to Sony. It can be used to determine what music you play on your computer and when. Even after you delete the Trojan, Music Player remains and it continues to phone home When you use it to play music. Most reputable antispyware programs, including the Window antispyware program avialable for free will delete the trojan, but some leave music player on the system. Unlike the trojan, Music Player is not stealthed and can be removed with Windows Add-Remove programs.Several states (including my home state of Texas) are currently suing Sony for violation of state law.
If you have the Sony trojan on your system, DO NOT USE THE REMOVAL PROGRAM THEY SUPPLY. It leaves traces of the program and security holes on your system. Use a commercial antispyware program. I use Webroot SpySweeper, which won Editors Choice for PC Magazine.
One simple way to guard against future attempts such as this is to disable autorun on your system. But you will have to open your meda player and start the discs instead of having them play automatically.
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